Sublime

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 ea

Dharmabodhi Sarasvatī.

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.

Subtle-body yoga is the realm of the outer ḍākinī, in which the energetic body is sacralized and harmonized, creating a link between the visualized maṇḍala and the realm of physical manifestation. The secret-ḍākinī realm is that of naked awareness of the nature of mind, experienced as vast and luminous space pregnant with possibilities.