Buddhist women and social justice : ideals, challenges, and achievements / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Altri autori (Persone) | Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944-> |
Collana | SUNY series, feminist philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Social justice
Feminism - Religious aspects - Buddhism Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women Buddhist women - Social conditions |
ISBN |
0-7914-8427-0
1-4237-4017-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777562903321 |
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Buddhist women and social justice : ideals, challenges, and achievements / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2004] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 294.3/082 |
Altri autori (Persone) | Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944-> |
Collana | SUNY series, feminist philosophy |
Soggetto topico |
Social justice
Feminism - Religious aspects - Buddhism Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women Buddhist women - Social conditions |
ISBN |
0-7914-8427-0
1-4237-4017-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- BUDDHIST WOMEN AND SOCIAL JUSTICE -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION. Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- Part One: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action -- 1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity ANNE CAROLYN KLEIN -- 2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights LIN CHEW -- 3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist? KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation PAULA GREEN -- 5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution MEENAKSHI CHHABRA -- 6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-Based Violence KATHRYN L. NORSWORTHY -- Part Two: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies -- 7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka RANJANI DE SILVA -- 8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal SARAH LEVINE -- 9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley DAVID N. GELLNER -- 10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention KHANDU LAMA -- 11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO -- 12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley MARGARET COBERLY -- 13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji DIANA E. WRIGHT -- 14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns ELISE ANNE DEVIDO -- 15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures CAREN I. OHLSON -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807691703321 |
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Eminent buddhist women / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; cover art by Margaret Anne Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
294.3092/52
B |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhist women
Buddhist nuns Women in Buddhism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4384-5132-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910459898303321 |
Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 | ||
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Eminent buddhist women / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; cover art by Margaret Anne Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
294.3092/52
B |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhist women
Buddhist nuns Women in Buddhism |
ISBN | 1-4384-5132-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787088003321 |
Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 | ||
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Eminent buddhist women / / edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo ; cover art by Margaret Anne Smith |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 p.) |
Disciplina |
294.3092/52
B |
Soggetto topico |
Buddhist women
Buddhist nuns Women in Buddhism |
ISBN | 1-4384-5132-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824837503321 |
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Into the jaws of Yama, lord of death : Buddhism, bioethics, and death / / Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
Autore | Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.3/5697 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism
Intermediate state - Buddhism Buddhism - Doctrines |
ISBN |
0-7914-8145-X
1-4294-1190-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910777505603321 |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944->
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Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2006] | ||
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Into the jaws of Yama, lord of death : Buddhism, bioethics, and death / / Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
Autore | Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2006] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (ix, 270 pages) |
Disciplina | 294.3/5697 |
Soggetto topico |
Death - Religious aspects - Buddhism
Intermediate state - Buddhism Buddhism - Doctrines |
ISBN |
0-7914-8145-X
1-4294-1190-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front Matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Understanding Death and Impermanence -- Understanding the Nature of Consciousness -- Contemplating Self and No-Self -- Foundations of Buddhist Ethics -- Death and Enlightenment in Tibet -- The Transition between Life and Death -- The Ethical Urgency of Death -- Extending Life and Hastening Death -- Buddhism and Genetic Engineering -- Bioethics in a Rapidly Changing World -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807881303321 |
Karma Lekshe Tsomo <1944->
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Albany : , : State University of New York Press, , [2006] | ||
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