Legitimizing Legitimization: Tārā’s Assimilation of Masculine Qualities in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism and the Feminist ‘Reclaiming’ of Theological Discourse
This essay examines how Tārā ‘reclaims’ the discourse of enlightenment for Buddhist women and feminist theologians. Despite universal concern for the liberation of all beings, Buddhahood in mainstream texts and narratives was confined to male deities and masters, or females that switched their gende...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2014
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Feminist theology
Year: 2014, Volume: 22, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-172 |
| Further subjects: | B
Tibetan Buddhism
B Gender Identity B Tārā B Vajrayāna B Mahāyāna |
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