Being a Buddhist nun : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas /
They may shave their heads, don simple robes, and renounce materialism and worldly desires. But the women seeking enlightenment in a Buddhist nunnery high in the folds of Himalayan Kashmir invariably find themselves subject to the tyrannies of subsistence, subordination, and sexuality. Ultimately, B...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
2004.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.