Yab Yum Symbolism, Heteronormativity, and Translating Sexual Yoga
Gwen Witt Dorring2022-12-07T21:37:37-07:00
Literary & Liturgical Representations of Women & the Feminine
Gwen Witt Dorring2022-12-07T21:37:37-07:00
Translation Fidelity or Intervention—when should translators sanitize misogyny, explain it, reproduce it, or refuse to translate it?
Gwen Witt Dorring2022-12-07T21:37:38-07:00
Buddha Nature as Seen by Early Bka’ brgyud Masters
Gwen Witt Dorring2022-11-16T23:39:21-07:00Sgam po pa (1079-1153), whose way of teaching had such an impact on his disciples that the traditions evolving from them were all summed up under the umbrella Dwags po Bka’ brgyud, is well known for his Precious Ornament of Liberation (Thar pa rin po che’i rgyan). He begins this Mahāyāna manual by emphasizing that the very basis for the spiritual process culminating in awakening is *sugatagarbha and proceeds to identify buddha-nature with emptiness. On a first glance this seems to resemble presentations of buddha-nature from a negating perspective. However, in a number of his other teachings recorded by his […]
The Role of the Ratnagotravibhāga in Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog
Gwen Witt Dorring2022-11-16T23:39:23-07:00Tā ra nā tha (1575-1635) is considered second in importance to Dol po pa Shes rab rgyal mtshan (1292-1361) regarding the proclamation of gzhan stong and the number of his authored works. He clarified and expanded Dol po pa’s exegesis of gzhan stong unlike anyone before him. Tā ra nā tha’s dBu ma theg mchog covers a variety of topics relevant to the gzhan stong view, including essential Mahāyāna concepts that range from Yogācāra to Madhyamaka and from the Laṅkāvatārasūtra to the Tathāgatagarbhasūtra.
In the third chapter of the dBu ma theg mchog, Tā ra nā tha gives a detailed presentation […]
