Passionate Enlightenment : Women in Tantric Buddhism / Miranda Shaw.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shaw, Miranda, Author.

Series:

Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology ; 571

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.) : 18 line illustrations

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021)

ISBN:

9781400843367

1400843367

OCLC:

1257324155