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When a woman becomes a religious dynasty : the Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet /

In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal tragedy, Chokyi Dronm...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Diemberger, Hildegard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • List of illustrations
  • Foreword / Marilyn Strathern
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • pt. 1
  • 1. The world of Chokyi Dronma
  • 2. The life of Chokyi Dronma
  • 3. The manuscript and its enigmas
  • 4. Princess, nun, yoginī
  • pt. 2. Translation of the biography of the venerable Chokyi Dronma
  • pt. 3
  • 5. Succession and spiritual lineages : meaning and mysteries of Chokyi Dronma's reincarnation
  • 6. "Lady of the lake": the Dorje Phagmo at Samding
  • 7. Dorje Phagmo in the twentieth century : embodied divinity and government cadre
  • 8. The living tradition and the legacy of the princess
  • Epilogue
  • Twin reincarnation line and tentative chronology
  • The families of Choki Dronma
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.