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200 10$aWomen living Zen $eJapanese Soto Buddhist nuns /$fPaula Kane Robinson Arai
210   $aNew York $cOxford University Press$dc1999
215   $a1 online resource (xix, 233 pages) $cillustrations
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.
327   $aAcknowledgments; Contents; Transliteration Guide; Prologue; ONE: Introduction; TWO: Historical Background; THREE: Twentieth-Century Leadership; FOUR: The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns; FIVE: Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions; SIX: Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition; Endnotes; Appendix A. Questionnaire; Appendix B. Glossary of Japanese Terms; Bibliography; Index
330   $aUsing both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the 6th century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and continue to contribute to the advancement of the sect up to the present day.
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