Passionate Enlightenment:
Women in Tantric Buddhism
Miranda Shaw

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

	List of Illustrations
	Acknowledgments
	Guide to Transliteration
Ch. 1	Seeking the Traces of Sky-Dancers	3
Ch. 2	Tantric Buddhism in India: Religious and Historical Introduction	20
Ch. 3	Women in Tantric Theory: Powerful and Auspicious	35
Ch. 4	Women in Tantric Circles: Adepts and Experts	74
Ch. 5	Women in Tantric History: Founders and Pioneers	101
Ch. 6	Women in Tantric Relationships: Intimacy as a Path to Enlightenment	140
Ch. 7	Spontaneous Jewellike Yogini on Passion and Enlightenment	179
Ch. 8	Conclusions	195
	Notes	207
	Bibliography	265
	Index	283

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