| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 326 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
SUNY series, feminist philosophy
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SUNY series, feminist philosophy.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-306) and index. |
| Contents |
Mahāprajāpatī's legacy : the Buddhist women's movement : an introduction / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- The female in Buddhism / Elizabeth J. Harris -- Buddhist women in India and precolonial Sri Lanka / Lorna Dewaraja -- Restoring the order of nuns to the Theravādin tradition / Senarat Wijayasundara -- The red cord untied : Buddhist nuns in eighteenth-century China / Beata Grant -- Japanese Buddhist nuns : innovators for the sake of tradition / Paula K.R. Arai -- Can women achieve enlightenment? : A critique of sexual transformation for enlightenment / Hae-ju Sunim (Ho-Ryeon Jeon) -- Tibetan Buddhist women practitioners, past and present : a garland to delight those wishing inspiration / Janice D. Willis -- Pregnancy and childbirth in Tibetan culture / Sarah Pinto -- Change in consciousness : women's religious identity in Himalayan Buddhist cultures / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Conception and the entry of consciousness : when does a life begin? / Cait Collins -- East, West, women, and self / Anne C. Klein -- Appropriate treasure? : Reflections on women, Buddhism, and cross-cultural exchange / Sara Shneiderman -- Comparing Buddhist and Christian women's experiences / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Aung San Suu Kyi : a woman of conscience in Burma / Theja Gunawardhana -- A model for laywomen in Buddhism : the Western Buddhist Order / Dharmacharini Sanghadevi -- Feminism, lay Buddhism, and the future of Buddhism / Rita M. Gross -- Epilogue / Karma Lekshe Tsomo. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women in Buddhism.
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Women in Buddhism. |
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Women -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
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Buddhist women.
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Buddhist women. |
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Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
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Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
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Feminism. |
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Women's movement. |
| Added Author |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 1944-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Buddhist women across cultures. Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1999 0791441377 (DLC) 98034325 (OCoLC)39458930 |
| ISBN |
0585066884 (electronic book) |
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9780585066882 (electronic book) |
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0791441377 |
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0791441385 |
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