Passionate enlightenment : women in Tantric Buddhism

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Passionate enlightenment : women in Tantric Buddhism

Miranda Shaw

Princeton University Press, c1994

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Bibliography: p. [265]-282

Includes indexes

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: pbk ISBN 9780691010908

内容説明

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.

目次

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsGuide to TransliterationCh. 1Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers3Ch. 2Tantric Buddhism in India: Religious and Historical Introduction20Ch. 3Women in Tantric Theory: Powerful and Auspicious35Ch. 4Women in Tantric Circles: Adepts and Experts74Ch. 5Women in Tantric History: Founders and Pioneers101Ch. 6Women in Tantric Relationships: Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment140Ch. 7Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment179Ch. 8Conclusions195Notes207Bibliography265Index283
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ISBN 9780691033808

内容説明

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 subordinate 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. Drawing on interviews and archival research conducted during two years of fieldwork in India and Nepal, including more than 40 works by women of the Pala period, the author reinterprets the history of Tantric Buddhism during its first four centuries. In her view, the Tantric theory of this period promotes an ideal of co-operative, mutually liberative relationships between women and men while encouraging a sense of reliance on women as a source of spiritual insight and power.

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