Passionate Enlightenment
Women in Tantric Buddhism
Seiten
1995
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01090-8 (ISBN)
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-01090-8 (ISBN)
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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. This title argues to the contrary, presenting evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement.
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.
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.
Miranda Shaw is Assistant Professor of Religion at the University of Richmond.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.10.1995 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Mythos: The Princeton/Bollingen Series in World Mythology |
| Zusatzinfo | 18 line illustrations |
| Verlagsort | New Jersey |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 425 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-691-01090-0 / 0691010900 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-691-01090-8 / 9780691010908 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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