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Buddhism and Tibetan Dance
Forum Reflection and Response #3
Is Buddhism a Monotheistic Religion?
Excerpt from Buddhism and Monotheism
Buddhism is a religion lacking the idea of a unique creator God. It is a kind of trans-polytheism that accepts many long-lived gods, but sees ultimate reality, Nirvana, as beyond these. It does, though, see Dhamma/Dharma as a Basic Pattern encompassing everything, with karma as a law-like principle ensuring that good and bad actions have appropriate natural results. This Element explores these ideas, along with overlaps in Buddhist and monotheist ideas and practices, the development of more theist-like ideas in Mahāyāna Buddhism, Buddhist critiques of the idea of a creator God, and some contemporary Buddhist views and appreciations of monotheisms.
(Resource: Harvey, P. (2019). Buddhism and Monotheism (Elements in Religion and Monotheism). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108758390)
How Buddhism Spread Through Asia
Dances of Tantric Buddhist Monks Of Tibet
Dances have been performed for centuries
Origin of the Tibetan dances: “To divert and entertain evil spirits, so they would not interfere with Tibetan’s work
Monks form a circle
Monks spin as an “act of cleansing and preparation”
HempisGonpa Festival Festival:
Tantric Buddhist Monk Dance
Tibetan Monastic Dance – ‘Cham’
Video by Asian Culture Vulture at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival:
Characteristics of Tibetan Dance: The Hemis Gonpa Festival
Performed in June to commemorate Guru Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism
Performed at the annual festival to “give thanks to the protective deities”
Elaborate masks
Costumed rituals
National Geographic: The Buddhist Science Of The Mind
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBVvvWP2a-c
This is a wonderful video. If you have the time, I recommend watching it in its entirety. Otherwise, for your Forum Reflection and Response, watch from this point:
Video: Start at 19:30
