Kun-mkhyen Pad-ma dKar-po's Amitāyus tradition of Vajrayāna Buddhist transformative care : contemplative text, phenomenological experience, and epistemological process by Lozang Trinlae, Bhikshuni, 1962- instant download

Kun-mkhyen Pad-ma dKar-po's Amitāyus tradition of Vajrayāna Buddhist transformative care : contemplative text, phenomenological experience, and epistemological process by Lozang Trinlae, Bhikshuni, 1962- instant download

xxi, 291 pages : 24 cm, Back cover: The book opens fresh ground in Buddhist studies and practical theology by applying phenomenological research methods to empirically discern transformative aspects of contemplative experience using reports elicited directly from contemporary practitioners. The work portrays the experiences of performing Kun-mkyen Pad-ma dKar-po's 16th c. ritual in a practice tradition attributed to the 12th c. female Indian teacher Siddharājñī. Preliminary spiritual care and contemplative factor models are presented along with a detailed theoretical process analysis of positive spiritual development as a method of spiritual care through the contemplative action of the liturgy, Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-288) and index