Tibet Women

Women in Tibetan society and Buddhism — a rich and underexplored literature. Browse studies of dakinis and female bodhisattvas (Tara, Vajrayogini, Machig Labdrön), biographies of great yoginis, the lives of ordinary Tibetan women in the nomadic and agricultural traditions, feminist scholarship of Tibetan Buddhism, and first-person accounts by Tibetan nuns and women refugees. Also broader women and gender studies in Buddhist traditions.