{"id":852,"date":"2013-06-12T16:19:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T22:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.dharmaocean.org\/?p=852"},"modified":"2022-12-26T10:55:44","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T17:55:44","slug":"episode-21-tantric-saints-in-indian-buddhism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dharmaocean.org\/fr\/episode-21-tantric-saints-in-indian-buddhism\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 21: Tantric Saints in Indian Buddhism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this symposium lecture, given at Stanford University in 2009, Reggie discusses the prototype of the tantric saint in ancient India. As he explains, the tantric path is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by several characteristics: an emphasis on enlightened female lineage holders, an embrace of ordinary “householder” lifestyles, and a recognition of the liberatory potential of desire, anger, and other so-called “defiled” mind states. However, although the Vajrayana tradition is unique in its unconventional expression of the dharma, it nevertheless shares a basic understanding of emptiness that is common to all Buddhist lineages.<\/p>\n