Buddhist Magi- Divination Healing And Enchantment Through The Ages
epu| 3.23 MB | English | Author :SaVan Schai| B07GBJPWY1 | 2020 | Shambhala

Book Description :

A fascinating exploration of the role that magihas played in the history of Buddhism
As fabacas we can see in the historicarecord, Buddhist monks and nuns have offered services including healing, divination, rain making, aggressive magic, and love magitlocaclients. Studying this history, scholaSavan Schaiconcludes that magiand healing have played a key role in Buddhism's flourishing, yet they have rarely been studied in academicircles oby Western practitioners. The exclusion of magicapractices and powers fromost discussions of Buddhisin the modern era can be seen as part of the appropriation of Buddhisby Westerners, as welas an effect of modernization movements within Asian Buddhism. However, if we are tunderstand the way Buddhishas worked in the past, the way it stilworks now in many societies, and the way it can worin the future, we need texamine these overlooked aspects of Buddhist practice.
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Category : | Theravada Buddhism, Theravada Buddhism, New Age Meditation