![]() ![]() The dakini is a messenger of spaciousness and truth, presiding over the funeral of self deception. She is compassionate, yet she also relentlessly tears away the ego. The dakini is the most important manifestation of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhist teachings. Everyone has the possibility of becoming a dakini (or a Buddha) since the ego can be transformed into wisdom at any point. The Sanskrit word for dakini in Tibetan becomes khandro, which means “sky dancer”, literally “she who moves through space”. Buddhism had been around for a thousand years by this time. The feminine emerged in Buddhism during the eighth century in the Tantric Buddhism tradition in India, and then migrated to Tibet. ![]() Many female models of strength have been largely lost, repressed or hidden from view throughout history. She replied that ‘there is no man there is no woman, no self, no person, and no consciousness. She was devoted to the Buddha’s teachings and on the cusp of attain-ing enlightenment, but she was told it was not possible since she was in a body of a woman. This shift of the en-ergy associated with our emotional wounds is what helps us to avoid the spiritual bypass and to not seek feel good vibes at the expense of what is occurring inside.īefore the female Buddha Tara came into being, she was a princess named Wis-dom Moon. If I were to take out one key essence, it would be to understand how we don’t get rid of what we consider to be ‘negative’ we transform that energy. I write this blog for my students who have been practicing the Five Dakini meditations with me over the last few weeks. So all credit is due to this inspirational woman. This blog summarises the wonderful book ‘Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine’ by Lama Tsultrim Allione. ![]()
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