In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal …
This book is a translation of and commentary on the biography of Chokyi Dronmaa, a fifteent-century Tibetan princess who was considered the embodiment of an ancient Indian tantric deity, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo. After a personal tragedy the princess became a nun, and in…
"Hildegard Diemberger builds her book around the translation of the first biography of Chokyi Dronman recorded by her disciples in the wake of her death. The account reveals an extraordinary phenomenon: although it had been believed that women in Tibet were not allowed to obtain…
In the fifteenth century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by the leading spiritual masters of her time that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. After suffering a great personal …
