Dreamworlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism: The Third Place

Dreamworlds of Shamanism and Tibetan Buddhism......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Tables......Page 10
Preface......Page 12
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1. Shamanisms and Dreams......Page 26
THE WORLD AS BEING......Page 27
ANIMATE AND INANIMATE BEINGS......Page 31
CONTRACTS AND NEGOTIATION......Page 33
JOINING HEAVEN AND EARTH......Page 35
SLEEP AND DREAM AS SHAMANIC ACTIVITY......Page 38
DREAM, INITIATION, AND POWER......Page 43
ENVISIONING THE INVISIBLE......Page 46
RITUAL AND HOMOLOGY IN THE VEDAS......Page 50
VITALITY AND POWER IN THE VEDAS......Page 53
SLEEP AND DREAM IN THE VEDAS......Page 55
SELF AND DREAM IN THE UPANISADS......Page 58
3. Indian Buddhist Views of Dream......Page 64
BUDDHIST DREAM THEORY AND ITS INDIAN CONTEXT......Page 65
DREAM AND DIRECT PERCEPTION OF THE BUDDHA......Page 66
DREAMING AND PARANORMAL POWERS......Page 69
DREAM INTERPRETATION AND CLASSIFICATION......Page 70
THE CONCEPTION DREAM OF QUEEN MAYA......Page 73
DREAM AND THE MORAL CONDITION OF THE DREAMER......Page 77
4. Dream in the Tibetan Context......Page 86
CONFLICT AND COMPETITION......Page 88
THE LAMA, THE SHAMAN, AND THE YOGI......Page 92
DREAM AND LIBERATION: THE BODHI ORIENTATION......Page 94
DREAMING AND DYING: THE KARMA ORIENTATION......Page 97
DREAM AND DIVINATION: THE PRAGMATIC ORIENTATION......Page 99
BUDDHIST DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN LAMA AND SHAMAN......Page 102
SHAMANISM AND SOTERIOLOGY......Page 105
5. Tibetan Dream Theory, Imagery,and Interpretation......Page 110
GENERAL DREAM THEORY......Page 111
THEORY AND IMAGERY FROM MEDICAL TEXTS......Page 112
POPULAR DREAM IMAGES......Page 116
DREAM AND EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS IN RELIGIOUS PRACTICE......Page 118
GAINING PERMISSION OF THE DEITY......Page 119
THE QUESTION OF TENDREL......Page 122
DREAM AND THE ILLUSION OF ILLUSION......Page 124
Conclusion......Page 130
Appendix......Page 136
Notes......Page 138
Bibliography......Page 164
C......Page 176
E......Page 177
M......Page 178
R......Page 179
S......Page 180
Z......Page 181