Transformationen des tibetischen Buddhismus im 20. Jahrhundert

Chögyam Trungpa und die Entwicklung von Shambhala Training
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-525-54018-3
Verlag: Vandenhoeck + Ruprecht

Buch, Deutsch, Band 6, 409 Seiten, mit 9 Abbildungen, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 238 mm, Gewicht: 808 g

Reihe: Critical Studies in Religion/Religionswissenschaft

Chögyam Trungpa (1939–1987) was one of the first Tibetans who taught his religious tradition to Westerners in Great Britain and North America. In the 1970/80s, Trungpa developed a secular path to enlightenment, which he called Shambhala Training. Complex transcultural dynamics shaped the creation of Shambhala Training as an innovative set of practices and teachings that Trungpa understood being neither Western nor Eastern. Shambhala teachings, practices, and aesthetics show indeed different cultural influences from Great Britain, Tibet, Japan, and North American counterculture. Moreover, Trungpa intended Shambhala Training to be a secular, but sacred meditation path that everyone could practice irrelevant of his religious orientation. The book argues that the transformations of Tibetan Buddhism visible in the development of Trungpa’s Shambhala Training are not to be seen as a mere cultural adaptation to the Western context, but are best to be understood as a genuine innovation born out of a situation of cultural hybridity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rakow, Katja

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus

Über Autor(innen)

Rakow, Katja
Dr. Katja Rakow leitet derzeit am Exzellenzcluster 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context' der Universität Heidelberg eine Nachwuchsforschergruppe zum Thema 'Pfingstkirchen in Singapur zwischen Lokalisierung und Globalisierung'.

Dr. Katja Rakow leitet am Exzellenzcluster 'Asia and Europe in a Global Context' der Universität Heidelberg eine Nachwuchsforschergruppe.