04722nam 2200649 450 991078708800332120230803204519.01-4384-5132-6(CKB)3710000000226854(EBL)3408925(SSID)ssj0001335487(PQKBManifestationID)12514445(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001335487(PQKBWorkID)11288803(PQKB)10318926(MiAaPQ)EBC3408925(Au-PeEL)EBL3408925(CaPaEBR)ebr10917913(OCoLC)890146488(EXLCZ)99371000000022685420140905h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrEminent buddhist women /edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; cover art by Margaret Anne SmithAlbany, New York :SUNY Press,2014.©20141 online resource (280 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4384-5130-X 1-4384-5131-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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""Buddhist womenBiographyBuddhist nunsBiographyWomen in BuddhismBuddhist womenBuddhist nunsWomen in Buddhism.294.3092/52BKarma Lekshe Tsomo1944-Smith M. A(Margaret Anne),MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910787088003321Eminent buddhist women3741486UNINA