Revisiting the “Secret Consort” (gsang yum) in Tibetan Buddhism

This article revisits the question, first introduced by feminist scholars in the mid-1990s, about whether sexual practices within Buddhist tantra (heterosexually conceived) are empowering or exploitative to women. The purpose here is to complicate this question, given the different geographic settin...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gayley, Holly (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2018]
In: Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 6, Pages: 1-21
Further subjects:B Buddhism
B Tantra
B consort relationship
B women in religion
B Sexuality
B Gender
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