Heavenly Dancers. Histor of the Enlightened Women of India and Tibet

In the book "Heavenly Dancers. The stories of the enlightened women of India and Tibet, compiled by a team of modern European authors under the leadership of Angeliki Prenzel, provide the biographies of eleven women who left an important mark in the history of Buddhist teaching. The heroines of the narratives lived in India and Tibet in the Middle Ages, when tantrism spread widely in these cultures. Meeting enlightened teachers, women began meditation practice. Often for this they had to leave families, to tear their previous connections.
Some openly despised the patriarchal foundations and became wandering yogis, others adapted and lived in society, but they all remained faithful to their spiritual path, whether in the family or in a mountain cave visible snow. Thanks to internal freedom and inexhaustible energy, Yogini gained a deep experience of the nature of the mind. Subsequently, they taught many compatriots, made up philosophical works and manuals on meditation, some even founded their Buddhist schools that exist to the present day. The key role of these and other women, the bearers of wisdom, is recognized as all schools of Tibetan Buddhism in the transmission of the diamond path.
The collection is supplemented by reference materials and glossary. Illustrations for the Russian edition of the book were prepared by Moscow artist Zalina Toguzaeva.
Brief biography of the artist
Born in Moscow. She graduated from the Psychology Faculty of RSUSU. Since 2004, a student of the master of Buddhist painting of the style of Gadri Marianne Van der Horst-Lem (Netherlands) In 2009, under the leadership of the Tibetan artist Ranjun, Dava began to paint Buddhist statues. Currently, he is working on the creation of illustrations for the Buddhist books of the Orientalia publishing house. Since 2009, lectures on Buddhist art at the traveling exhibition "Treasures of the Himalayas"