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Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
Author Simmer-Brown, Judith (著)
Date2001
Pages404
PublisherShambhala
Publisher Url http://www.shambhala.com
LocationUS [美國]
Content type書籍=Book
Language英文=English
NoteAuthor Affiliations: Professor and chair of the religious studies department at Naropa University.
KeywordDakini; Buddhism in Tibet; Femininity; 心靈=Spiritual; 西藏佛教=藏傳佛教=Tibetan Buddhism; 空行母=Dakini
Table of contentsIllustrations ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xxiii
INTRODUCTION Encountering the Ḍākinī 1
Missed Opportunities, Skewed Interpretations 4
The Ḍākinī as Symbol in Tibetan Buddhism 8
CHAPTER ONE Gender, Subjectivity, and the Feminine Principle 11
Jungian Interpretations of the Ḍākinī: "Fantasy of Opposites" 11
Feminist Interpretations of the Ḍākinī: Problems and Promise 17
The Complexity of Religious Symbols: Spiritual Subjectivity 25
Gender in Traditional Tibet 33
Symbolism and Subjectivity: The Feminine Principle 39
CHAPTER TWO The Ḍākinī in Tibetan Buddhism 43
Ḍākinī Development in India 45
The Meaning of the Ḍākinī in TIbetan Buddhism 51
General Classifications of Ḍākinīs 53
The Three Bodies of Enlightened Ḍākinīs 65
Four Aspects of Ḍākinī: Outer-Outer, Outer, Inner, and Secret 69
Conclusion 79
CHAPTER THREE The Secret Ḍākinī: The Great Mother 81
The Great Mother Prajñāpāramitā 84
Vajrayāna Transformation: Great Queen Prajñāpāramitā 89
Evoking the Secret Ḍākinī: Practicing the Guru's Instructions 94
Vajrayāna Meditation Practice: Creation and Completion 96
The Mother as Birth-Giver: Symbols Arising from Space 98
Aniconic Representations of the Mother 106
Iconographic Depictions of the Great Mother 110
How Is the Mother Feminine? 112
CHAPTER FOUR The Inner Ḍākinī: The Visionary Queen 116
Maṇḍala Principle 117
The Charnel Ground 121
The Ḍākinī in the Charnel Ground 121
Coemergence, Heat, and the Charnel Ground 132
Vajrayoginī, the Coemergent Mother 137
Alternate Forms of Vajrayoginī 144
Is Vajrayoginī a Goddess? 147
The Maṇḍala of the Heruka and Ḍākinī: Cakrasaṃvara and Vajrayoginī 153
Yab-Yum and Subjectivity 158
CHAPTER FIVE The Outer Ḍākinī: The Subtle Body of Bliss 161
Tantra and Embodiment 162
The Subtle Body in Tibetan Buddhism 168
Ḍākinīs and the Sacred Landscape of the Subtle Body 172
Feminine, Masculine, and the Subtle Body 176
The Ḍākinī as the Symbol of Subtle-Body Yoga 179
Conclusion 180
CHAPTER SIX The Outer-Outer Ḍākinī: The Ḍākinī in Human Form 182
Symbol and Actuality: Human Ḍākinīs 186
Types of Human Ḍākinīs 187
Physical Signs of the Ḍākinī 189
Female Tantric Gurus 194
The Ḍākinī as Mother, Sister, or Maid 199
Embodied Ḍākinī as the Practice and the Realization 202
Every Woman Is Part of the Ḍākinī 204
Prajñā, Upāya, Women, and Men 208
Desire and Sexuality in Buddhist Tantra 211
Sexual Yoga and the Ḍākinī 216
Types of Consorts 223
Milarepa and Karmamudrā 231
CHAPTER SEVEN Living Encounters with the Ḍākinī 234
Ḍākinī as Messenger and Intermediary 235
Determining the Ḍākinī's Identity 240
Timing and Quality of Encounters 242
Transmission as the Blessing of the Ḍākinī's Body 246
Ḍākinī Activities: Devouring and Feeding 253
Gender Differences: Yoginī Encounters with the Ḍākinī 259
CHAPTER EIGHT Protectors of the Tantric Teachings 265
Auspicious Coincidence and Uḍḍiyāṇa 267
Symbols Hidden and Revealed 270
The Wisdom Ḍākinī Protector Ekajaṭī 267
On Behalf of the Tradition: Founders of New Lineages of Teaching 279
CONCLUSION Ḍākinī's Warm Breath: Quintessence of a Tantric Symbol 286
ISBN9781570629204
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