In Dakini Power, she shares the story of how she came to Buddhism, in her mid-thirties as a single mother after learning her husband was having an affair. Pema Chodron is probably the most well-known, as she has had many bestselling books including When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times and Taking the Leap: Freeing Ourselves From Old Habits and Fears. Her varied background is put to good use in this book, as she combines excellent historical research with moving and personal interviews with each of the amazing women featured.ĭakinis in Tibetan Buddhism represent the female principle of enlightenment, and each of the women included in this book embodies this in her own unique way. She eventually earned her Phd in Asian Studies and is now a visiting scholar in Religious Studies at the University of California Santa Barbara. Haas is a journalist by training, who became a Buddhist practitioner herself after a visit to Bhutan. In Dakini Power: Twelve Extraordinary Women Shaping the Transmission of Tibetan Buddhism in the West, Michaela Haas profiles and interviews twelve leading contemporary women teachers within the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.
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