Judith Simmer-Brown - Le souffle ardent de la Dakini - 2004

The feminine principle in Tantric Buddhism.

The fruit of deep spiritual and academic research, this work, which is based on the author's direct experience, studies the deepest and most enigmatic expression of the feminine principle in Buddhism: the dakini, both indomitable and incisive personification of wisdom. It shows us how the dakini, in the context of tantric practice, is both the practitioner's ultimate guide and their most intimate spiritual nature.

So that it simultaneously confirms, overwhelms and transcends contemporary views on the two sexes and their symbolism. In this well-researched and nuanced study, Judith Simmer-Brown analyzes one of the most elusive and yet among the most powerful symbols of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism while avoiding falling into the reductionist traps of Jungian models of interpretation. and feminists.

Dealing with one of the most troubling topics in Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism, this foundational book is a treasure trove of information on the qualities of the feminine principle in the Buddhist tantric tradition as it reaches us in the West today. The author interweaves traditional stories and comments from contemporary Buddhist masters and gives us the most complete overview to date on this subject.

Based on academic knowledge coupled with solid personal experience, this unique work is intended for all spiritual seekers, those interested in the tantric tradition, feminine spirituality and the spiritual practices of divinities feminine.