RT Article
T1 Devotion, a Lamp That Illuminates the Ground: Non-Referential Devotional Affect in Great Completeness
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Ford, Renée
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/172707033X
AB I explore how devotion (mos gus) is re-interpreted as non-dual and non-conceptual through Mahāyoga tantric creation (skyed) and completion (rdzogs) stage practices as an expression of the ground (bzhi) for Longchenpa (klong chen rab ‘byams, 1308-1364) and Jigme Lingpa (‘jigs med gling pa, 1730-1785). Devotion, a felt-sense, allows for there to be something akin to a residue from these mental constructs that allows for a practitioner to carry over her experience into a later phase of meditation. Firstly, devotion, as an affect is necessarily non-dual because tantra entails pure perception (dag snang). Secondly, I demonstrate that for Longchenpa, tantra is a method that relies on non-conceptual frameworks. Finally, I address how devotion pivots ordinary mind (sems) towards recognizing this ground. Through this progression, there is a profound synchronicity between full-on openness to devotion and the infinitely spacious reality.
K1 Nyingma
K1 Tantra
K1 Vajrayana Buddhism
K1 great completeness
DO 10.3390/rel11030148