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

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

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Main Author: Gutschow, Kim
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
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)
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Table of 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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