Women under the Bo Tree Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka

Name: Women under the Bo Tree Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka
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ISBN: 9780521071680

ISBN-10: 0521071682

ISBN-13: 9780521071680

Edition: 2008

Authors: Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

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Tessa Bartholomeusz explores the relationship between female world-renunciation in Buddhist Sri Lanka and attitudes about women and the religious vocation. She gives a history of Buddhist female renouncers in Sri Lanka and recounts her own field experiences of contemporary Buddhist women who have chosen to live celibate and cloistered lives. By presenting the point of view of the women themselves and describing their role and vocation in present-day Sri Lanka, the author puts a new perspective on the island's Buddhist culture.

Book details

List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/14/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 308
Size: 5.94" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments


Notes on pronunciation


Dramatis personae



Introduction: The tradition of Buddhist female renunciation in Sri Lanka



The ancient order of nuns in Sri Lanka



Nineteenth century Ceylon: the emergence of the lay nun



Theosophists, educators and nuns



The Sanghamitta Sisterhood






The Institutionalisation of tradition



The lay nun in transitional Ceylon



The Dasa Sil Mata in contemporary Sri Lanka



Novitiates, western lay nuns, and cave dwellers



The Sri Lankan Bhikkhuni Sangha: trends and reflections


Epilogue: Women under the bo tree


Appendices


Notes


Bibliographies


Index