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
Why do you think no one is able to call me out? Why do you think I'm making it up? I can cite scripture and/or authoritative Tibetan texts for pretty much all of it. I don't because no one in my non-academic audience cares.
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I read the primary Western academic Tibetological literature, and of course the standard Indian and Tibetan texts. I’m perfectly willing to argue about them, in good faith. My aim in writing is to translate those into terms non-academics can understand. I’m not an innovator.
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