Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations

, by Tsomo, Karma Lekshe; Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

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ISBN: 9780791441381 | 0791441385
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 4/1/1999

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

Preface

vii

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

(48)

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Part I: Buddhist Women in Asian Traditions

South Asian Traditions

The Female in Buddhism

(18)

Elizabeth J. Harris

Buddhist Women in India and Precolonial Sri Lanka

(12)

Lorna Dewaraja

Restoring the Order of Nuns to the Theravadin Tradition

(12)

Senarat Wijayasundara

East Asian Traditions

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

(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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Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations

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