Female_Buddhas_women_of_enlightenment_in_Tibetan_mystical_art

Pt. 1. An Overview Of The Tradition. In Praise Of The Feminine ; Male & Female Buddhas ; Buddha Shakyamuni ; The Buddhist Legend In India ; The Sutra Way ; The Doctrine Of The Three Kayas ; Tantra, Mantra & Mandala ; The Tantra Way ; Three Jewels, Three Roots & Three Types Of Female Buddhas ; Tibetan Mystical Art As Pictorial Language ; The Story Of Tibetan Mystical Art ; Concluding Reflections. -- Pt. 2. Treasures From The Rubin Collection. Arya Tara ; Healing Trinity ; Female Buddhas With An Agenda ; The Yum In Yab Yum ; The Vajra Dakinis ; Female Buddhas & Their Mandalas ; Female Dharma Protectors ; Great Female Lineage Masters. -- Pt. 3. Epilogue. A Dakini Song From The Seventh Dalai Lama. Glenn H. Mullin With Jeff J. Watt ; Photographs Of Tibet By Marcia Keegan. Published In Conjunction With An Exhibition Held At Oglethorpe University Museum Of Art, Atlanta. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 224) And Index. Buddhist scholar, Mullin, a specialist on Tibet, put together a Tibetan exhibition at the Oglethopre University Museum of Art in Atlanta from the Shelley and Donald Rubin Collection, and wrote this accompanying text. He discusses the feminine in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism and Tibetan mystical art, then comments on the art works, which are reproduced in color. Annotation ♭2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Paper Back edition is temporarily outb of stock until 5/01/2005 Cloth edition ISBN 157416-0672 $39.95 is being substituted