Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas

Name: Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas
Author: Kim Gutschow

Author

Kim Gutschow

Publisher

Harvard University Press

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Title and Author

Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow

Publication Details

کمبریج : Harvard University Press، 2004م

Physical Description

xix, 333 p.: ill.; 25 cm.

Subject

Buddhist nuns -- India Jammu and Kashmir
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women -- India Jammu and Kashmir
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) -- India Jammu and Kashmir
Enlightenment (Buddhism)

Language

انگلیسی

Includes bibliographical references )p. 492-223( and index.

Contents

Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity

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