TY  - GEN
T1  - Eminent Buddhist women
A2  - Karma Lekshe Tsomo, 1944-
LA  - English
PP  - Albany
PB  - State University of New York Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_dda_ocn890146488
AB  - Explores the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women across the centuries and across the Buddhist world. Eminent Buddhist Women reveals the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women through the centuries. Despite the Buddha's own egalitarian values, Buddhism as a religion has been dominated by men for more than two thousand years. With few exceptions, the achievements of Buddhist women have remained hidden or ignored. The narratives in this book call into question the criteria for?eminence? in the Buddhist tradition and how these criteria are constructed and controlled. Each chapter pays a long-overdue tribute to one woman or a group of women from across the Buddhist world, including the West. Using a variety of sources, from orally transmitted legends to firsthand ethnographic research, contributors examine the key issues women face in their practice of Buddhist ethics, contemplation, and social action. What emerges are Buddhist principles that transcend gender: loving kindness, compassion, wisdom, spiritual attainment, and liberation.
OP  - 267
CN  - BQ850 .E65 2014eb
SN  - 9781438451329
SN  - 1438451326
SN  - 9781438451312
SN  - 1438451318
SN  - 9781438451305
SN  - 143845130X
KW  - Buddhist women : Biography.
KW  - Buddhist nuns : Biography.
KW  - Women in Buddhism.
KW  - Femmes bouddhistes : Biographies.
KW  - Nonnes bouddhistes : Biographies.
KW  - Femmes dans le bouddhisme.
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY : General.
KW  - RELIGION : Comparative Religion.
KW  - Buddhist nuns
KW  - Buddhist women
KW  - Women in Buddhism
KW  - Bhikkuni
KW  - Buddhistin
KW  - collective biographies.
KW  - Biographies
KW  - Biographies.
ER  -