The double mirror : a skeptical journey into Buddhist tantra

by Stephen T. Butterfield

Paperback, 1994

Publication

Imprint: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, c1994. Responsibility: Stephen T. Butterfield. OCLC Number: 29361331. Physical: Text : 1 volume : 261 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Features: Includes glossary, index.

Call number

Biography / Butte

Barcode

BK-04428

ISBN

1556431767 / 9781556431760

Collections

Your library, Adult Materials, Accounts of the Path

CSS Library Notes

Description: In The Double Mirror, the author's personal history - as a student of the late Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa, known for his unconventional lifestyle and "crazy wisdom" teaching style - is the framework for an incisive and eloquent examination of a profound spiritual journey. Writing both from a critical perspective and from his direct experience of Vajrayana practice, the author looks at Buddhist tantric teachings and practices and their expression in Vajradhatu, Trungpa's organization. While discussing how the institution may sometimes function like a "cult," Butterfield nonetheless experiences Buddhist tantra as an authentic system of profound spiritual transformation. -- from back cover

FY1997 /

Physical description

261 p.; 23 cm

Description

In The Double Mirror, the author's personal history - as a student of the late Tibetan master Chogyam Trungpa, known for his unconventional lifestyle and "crazy wisdom" teaching style - is the framework for an incisive and eloquent examination of a profound spiritual journey. Writing both from a critical perspective and from his direct experience of Vajrayana practice, the author looks at Buddhist tantric teachings and practices and their expression in Vajradhatu, Trungpa's organization. While discussing how the institution may sometimes function like a "cult," Butterfield nonetheless experiences Buddhist tantra as an authentic system of profound spiritual transformation. The Double Mirror explores the effects of Buddhist practice on personality, autonomy, perception, and health, and discusses what Buddhism has to offer Americans.… (more)