Passionate enlightenment: women in tantric buddhism
Auteur :
Shaw, Miranda
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691235592
Date de publication :
7 juin 2022
Dimensions :
21,6 x 14,0 cm
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This treatise challenges Western assumptions concerning medieval Tantric Buddhism. The author draws on interviews and archival research to demonstrate that Tantric beliefs promoted co-operative relationships between men and women and relied upon women as a source of spiritual insight.