Passionate enlightenment : women in Tantric Buddhism / Miranda Shaw.
Miranda Eberle Shaw 1954-
ספרכותר |
Passionate enlightenment [electronic resource] : women in Tantric Buddhism / Miranda Shaw. |
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מוציא לאור |
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press |
שנה |
c1994 |
הערות |
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph Includes bibliographical references (p. [265]-282) and index. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Cover Page -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Transliteration -- Chapter One. Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers -- Scholarly Contexts -- Theoretical Considerations -- Methodology -- Chapter Two. Tantric Buddhism in India -- Tantric Buddhist Thought and Practice -- Cultural Background of the Tantric Movement -- Chapter Three. Women in Tantric Theory -- Numinous, Sky-Borne Women -- Respect and Honor -- Consequences of Disrespect -- Classifications of Women -- Mothers, Sisters, and Daughters -- Dancers, Courtesans, and Low-Caste Women -- The Dancer and the King -- Tantric Gender Ideology: A Gynocentric Balance -- Chapter Four. Women in Tantric Circles -- Challenging Androcentric Readings -- Magic and Ritual -- Tantric Feasts -- Envisioning Deities and Mandalas -- Inner Yogas and Perfection Stage -- Realization and Enlightenment -- Women as Gurus -- Chapter Five. Women in Tantric History -- Vajravattand Wrathful Red Tara, a Female Buddha -- Niguma and a Cakrasamvara Healing Mandala -- Laksminkara and Severed-Headed Vajrayogini -- Mekhala, Kanakhala, and Severed-Headed Vajrayogini Inner Yoga -- Siddharajm and the Buddha of Infinite Life -- SiddharajnT and the Lord Who Dances on a Lotus -- BhiksunT LaksmT and Avalokitesvara Fasting Practice -- The Mothers of the "Founding Fathers -- Chapter Six. Women in Tantric Relationships -- Tantric Union: Centerpiece of the Tantric Paradigm -- Union with an Imagined Partner -- Tantric Union and Tantric Metaphor -- Union as Worship of the Female Partner -- The Inner Yoga of the Yogini -- Inner Fire Offering -- Intimacy and Tantric Union -- Women's Competence for Tantric Union -- Reciprocity and Tantric Union -- Chapter Seven. Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment. The Teachings of Spontaneous fewellike Yogini -- Spontaneous fewellike Yogini, the Woman -- Chapter Eight. Conclusions -- Historiographic Issues -- Iconographic Issues -- Buddhological Issues -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Tibetan Sources -- Sanskrit and Western Language Sources -- Index. |
סדרה |
Mythos: the Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology v.74 |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (xiii, 291 p. ) ill. |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997007877167905171 |
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