Femininity and Sexuality in Vajrayana Buddhism

Bridging Eastern and Western Perspectives

This book offers a comprehensive study of femininity and sexuality in Vajrayna Buddhism, integrating Eastern and Western perspectives to provide a comprehensive understanding of these concepts, especially in relation to phenomena such as religious sexual abuse.

This book offers a comprehensive study of femininity and sexuality in Vajrayna Buddhism, integrating Eastern and Western perspectives to provide a comprehensive understanding of these concepts, especially in relation to phenomena such as religious sexual abuse. It aims to critically examine the religious significance of Vajrayna symbols of femininity, particularly kins (Tib. mkha gro ma), as embodiments of wisdom and enlightenment. It also seeks to analyse how the incongruent relationship between female deities and actual women affects their lives and contributes to religious sexual abuse, a significant issue within transnational