Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Innovative Buddhist Women (eBook, ePUB)

Swimming Against the Stream

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136114267
• Artikelnr.: 39189928

Autorenporträt

Karma Lekshe Tsomo teaches at Chaminade University in Honolulu. She is secretary of Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women and director of Jamyang Choling Institute, an education project for women in the Indian Himalayas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I THE WORLD OF BUDDHIST WOMEN BUDDHIST WOMEN OF SOUTH
ASIA Chapter 1 Inaccuracies in Buddhist Women's History Chapter 2 At the
Cutting Edge: Theravada Nuns in the Kathmandu Valley Chapter 3 Unity and
Diversity Among Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka Chapter 4 Factions and
Fortitude: Buddhist Women in Bangladesh BUDDHIST WOMEN OF SOUTHEAST ASIA
Chapter 5 Thammacarini Witthaya: The First Buddhist School for Girls in
Thailand Chapter 6 The Status and Values of the Santi Asoke Sikkhamat
Chapter 7 Rediscovering Cambodian Buddhist Women of the Past Chapter 8 The
Revival of the Don Chee Movement in Cambodia Chapter 9 Khmer Women:
Buddhist Survivors Chapter 10 Dam Luu: An Eminent Vietnamese Buddhist Nun
BUDDHIST WOMEN OF EAST ASIA Chapter 11 A Case of Ritual Zen: In Gratitude
to Ananda Chapter 12 Tiexiangsi: A Gelugpa Nunnery in Contemporary China
Chapter 13 Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Shim Ch'ong: Mistress of the
Spiritual Domain Chapter 14 Lineage or Family Tree? The Implications for
Gender Chapter 15 Ordination, Legitimacy, and Sisterhood: The International
Full Ordination Ceremony in Bodhgaya BUDDHIST WOMEN IN THE HIMALAYAS
Chapter 16 Of Birds and Wings: Tibetan Nuns and their Encounters with
Knowledge Chapter 17 Yeshe's Tibetan Pilgrimage and the Founding of a
Himalayan Nunnery Chapter 18 Born Buddhist is Not Enough BUDDHIST WOMEN IN
HAWAI'I Chapter 19 Mary Foster: The First Hawaiian Buddhist Chapter 20
Bishop Jikyu Rose: A Tendai Ajari in Hawai'i PART II WOMEN IN COMPASSIONATE
SOCIAL ACTION Chapter 21 Buddhism and the Media Chapter 22 Diversity as
Practice: Thinking about Race and American Buddhism Chapter 23 Sexual
Conduct and Misconduct: Buddhist Ethics in the West Chapter 24 Daylighting
the Feminine in American Buddhism Chapter 25 Buddhism, Human Rights,
Women's Rights, and Democracy Chapter 26 Engaged Buddhism: Moving and
Recreating Women's Stories Chapter 27 Inner Transformation for World Peace
Epilogue Transforming Women's Position in Buddhism: Strategies