Yogini Thangka

Yogini Thangha ... 43x58cm

Dakinis are able to transport themselves through the air in flash. By traveling this way they skirt all obstacles, and in line with this they also help believers avoid hindrances so as to attain enlightenment faster. Just as the Bon religion has a lot in common with Centeral Asian shamanism, dakinis can also be placed in this realm. Shamans allow their souls to travel far and wide in order to gain knowledge and bring it back.

However, in their contact with a yogi they can also take on the appearance of a young yogini (a female yogi) who shares her knowledge openly and frankly with the mediator by uniting with the latter in a sexual embrace. Her nakedness symbolizes that secret knowledge is not veiled by anything and is freely accessible