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Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Mythos)

by Miranda E. Shaw

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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.

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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.

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Table of Contents

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Guide to Transliteration
Ch. 1	Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers	3
Ch. 2	Tantric Buddhism in India: Religious and Historical Introduction	20
Ch. 3	Women in Tantric Theory: Powerful and Auspicious	35
Ch. 4	Women in Tantric Circles: Adepts and Experts	74
Ch. 5	Women in Tantric History: Founders and Pioneers	101
Ch. 6	Women in Tantric Relationships: Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment	140
Ch. 7	Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment	179
Ch. 8	Conclusions	195
	Notes	207
	Bibliography	265
	Index	283

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ISBN:

9780691010908

Author:

Shaw, Miranda

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Author:

Shaw, Miranda

Location:

Princeton, N.J.

Subject:

General

Subject:

Comparative Religion

Subject:

Religion

Subject:

Buddhism

Subject:

Women in Tantric Buddhism

Subject:

Buddhism - General

Subject:

Mind, Body & Spirit

Subject:

Asian and Asian American Studies

Subject:

Gender Studies

Subject:

Religion Eastern-Buddhism

Copyright:

1995

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology

Series Volume:

vyp. 7 (540)

Publication Date:

September 1995

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

College/higher education:

Language:

English

Illustrations:

18 line illustrations

Pages:

307

Dimensions:

9.28x6.15x.66 in. .99 lbs.

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"Synopsis" by Princeton, 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.