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Tulpa is a term used in the works of Alexandra David-Néel to describe the concept of "emanations" within Tibetan Buddhism. The term tulpa is David Néel's phoneticization of the Tibetan term sprul pa (Skt. nirmita).[1]
David-Néel described tulpas as "magic formations generated by a powerful concentration of thought."
Some Western "new age" practitioners have equated the term tulpa with the term thought form. In recent years, a subculture has formed online whose members advocate the creation of hallucinations or imaginary friends which they call tulpas.[2][3][4][5]
For the traditional meaning of this term within Buddhism, see nirmita.
References
- ↑ The term is also phonetically rendered as trulpa.
- ↑ Luhrmann, T. M. (October 14, 2013). "Conjuring Up Our Own Gods". The New York Times.
- ↑ Thompson, Nathan (September 3, 2014). "Meet the 'Tulpamancers': The Internet's Newest Subculture Is Incredibly Weird". Vice.
- ↑ Samuel Veissière, PhD (Sep 2014). "Talking to Tulpas: Sentient Imaginary Friends, the Social Mind, and Implications for Culture, Cognition, and Mental Health Research". Academia.
- ↑ White, Ian (November 30, 2014). "Love Me, Love My Tulpa". Paranormal Underground.
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