Janet Gyatso, Amherst College "In the end, her story presents its readers with a complex image of a woman engaged in the difficult process of self- realization. What would have been most striking to its 'traditional' readers is the strength of its resolutely feminine heroine, who carved out a distinctive way to travel on the classical tantric path."
Book Description Mandarava, a role model for women in tantric Buddhism, was the principal consort of the 8th century Indian master Padmasambhava, before he introduced tantric Buddhism to Tibet.
