Eminent buddhist women / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; cover art by Margaret Anne Smith

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910824837503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5132-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (280 p.)
• Disciplina: 294.3092/52; B
• Soggetti: Buddhist women; Buddhist nuns; Women in Buddhism
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction""; ""Rediscovering Buddhist Women's Legacy""; ""Liberating Women to Speak in Their Own Voices""; ""Awakening from the Myth of Impossibility""; ""Notes""; ""Buddhist Women in South Asian Traditions ""; ""Chapter 1: My Sister's Future Buddhahood: A Jataka of the Buddha's Lifetime as a Woman""; ""Translation: The Princess Who Gave a Gift of White Mustard Oil""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 2: Two Generations of Eminent Nepalese Nuns""; ""Dhammachari Guruma: Obstacles and Determination""; ""Bhikkhun Dhammawati: Beloved Daughter""; ""Notes""""Buddhist women in Southeast Asian Traditions ""; ""Chapter 3: Brave Daughters of the Buddha: The Feminism's of the Burmese Buddhist Nuns""; ""Burmese Nuns and Transnational Feminist Studies""; ""Historical Background and Present Situation""; ""Toward a Burmese BhikkhunÄ« Lineage: Burmese Nuns in Sri Lanka""; ""Reverend Saccavadi and Full Ordination in Burma""; ""Why a BhikkhunÄ« and Not a Thilashin: Aspiring for Higher Ordination""; ""Charges of Westernization against the Bhikkhun Movement""; ""Dipankara and a Unique Subversive Model""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 4: Pioneering Bhikkhun's in Contemporary Sri Lanka and ; Thailand""""Motives for the Development of a Sri Lankan Bhikkhun Saá¹gha""; ""Social Acceptance of a Thai Bhikkhun Community""; ""Launching a New Female Monastic Order""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 5: Bhikkhun Ta Tao: Paving the Way for Future Generations""; ""The Family Background""; ""Her Marriage""; ""A Shift in Life""; ""The Spiritual Path""; ""Ordained Life""; ""Clash with the Government Authorities""; ""Building a Nuns Community""; ""Building a Temple""; ""Ordination as a Bhikkhun""; ""Her Activities""; ""Passing the Candle to the Next Generation""""Notes""; ""Chapter 6: Eminent Nuns in Hue, Vietnam""; ""A Biography of Su Ba""; ""Su Ba and the Buddhist Revival in Vietnam""; ""Su Ba and the 1960's Buddhist Struggle Movement""; ""Su Ba and the Post-Reunification Period""; ""Su Ba's Disciple: Ni Truong Tri Hai""; ""Sustaining the Bhikkhun Legacy""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 7: Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« Nhu Thanh: A Polar Star among Vietnamese Nuns""; ""The Buddhist Revival Movement in Twentieth-Century Vietnam""; ""The Eminent Qualities of Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« Nhu Thanh, Leader of the Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« Reform Movement in Vietnam""""Exemplary Organizational Abilities""; ""Fostering Self-sufficiency""; ""Capable of Interpreting the Dharma""; ""A Bright Mirror of Virtuous Conduct""; ""Practicing the Bodhisattva Way Continuously""; ""Unfulfilled Wishes""; ""Notes""; ""Chapter 8: Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« TroHai: A Scented Lotus Life""; ""The Life of Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« Tro Hai""; ""Translations and Writings""; ""Charitable Activities""; ""Selfless Compassion""; ""Notes""; ""Buddhist Women in East Asian Traditions ""; ""Chapter 9: Bhiká¹£uá¹?Ä« Hiuwan: Enlightening Society by Institutionalizing Buddhist Education""