Love and Liberation - Autobiographical Writings of Tibetan Buddhist Visionary Sera Khandro

Reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments
Technical Note on Tibetan and Sanskrit Words
Abbreviations
Chronology
Maps
Introduction
1. The Life and Times of Sera Khandro
2. A Guest in the Sacred Land of Golok
3. Dakini Dialogues
4. Sacred Sexuality
5. Love Between Method and Insight
Epilogue: Love After Death
Spelling of Key Tibetan Names and Terms
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Sarah H. Jacoby is assistant professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Northwestern University. She is the coauthor of Buddhism: Introducing the Buddhist Experience and coeditor of Buddhism Beyond the Monastery: Tantric Practices and Their Performers in Tibet and the Himalayas.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Jacoby, Sarah (Northwestern University) Jacoby, Sarah H. Jacoby, Jacoby Sarah H.
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2015
• EAN: 9780231147699
• ISBN: 978-0-231-14769-9
• No. of pages: 456
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; History, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / China, RELIGION / Buddhism / Tibetan, Biography: religious and spiritual, Tibetan Buddhism