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Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton Classics)

Miranda Shaw

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton Classics). To get started finding Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton Classics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton Classics). To get started finding Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism (Princeton Classics), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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