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Tables of Contents for Female Buddhas
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
v
Preface
x
Foreword
xi
Part One: An Overview of the Tradition
In Praise of the Feminine
15
2
Male & Female Buddhas
17
2
Buddha Shakyamuni
19
2
The Buddhist Legacy in India
21
2
The Sutra Way
23
4
The Doctrine of the Three Kayas
27
4
Tantra, Mantra & Mandala
31
4
The Tantra Way
35
4
Three Jewels, Three Roots & Three Types of Female Buddhas
39
4
Tibetan Mystical Art as Pictorial Language
43
4
The Story of Tibetan Mystical Art
47
3
Concluding Reflections
50
4
Part Two: Treasures from the Rubin Collection
Arya Tara
54
44
Healing Trinity
98
13
Female Buddhas with an Agenda
111
18
The Yum in Yab Yum
129
19
The Vajra Dakinis
148
16
Female Buddhas & Their Mandalas
164
14
Female Dharma Protectors
178
24
Great Female Lineage Masters
202
22
Part Three: Epilogue
A Dakini Song from the Seventh Dalai Lama
219
5
Bibliography
224
1
Female Buddhas on the Web (www.himalayanart.org)
225
2
Index
227