Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism

This book may be sympathetic to certain feminist concerns, but it does not follow feminist methodology.

gender symbols are used to animate and express the dynamic world of duality, which is viewed as a painful alienation from the truth of things as they are.

have endeavored to locate the meaning of the ḍākinī specifically within the tradition of Tibetan tantra, as distinguished from the ḍākinī and other feminine forms of “great goddess” or tantric traditions in India. This is important because of the dangers of mixing Hindu and Buddhist tantric traditions when interpreting symbols,

With great physical hardship, personal frustration, and despair, Milarepa did as his master asked. When the practitioner contemplates these tales, the inner landscape of the spiritual journey is illuminated; its contours become more familiar and meaningful, transforming frustration and obstacles into inspiration.

Cynthia Moku, for permitting use of her exquisite drawings of ḍākinīs throughout the book;

Symbols are not mirrors of the self or of a socially constructed reality; rather they are windows to realms beyond thought or meaning.

the “mother tantra” texts (ma-gyü), which especially emphasize the ways of bringing passion to the spiritual path.

Women Who Run With Scissors

Miranda Shaw’s Passionate Enlightenment reassessed women’s historical role in the formative years of Indian Vajrayāna.