Passionate Enlightenment & Being Bodies — Miranda Shaw; Lenore Friedman; Susan Moon One English-language two-volume Buddhist women's studies trade paperback set, as shown in the photos.

Publication Details: Book Titles: Passionate Enlightenment: Women in Tantric Buddhism; Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment; Authors / Editors: Miranda Shaw; Lenore Friedman, Susan Moon; Format: Trade Paperback; Type: Religious History, Essay Anthology; Publishers: Princeton University Press (Princeton Paperbacks); Shambhala Publications; Country/Region of Manufacture: United States; Language: English; Original Language: English; Narrative Type: Nonfiction; Genre: Religious & Spiritual, History; Topic: Buddhism, Buddhist Women, Tantric Buddhism, Embodiment, Feminist Spirituality; Intended Audience: Adults; Vintage: Yes (1990s).

Content & Features: Passionate Enlightenment explores the lives, practices, and philosophical contributions of women in Indian Tantric Buddhism, challenging stereotypes that reduce tantra to sexual ritual and instead presenting a nuanced portrait of yoginīs, teachers, and practitioners whose spiritual authority and agency shaped medieval Buddhist culture. Drawing on textual sources, historical scholarship, and art-historical evidence, Shaw examines topics such as initiation lineages, visualization practices, ritual partnership, and the integration of sexuality and enlightenment in Tantric theory and lived experience. Being Bodies gathers essays, talks, and reflections from contemporary Buddhist women teachers and practitioners on the paradox of embodiment, addressing themes of body image, illness, aging, sexuality, desire, meditation practice, and everyday life from the standpoint of mindfulness and compassion.

Publication Identifiers: Rear cover barcode panel for Passionate Enlightenment lists ISBN: 0-691-01189-3 and displays EAN: 9780691011898. Rear cover barcode panel for Being Bodies lists ISBN: 1-57030-284-4 and displays EAN: 9781570302843.

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