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As for these women, the dakinis have a gift to present to you too. They offer a feminine model that is fierce, wise, spiritual, and embodied. They give us the energy of the undomesticated feminine; they are not meek or submissive. They are luminous, subtle spiritual energy, the gatekeepers and the guardians of the unconditioned wisdom and sacred
... See moreTsultrim Allione • Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
From a traditional point of view, the ḍākinī is not about women or gender at all, but the power of the realization of emptiness to transform worldly concerns into enlightenment. She is a symbol of the personal subjectivity of every tantric practitioner, blending devotion, renunciation, and awareness into a potent spiritual journey. Part of that
... See moreJudith Simmer-Brown • Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
Cultivating the inseparable ḍākinī is the essence of the spiritual life of the Vajrayāna practitioner.
Judith Simmer-Brown • Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
The encounter with the ḍākinī is the encounter with the spiritual treasury of Buddhism, the experience of the ultimate nature of the mind in its dynamic expression as a constantly moving sky-dancing woman.
Judith Simmer-Brown • Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
But the deities visualized are not merely token symbols; they reflect the essential power of the subtle body and its potential to clear away confusion and open the gates of wisdom. For this reason, the realm of subtle-body yoga is the realm of the ḍākinī in Tibetan Buddhism.
Judith Simmer-Brown • Dakini's Warm Breath: The Feminine Principle in Tibetan Buddhism
understand the ḍākinī as the intimate meeting of his own understanding, the deity, and the lineage of realization.