Passionate Enlightenment : Women in Tantric Buddhism /
Shaw, Miranda
Passionate Enlightenment : Women in Tantric Buddhism / Miranda Shaw. - 1 online resource (312 p.) : 18 line illustrations - Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology ; 571 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Transliteration -- PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT -- Chapter One. Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers -- Chapter Two. Tantric Buddhism in India: Religious and Historical Introduction -- Chapter Three. Women in Tantric Theory: Powerful and Auspicious -- Chapter Four. Women in Tantric Circles: Adepts and Experts -- Chapter Five. Women in Tantric History: Founders and Pioneers -- Chapter Six. Women in Tantric Relationships: Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment -- Chapter Seven. Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
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The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual ecstasy. Historians of religion have long held that the enlightenment thus attempted was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary, presenting extensive new evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781400843367
10.1515/9781400843367 doi
RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).
Abhayadatta. Aghori Vimalananda. Akanistha heaven. Arrow-making Yogini. Babhaha. Bhakti movements. Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath. Buddha couple. Buddhahood. Chinese pilgrims. Dasgupta, Shashibhusan. Durjayacandra. Guneru. Heruka. Hindu Tantra. Jambhala. Jungian interpretation. Kambalā. Kantali. Klein, Anne. Lalitavistara. Madhyamaka. Maitrīpa. Odantapurī. Padmalocanā. Padmavajra. Queen Máyá. Rahulavajra. Ratnavajra. Saraha. behavior of the left. bliss and emptiness. bone ornaments. camphor. celibacy. coronation rituals. cremation grounds. dance. embracing. emptiness. enlightenment. fasting ritual. female authorship. great passion. inner yoga. intimacy in Tantric practice. low-caste women. maṇtrinaḥ. menstrual blood. passion. rainbow body.
Passionate Enlightenment : Women in Tantric Buddhism / Miranda Shaw. - 1 online resource (312 p.) : 18 line illustrations - Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology ; 571 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Transliteration -- PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT -- Chapter One. Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers -- Chapter Two. Tantric Buddhism in India: Religious and Historical Introduction -- Chapter Three. Women in Tantric Theory: Powerful and Auspicious -- Chapter Four. Women in Tantric Circles: Adepts and Experts -- Chapter Five. Women in Tantric History: Founders and Pioneers -- Chapter Six. Women in Tantric Relationships: Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment -- Chapter Seven. Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual ecstasy. Historians of religion have long held that the enlightenment thus attempted was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary, presenting extensive new evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781400843367
10.1515/9781400843367 doi
RELIGION / Buddhism / General (see also PHILOSOPHY / Buddhist).
Abhayadatta. Aghori Vimalananda. Akanistha heaven. Arrow-making Yogini. Babhaha. Bhakti movements. Bhattacharyya, Narendra Nath. Buddha couple. Buddhahood. Chinese pilgrims. Dasgupta, Shashibhusan. Durjayacandra. Guneru. Heruka. Hindu Tantra. Jambhala. Jungian interpretation. Kambalā. Kantali. Klein, Anne. Lalitavistara. Madhyamaka. Maitrīpa. Odantapurī. Padmalocanā. Padmavajra. Queen Máyá. Rahulavajra. Ratnavajra. Saraha. behavior of the left. bliss and emptiness. bone ornaments. camphor. celibacy. coronation rituals. cremation grounds. dance. embracing. emptiness. enlightenment. fasting ritual. female authorship. great passion. inner yoga. intimacy in Tantric practice. low-caste women. maṇtrinaḥ. menstrual blood. passion. rainbow body.