Being a Buddhist Nun The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas

Name: Being a Buddhist Nun The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas
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ISBN: 9780674012875

ISBN-10: 0674012879

ISBN-13: 9780674012875

Edition: 2004

Authors: Kim Gutschow

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They may shave their heads, don simple robes, and renounce materialism and worldly desires. But the women seeking enlightenment in a Buddhist nunnery high in the folds of Himalayan Kashmir invariably find themselves subject to the tyrannies of subsistence, subordination, and sexuality. Ultimately, Buddhist monasticism reflects the very world it is supposed to renounce. Butter and barley prove to be as critical to monastic life as merit and meditation. Kim Gutschow lived for more than three years among these women, collecting their stories, observing their ways, studying their lives. Her book offers the first ethnography of Tibetan Buddhist society from the perspective of its nuns. …

Book details

List price: $31.50
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 7/15/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English



Preface



Gendering Monasticism



Locating Buddhism in Zangskar



The Buddhist Economy of Merit



The Buddhist Traffic in Women



Becoming a Nun



Why Nuns Cannot Be Monks



Can Nuns Gain Enlightenment?



Monasticism and Modernity


Notes


References


Index