LEADER 03994nam 2200661 450 001 9910819531603321 005 20230720191426.0 010 $a9780231519533$belectronic book 010 $a0-231-14769-4 010 $a0-231-51953-2 024 7 $a10.7312/jaco14768 035 $a(CKB)3710000000250009 035 $a(EBL)1801738 035 $a(OCoLC)892244524 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001350307 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12571004 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001350307 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11288938 035 $a(PQKB)11275195 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001075995 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1801738 035 $a(DE-B1597)458373 035 $a(OCoLC)893686246 035 $a(OCoLC)979720733 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780231519533 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1801738 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10940863 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL668682 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000250009 100 $a20140929h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u|mu 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLove and liberation $ethe autobiographical writings of the Tibetan visionary Sera Khandro /$fSarah H. Jacoby 210 1$aNew York ;$aChichester, West Sussex :$cColumbia University Press,$d[2014] 210 4$d©2014 215 $a1 online resource (456 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-322-37400-7 311 0 $a0-231-14768-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tList of Illustrations --$tPreface and Acknowledgments --$tTechnical Note on Tibetan and Sanskrit Words --$tAbbreviations --$tChronology --$tMaps --$tIntroduction --$t1. THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SERA KHANDRO --$t2. A GUEST IN THE SACRED LAND OF GOLOK --$t3. ??KIN? DIALOGUES --$t4. SACRED SEXUALITY --$t5. LOVE BETWEEN METHOD AND INSIGHT --$tEPILOGUE --$tSpelling of Key Tibetan Names and Terms --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aLove and Liberation reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life. Sera Khandro Künzang Dekyong Chönyi Wangmo (also called Dewé Dorjé, 1892-1940) was extraordinary not only for achieving religious mastery as a Tibetan Buddhist visionary and guru to many lamas, monastics, and laity in the Golok region of eastern Tibet, but also for her candor. This book listens to Sera Khandro's conversations with land deities, dakinis, bodhisattvas, lamas, and fellow religious community members whose voices interweave with her own to narrate what is a story of both love between Sera Khandro and her guru, Drimé Özer, and spiritual liberation. Sarah H. Jacoby's analysis focuses on the status of the female body in Sera Khandro's texts, the virtue of celibacy versus the expediency of sexuality for religious purposes, and the difference between profane lust and sacred love between male and female tantric partners. Her findings add new dimensions to our understanding of Tibetan Buddhist consort practices, complicating standard scriptural presentations of male subject and female aide. Sera Khandro depicts herself and Drimé Özer as inseparable embodiments of insight and method that together form the Vajrayana Buddhist vision of complete buddhahood. By advancing this complementary sacred partnership, Sera Khandro carved a place for herself as a female virtuoso in the male-dominated sphere of early twentieth-century Tibetan religion. 606 $aBuddhist women$zChina$zAmdo (Region)$vBiography 606 $aWomen religious leaders$zChina$zAmdo (Region)$vBiography 615 0$aBuddhist women 615 0$aWomen religious leaders 676 $a294.3/923092 700 $aJacoby$b Sarah$01643921 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910819531603321 996 $aLove and liberation$94113242 997 $aUNINA