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9780791441381

Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations

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  • ISBN13:

    9780791441381

  • ISBN10:

    0791441385

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-04-01
  • Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

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Summary

Illuminates the lives & thought of women in Buddhist culture, integrating them more fully into the feminist conversation.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Mahaprajapati's Legacy: The Buddhist Women's Movement: An Introduction 1(48)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Part I: Buddhist Women in Asian Traditions
South Asian Traditions
The Female in Buddhism
49(18)
Elizabeth J. Harris
Buddhist Women in India and Precolonial Sri Lanka
67(12)
Lorna Dewaraja
Restoring the Order of Nuns to the Theravadin Tradition
79(12)
Senarat Wijayasundara
East Asian Traditions
The Red Cord United: Buddhist Nuns in Eighteenth-Century China
91(14)
Beata Grant
Japanese Buddhist Nuns: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition
105(18)
Paula K. R. Arai
Can Women Achieve Enlightenment? A Critique of Sexual Transformation for Enlightenment
123(22)
Hae-ju Sunim (Ho-Ryeon Jeon)
The Tibetan Tradition
Tibetan Buddhist Women Practitioners, Past and Present: A Garland to Delight Those Wishing Inspiration
145(14)
Janice D. Willis
Pregnancy and Childbirth in Tibetan Culture
159(10)
Sarah Pinto
Change in Consciousness: Women's Religious Identity in Himalayan Buddhist Cultures
169(26)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Part II: Contemporary Buddhist Women
Forging Identity
Conception and the Entry of Consciousness: When Does a Life Begin?
195(10)
Cait Collins
East, West, Women, and Self
205(16)
Anne C. Klein
Appropriate Treasure? Reflections on Women, Buddhism, and Cross-Cultural Exchange
221(20)
Sara Shneiderman
Shaping New Traditions: Unity and Diversity
Comparing Buddhist and Christian Women's Experiences
241(18)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Aung San Suu Kyi: A Woman of Conscience in Burma
259(8)
Theja Gunawardhana
A Model for Laywomen in Buddhism: The Western Buddhist Order
267(10)
Dharmacharini Sanghadevi
Feminism, Lay Buddhism, and the Future of Buddhism
277(14)
Rita M. Gross
Epilogue 291(8)
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Bibliography 299(8)
List of Contributors 307(4)
Index 311

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