Passionate Enlightenment : : Women in Tantric Buddhism / / Miranda Shaw.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English
• VerfasserIn: Shaw, Miranda,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 18 b/w illus.

The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist TantraThe 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 bliss. Historians of religion have long held that this attempted enlightenment was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. In Passionate Enlightenment, Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary and presents extensive 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. Including a new preface by the author, this Princeton Classics edition makes an essential work available for new audiences.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface to the Princeton Classics Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Guide to Transliteration -- 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