Wisdom rising

By Tsultrim Allione

Book Description

When grief threatens to overwhelm the spirit, ancient wisdom offers a path toward transformation and healing. In Wisdom Rising, Lama Tsultrim Allione draws from her extraordinary journey as one of America's first Buddhist nuns and her recognition as an incarnation of the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism to guide readers through the profound teachings of the five dakinis.

These powerful feminine spirits of Buddhist tradition each represent both a unique wisdom and an emotional obstacle that blocks our inner radiance. Through the Buddha dakini, ignorance transforms into all-encompassing awareness. The Vajra dakini shows how anger can become mirror-like clarity, while the Ratna dakini reveals how pride dissolves into equanimity. The Padma dakini teaches the alchemy of turning craving into discernment, and the Karma dakini demonstrates how envy becomes all-accomplishing wisdom.

Allione's teaching emerges from lived experience. After renouncing her monastic vows to embrace motherhood, she faced devastating loss when her first child died of SIDS. In her darkest hour, she turned to the mandala of the five dakinis, discovering how to channel fierce feminine energy into spiritual awakening rather than suppressing difficult emotions.

This practical guide offers meditation techniques, visualizations, and sound practices that help readers work with their own challenging patterns. Rather than avoiding or eliminating difficult emotions, you learn to transform them into sources of wisdom and strength, following an ancient yet accessible roadmap to wholeness and enlightenment.