Tantric Buddhist elements in Chinese pop culture: Sa Dingding performing the Vajrasattva dharani.
Contemporary Vajrayana religious ritual should be similar, if we had the guts and the resources!
via @AndrewQuintman (drum intro 0:57, spectacle 2:18)https://youtu.be/NzvgScMNtW4?t=57 …
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This astounding spectacle—Corvus Corax’s Cantus Buranus II—is my prototype for a contemporary Western Vajrayana ritual. (It’s also clearly the best opera performed by heavy metal musicians on authentic Medieval instruments EVER!)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsFyIN7_txU …
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Replying to @Meaningness @AndrewQuintman
Can you clarify in what way these have anything to do with Vajrayana? I would have thought the commodification and showmanship would mean they are anything but.
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Replying to @jmanooch @AndrewQuintman
Showmanship is the essence of tantric ritual! Explanatory tweet storm incoming I guess… Commodification is not in the least alien to tantric ritual, either; in historical practice, fundraising was one of their most important functions. Not essential in principle, though.
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Replying to @jmanooch @AndrewQuintman
I’m not sure which of my several websites you found… The answer to your question is given on them. If you make it more explicit, I can answer more specifically. In short: Buddhism has unique resources for addressing contemporary problems.
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Replying to @jmanooch @AndrewQuintman
So, I'm not sure where you are coming from. Do you practice traditional Tibetan Vajrayana? If so, I would answer in one way. If not, a different one.
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Ah, splendid, thank you. So: I have no disciples and no interest in getting any. I am not particularly interested in “otherness” and that’s not a main theme in anything I write. “Othernes-in-tension” sounds like an interesting idea, but I have never heard tantra described thus
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