Merit, Demons, and Karma: Catholic Victim Souls and the Tibetan Practice of gCod

The purpose of this article is to map the points of contact, as well as the irreducible differences, between the Catholic tradition of victim soul spirituality and the Tibetan practice of gcod (chod). Victim soul spirituality develops in the framework of an Anselmian theology of the atonement, where...

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Main Author: Cattoi, Thomas 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press 2022
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 42, Pages: 201-215
Further subjects:B Tibetan Buddhism
B gcod
B Atonement
B Tantra
B Anselm of Canterbury
B Demons
B victim souls
B Machig Labdron
B Merit
B Karma
B Therese Neumann
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