Passionate Enlightenment. Women in Tantric Buddhism, Paperback/Miranda Shaw

This treatise challenges Western assumptions concerning medieval Tantric Buddhism. The author draws on interviews and archival research to demonstrate that Tantric beliefs promoted co-operative relationships between men and women and relied upon women as a source of spiritual insight. Publisher: Princeton University Press Author(s): Miranda Shaw Illustration(s): 18 b/w illus. Number of pages: 320 Collection: Princeton Classics Publication date: 2022 Dimensions: 140 x 216 x 25 Cover type: Paperback / softback