Tag: Mahasiddhas
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The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas: Understanding Buddhist Imagery
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The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas are historical figures that lived between the eighth and twelfth centuries that achieved great accomplishments. A more western definition is that a “siddha” is someone with magical powers and “maha” means above all others. How they achieved these abilities came to be known as the Buddhist Tantras. Commonly known as “siddhis”, these psychic and spiritual abilities have…
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A 1998 Interview Between Uriél Dana and Gage Taylor
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In 1998 I asked Gage Taylor to write something for the Art America website. Websites were still new for artists at that time. I am sharing this highly intimate interview once again as many issues are relevant now. Ten years before we met I was living and working in Germany, attached to Engineering and Programs with…