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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo, BhiksÌ£unÌ£iÌ |
| ISBN: | 0700712194 9780700712199 0700712534 9780700712533 |
| OCLC Number: | 42579375 |
| Description: | xxviii, 354 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Inaccuracies in Buddhist women's history / Bhikkhunī Kusuma -- At the cutting edge : Theravāda nuns in the Kathmandu Valley / Sarah LeVine -- Unity and diversity among Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka / Nirmala S. Salgado -- Factions and fortitude : Buddhist women in Bangladesh / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Thammacarini Witthaya : the first Buddhist school for girls in Thailand / Monica Lindberg Falk -- The status and values of the Santi Asoke Sikkhamat / Marja-Leena Heikkilä-Horn -- Rediscovering Cambodian Buddhist women of the past / Hema Goonatilake -- The revival of the Don Chee movement in Cambodia / Heike Löschmann -- Khmer women : Buddhist survivors / Nancy J. Barnes -- Dam Luu : an eminent Vietnamese Buddhist nun / Thich Minh Duc -- A case of ritual Zen : in gratitude to Ānanda / Paul K.R. Arai -- Tiexiangsi : a Gelugpa nunnery in contemporary China / Ester Bianchi -- Birth, death, and resurrection of Shim Chʻông : mistress of the spiritual domain / Chan E. Park -- Lineage or family tree? The implications for gender / Miriam Levering -- Ordination, legitimacy, and sisterhood : the international full ordination ceremony in Bodhgaya / Yuchen Li -- Of birds and wings : Tibetan nuns and their encounteres with knowledge / Yoland van Ede -- Yeshe's Tibetan pilgrimage and the founding of a Himalayan nunnery / Kim Gutschow -- Born Buddhist is not enough / Tashi Zangmo -- Mary Foster : the first Hawaiian Buddhist / Patricia Lee Masters and Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Bishop Jikyu Rose : a Tendai Ajari in Hawaiʻi / Joseph M. Gardewin -- Buddhism and the media / Elizabeth J. Harris -- Diversity as practice : thinking about race and "American" Buddhism / Lori Pierce -- Sexual conduct and misconduct : Buddhist ethics in the West / Gabriele Kustermann -- Daylighting the feminine in American Buddhism / Mushim Ikeda-Nash -- Buddhism, human rights, women's rights, and democracy / Kassie Neou -- Engaged Buddhism : "moving" and recreating women's stories / Trina Nahm-Mijo -- Inner transformation for world peace? Tenzin Palmo -- Transforming women's position in Buddhism : strategies. |
| Series Title: | Curzon critical studies in Buddhism. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo. |
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