Jacqueline Gens is asking some poignant questions in her recent review of Dakini Power: "The title of the book aptly portrays--Dakini Power, as an unconditioned force of natural mind beyond gender --unaltered and free from concepts serving as the messenger of change behind this cultural transformation. The women portrayed here are on a mission—all of them. Indeed, the context shared by all these women can best be defined as the recognition of the emerging feminine or in more standard terms a feminist perspective they each embody in their role as authorized teachers in the Tibetan lineages. We are NOT talking here of limited political ideologies or politics that taint the transmission but the actualization of an evolutionary process in combination with a deep reverence for the Tibetan traditions they represent or were trained in. ... These women are not only shaping the transmission of the Teachings in the West but trailblazers in our western culture on a number of fronts in the fields death/dying, permaculture, and social justice. They also all seem to have a particular siddhi that allows them to withstand avalanches of criticism by less adventurous practitioners out to diminish their contributions. Michaela Haas also does a great job of portraying the unique contributions each woman has made to her particular lineage and how their personal and sometimes painful spiritual development empowered them on the path as well as serves as an inspiration to thousands of others. And we are talking thousands here—men and women who resonate with these unique teachers at this point in time. Perhaps it is time that we begin to think deeply about what does a culture imbued with the Dzogchen Teachings actually look like. How do you define a culture based on collaboration and equality? In what kind of culture will the living transmission of our Master thrive? What do people in our community really have to say about our community culture, that is to say, about ourselves? In our heart of hearts we know we have to evolve. Well, the women portrayed in Dakini Power have pondered deeply some of these issues on behalf of the Teachings for decades. Maybe they have something to communicate. Their hard won confidence and joy is infectious." Reprinted from The Mirror, Issue 122 tsegyalgar.blogspot/2013/08/review-of-dakini-power-by-jacqueline.html
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:18:36 +0000
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