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Ani-La : the nuns from Redna Menling.
No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing with the monks, quite unlike the Buddhists.' The Bön religion is often seen as a part of the Tibetan Buddhism but its bond...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Havertown :
Sidestone Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgement; The use of Tibetan terminology; Summary; 1 Preamble : the Nuns of Redna Menling; 1.1Preamble; 1.2Problem Area; 1.2.1 The Tibetan History of the Bon; 1.2.2 Bon and Buddhism; 1.2.3 Scholarly Research into the Bon; 1.2.4 Scholarly Research into Nuns and Women in the Bon; 1.3Objective of Research; 1.4 Research Questions; 1.5 Methods and my Role as a Scholarly Researcher; 2 The Bon : A Community in Exile; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Bon Community in Dolanji; 2.2.1 The Community of Nuns in Dolanji; 2.3The Set-up of the Project; 2.3.1 Observations.
- 2.3.2 Interviews with Nuns and with Informants2.4 The group in Research; 2.4.1 Composition, Backgrounds and Daily Life; 3 Reasons to profess : What makes a young woman become a nun?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Personal and Social Background in the Country of Origin; 3.3 Connections between Biography and Motives to Profess; 3.3.1 Practical Considerations; 3.3.2 Inspired by Religion; Portrait of Ani Kunsel Wangmo; 3.3.3 A Choice Forced by Political Reality; Portrait of Ani Monlam Sangmo; Portrait of Ani Yangzo Dolmo; 3.4 The Ties between Daily Life and the Expectations of Life as a Nun.
- 3.4.1 Theoretical Intermezzo: Communitas4 The community of nuns : Interaction with its surroundings; 4.1 Religious Praxis and Integration in Daily Life; 4.1.1 The Aim of Religious Praxis; 4.1.2 Gender, the Body and the Religious Praxis; 4.1.3 Theoretical Intermezzo: Gender and the Physical Body; 4.1.4 The Impact of the Research; 5 Conclusion : The Nuns of Redna Menling; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Macro Level: The Nuns Place inside the Bon; 5.3 Meso Level: Reasons to Profess and Life in a Monastic Community; 5.4 Gender, Celibacy and Ritual Praxis; 5.5 Epilogue; Appendix 1; Glossary; Appendix 2.