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The Sanskrit word DAKINI in Tibetan means Khandro, which means "Sky Dancer," literally "She Who Moves Through Space."
The Dakini is the most important manifestation of the feminine in Tibetan Buddhist teaching. She can appear as a human being or as a deity, often portrayed as fierce, surrounded by flames, naked, dancing, with fangs and a lolling tongue, and wearing bone ornaments. She holds a staff in the crook of her left elbow, representing her inner consort, her internal male partner.
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― Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
― Wisdom Rising: Journey into the Mandala of the Empowered Feminine
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All the philosophical theories that exist have been created by the mistaken dualistic minds of human beings. In the realm of philosophy, that which today is considered true, may tomorrow be proved to be false. No one can guarantee a philosophy's validity. Because of this, any intellectual way of seeing whatever is always partial and relative. The fact is that there is no truth to seek or to confirm logically; rather what one needs to do is to discover just how much the mind continually limits it
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― Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State
― Dzogchen: The Self-Perfected State
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