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The Concept of Mind in Hindu Tantra

English

By (author): Gavin Flood

This book presents an account of the concept of mind in Hindu Tantra through a study of religious and philosophical texts in the medieval period.

Offering an understanding on how the mind is conceptualized both as that which keeps a person bound to the cycle of reincarnation and as having transformative potential in allowing a person to achieve liberation or salvation, this book examines mostly previously untranslated sources. It shows how there are different understandings of the mind that relate to different ideas of redemption. The main tantric tradition, the aiva Siddhnta, adopts a model of mind from Yoga in which the wandering mind keeps us trapped, whereas the nondualist aiva tradition, sometimes called Kashmir aivism, sees the mind as inherently pure and free. The book traces a history of the concept of mind from early sources, especially Buddhism, through to the tantric medieval period, and ending with the eighteenth century. The author shows how the concept changes and what is retained. A comparison of the tantric ideas of mind with those of some European philosophy notably Descartes dualism and German idealisms non-dualism sharpens the concept of mind in the tantric tradition.

A historical and philosophical study of key ideas in the tantric traditions, this book will be of interest to researchers in the field of Religious Studies, Asian Religion, Hindu Studies, Indian philosophy, and comparative philosophy.

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 18 Nov 2024
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781032835167

About Gavin Flood

Gavin Flood is Professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty University of Oxford UK; the Piramal Dean of Academic Affairs for the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies UK; and Senior Research Fellow Campion Hall. He is the author of Hindu Monotheism (2020) and Religion and the Philosophy of Life (2019) and the editor of the series Routledge Studies in Tantric Traditions and the Routledge Hindu Studies Series.

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