Eating the Heart of the Brahmin: Representations of Alterity and the Formation of Identity in Tantric Buddhist Discourse
@article{Gray2005EatingTH,
title={Eating the Heart of the Brahmin: Representations of Alterity and the Formation of Identity in Tantric Buddhist Discourse},
author={D. Gray},
journal={History of Religions},
year={2005},
volume={45},
pages={45 - 69}
}ç 2005 by The University of Chicago. All rights reserved. 0018-2710/2005/4501-0003$10.00 eating the heart: transgression in tantric buddhist literature Religious identity, as is now widely recognized, is not monolithic but relational, developing and changing through the encounters that continually occur between competing religious traditions. 1 In this article I will explore the process by which religious identity was formed in a Tantric Buddhist tradition during the early medieval period… CONTINUE READING
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