 Click to enlarge | PASSIONATE ENLIGHTENMENT: Women in Tantric Buddhismby Miranda Shaw312 pp., 18 illus. #PAENL - regular price $ 23.95 Our Price $19.16 Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for its sexual practices which transform erotic passion into spiritual ecstasy. Historians of religion have held that the enlightenment thus attempted was for men only, and that women in the movement were subordinate and at worst degraded and exploited. Miranda Shaw presents extensive new evidence of outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping sacred sexuality. In her view, the Tantric theory has promoted cooperative, mutually liberative relationships that rely on women as a source of spiritual insight and power. |
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