Buddhist Women Across Cultures Realizations

Name: Buddhist Women Across Cultures Realizations
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ISBN: 9780791441381

ISBN-10: 0791441385

ISBN-13: 9780791441381

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Authors: Karma Lekshe Tsomo

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Book details

List price: $36.95
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Tsomo is Instructor of Buddhism at Chaminade University and Degree Fellow at the East-West Center.



Preface


Mahaprajapati's Legacy: The Buddhist Women's Movement: An Introduction




Buddhist Women in Asian Traditions


South Asian Traditions



The Female in Buddhism




Buddhist Women in India and Precolonial Sri Lanka




Restoring the Order of Nuns to the Theravadin Tradition



East Asian Traditions



The Red Cord Untied: Buddhist Nuns in Eighteenth-Century China




Japanese Buddhist Nuns: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition




Can Women Achieve Enlightenment? A Critique of Sexual Transformation for Enlightenment



The Tibetan Tradition



Tibetan Buddhist Women Practitioners, Past and Present: A Garland to Delight Those Wishing Inspiration




Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibetan Culture




Change in Consciousness: Women's Religious Identity in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures




Contemporary Buddhist Women


Forging Identity



Conception and the Entry of Consciousness: When Does a Life Begin?




East, West, Women, and Self




Appropriate Treasure? Reflections on Women, Buddhism, and Cross-Cultural Exchange



Shaping New Traditions: Unity and Diversity



Comparing Buddhist and Christian Women's Experiences




Aung San Suu Kyi: A Woman of Conscience in Burma




A Model for Laywomen in Buddhism: The Western Buddhist Order




Feminism, Lay Buddhism, and the Future of Buddhism



Epilogue



Bibliography


List of Contributors


Index