Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 758 g
Buch, Englisch, 456 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 758 g
ISBN: 978-0-231-14768-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press
Sarah H. Jacoby's analysis focuses on the status of the female body in Sera Khandro's texts, the virtue of celibacy versus the expediency of sexuality for religious purposes, and the difference between profane lust and sacred love between male and female tantric partners. Her findings add new dimensions to our understanding of Tibetan Buddhist consort practices, complicating standard scriptural presentations of male subject and female aide. Sera Khandro depicts herself and Drimé Özer as inseparable embodiments of insight and method that together form the Vajrayana Buddhist vision of complete buddhahood. By advancing this complementary sacred partnership, Sera Khandro carved a place for herself as a female virtuoso in the male-dominated sphere of early twentieth-century Tibetan religion.
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Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Tibetischer Buddhismus
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Feministische Theologie, Gender Studies
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
Weitere Infos & Material
List of IllustrationsPreface and AcknowledgmentsTechnical Note on Tibetan and Sanskrit WordsAbbreviationsChronologyMapsIntroduction1. The Life and Times of Sera Khandro2. A Guest in the Sacred Land of Golok3. Dakini Dialogues4. Sacred Sexuality5. Love Between Method and InsightEpilogue: Love After DeathSpelling of Key Tibetan Names and TermsNotesBibliographyIndex
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