''Tulpa'' is a [[spiritual]] [[discipline]] and teachings concept in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon Bon]. The term 'thoughtform' is used as early as 1927 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans-Wentz Evans-Wentz] translation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol Tibetan Book of the Dead], described as "giving palpable being to a [[visualization]], in very much the same [[manner]] as an [[architect]] gives concrete expression in three dimensions to [...] his [[blueprint]]". | ''Tulpa'' is a [[spiritual]] [[discipline]] and teachings concept in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan_Buddhism Tibetan Buddhism] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon Bon]. The term 'thoughtform' is used as early as 1927 in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evans-Wentz Evans-Wentz] translation of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bardo_Thodol Tibetan Book of the Dead], described as "giving palpable being to a [[visualization]], in very much the same [[manner]] as an [[architect]] gives concrete expression in three dimensions to [...] his [[blueprint]]". |