When a Women becomes a religious Dynasty: The Samding Dorje Phagmo of Tibet, by Hildegard Diemberger

In the 15th century, the princess Chokyi Dronma was told by leading spiritual masters that she was the embodiment of the ancient Indian tantric deity Vajravarahi, known in Tibetan as Dorje Phagmo, the Thunderbolt Female Pig. Hildegard Diemberger builds her work around the translation of the first biography of Chokyi Dronma recorded by her disciple in the wake of her death. Th account reveals an extraordinary phenomenon: Chokyi Dronma not only persuaded one of the highest spiritual teachers of her era to give her full ordination, but was also ufficially recognized as one of two principal spiritual heirs to her main master - and she went on to establish a long, influential lineage and Buddhist order herself.