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Caryā of Buddha Nāţaka Ritual of Dance Drama in ahorātrapadasādhanavidhī
Author(s) -
Arun Bhakta Shrestha
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sirjana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2565-5086
DOI - 10.3126/sirjana.v4i1.39842
Subject(s) - gautama buddha , drama , aka , mysticism , dance , buddhism , art , literature , theology , philosophy , aesthetics , visual arts , computer science , library science
Ahorātrapadasādhanavidhī is a method prescribed in vajrayāna religious system to be followed to achieve the goal visualized. In the course of its practice or caryā yoga is adopted as a process of the system built. Caryāgīti listed in ahorātrapadasādhanavidhī in a given sequence equates with the group of letters in alphabetical order carrying a rationalized logic for divine communication. These bunch of caryāgītis are vajrayāna literary work for the benefit of vajrayāna religious practice. Under vajrayāna system, padasādhana is a method which specified stepped process to reach the goal of advaya or non-duality envisaged in the embrace of śūnya and karuņā, a state of yuganaddha, so conceptualized with the element of drama or nāţaka. It is a path to śūnya and ultimate nirvāņa for a bodhisattva. It is a caryā of Buddha nāţaka - mystical till realized.

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