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Buddhist Women and Social Justice

Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791484270
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Book Synopsis Buddhist Women and Social Justice by : Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Download or read book Buddhist Women and Social Justice written by Karma Lekshe Tsomo and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book on engaged Buddhism focuses on women working for social justice in a wide range of Buddhist traditions and societies. Contributors document attempts to actualize Buddhism's liberating ideals of personal growth and social transformation. Dealing with issues such as human rights, gender-based violence, prostitution, and the role of Buddhist nuns, the work illuminates the possibilities for positive change that are available to those with limited power and resources. Integrating social realities and theoretical perspectives, the work utilizes feminist interpretations of Buddhist values and looks at culturally appropriate means of instigating change.

Sakyadhītā, Daughters of the Buddha

Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book Sakyadhītā, Daughters of the Buddha written by Karma Lekshe Tsomo and published by Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women Buddhist renunciates from East & West talk candidly about their lives.

The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia

Author : Donald K. Swearer
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 1438432526
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (384 download)

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Download or read book The Buddhist World of Southeast Asia written by Donald K. Swearer and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unparalleled portrait, Donald K. Swearer's Buddhist World of Southeast Asia has been a key source for all those interested in the Theravada homelands since the work's publication in 1995. Expanded and updated, the second edition offers this wide ranging account for readers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Swearer shows Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia to be a dynamic, complex system of thought and practice embedded in the cultures, societies, and histories of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, Cambodia, and Sri Lanka. The work focuses on three distinct yet interrelated aspects of this milieu. The first is the popular tradition of life models personified in myths and legends, rites of passage, festival celebrations, and ritual occasions. The second deals with Buddhism and the state, illustrating how King Asoka serves as the paradigmatic Buddhist monarch, discussing the relationship of cosmology and kingship, and detailing the rise of charismatic Buddhist political leaders in the postcolonial period. The third is the modern transformation of Buddhism: the changing roles of monks and laity, modern reform movements, the role of women, and Buddhism in the West.

Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World

Author : Katia Buffetrille
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004232176
Total Pages : 395 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (42 download)

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Book Synopsis Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World by : Katia Buffetrille

Download or read book Revisiting Rituals in a Changing Tibetan World written by Katia Buffetrille and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through ten contributions written by specialists, this book examines the changes rituals have undergone in Tibet, Nepal and Mongolia in the wake of political and socio-cultural upheavals.

Plunging Through the Clouds

Author : David K. Reynolds
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791413135
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Plunging Through the Clouds written by David K. Reynolds and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Constructive Living brings together two psychotherapies--Morita and Naikan-- and their associated lifeways. Both therapies were developed in this century, but their roots extend back hundreds of years in East Asian history. Morita was a professor of psychiatry at Jikei University School of Medicine in Tokyo. Yoshimoto was a successful businessman who retired to become a lay priest in Nara. Morita's method has it origins in Zen Buddhist psychology, and Yoshimoto's Naikan has its origins in Jodo Shinshu Buddhist psychology. Neither of these systems requires that one believe in Buddhism or have faith in anything other than one's experience. They work as well for Christians and Moslems and Jews as for Buddhists. Both are built on the naturalistic observations of humans and careful introspection of their founders. Constructive Living isn't mystical or oriental, but practical and human.

Negotiating Spiritual Violence in the Queer Community

Author : Jeff Sapp
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1641136251
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Negotiating Spiritual Violence in the Queer Community written by Jeff Sapp and published by IAP. This book was released on 2019-05-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is an attempt to serve as a venue for giving a voice to queer people from all faiths and no faiths to describe how they negotiate or have negotiated spiritual violence in their lives, as well as the voices of heterosexual allies who strive for the inclusion of queer people as a counter narrative to spiritual violence of full inclusion and embracement and demonstrate that some communities of faith do not operate from paradigms of violence, but instead operate with love, affirmation, and inclusion. These counter narratives are important. This volume is a collection of narratives that describe a variety of experiences – stories of pain and rejection, joy, and overcoming and transformation. The voices of the authors in this collection are a mixture of personal narratives, theoretical or academic thought, and because art and spirituality often go hand-in-hand, some of the authors offer the reader more creative writing that reflects their ideas.

Gender Politics in Asia

Author : Wil Lundström-Burghoorn
Publisher : NIAS Press
ISBN 13 : 8776940152
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (769 download)

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Download or read book Gender Politics in Asia written by Wil Lundström-Burghoorn and published by NIAS Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book demonstrates the great diversity in gender politics and women’s strategies to negotiate and change gender relations individually or collectively. A comprehensive volume of gender politics in China, Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Malaysia, it examines multiple aspects of gender politics in Asia (dress, healing, religious ordination, NGO activism, etc.), bringing interdisciplinary approaches of inquiry based on in-depth empirical data."--pub. desc.

Buddhism After Patriarchy

Author : Rita M. Gross
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791414033
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism After Patriarchy written by Rita M. Gross and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys both the part women have played in Buddhism historically and what Buddhism might become in its post-patriarchal future. The author completes the Buddhist historical record by discussing women, usually absent from histories of Buddhism, and she provides the first feminist analysis of the major concepts found in Buddhist religion. Gross demonstrates that the core teachings of Buddhism promote gender equity rather than male dominance, despite the often sexist practices found in Buddhist institutions throughout history.

Mixed Blessings

Author : Judy Brink
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113665903X
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Mixed Blessings written by Judy Brink and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a woman-centered approach, Mixed Blessings analyzes the effect of religious fundamentalism on gender roles in a variety of religions and nations. It explains how some women benefit from fundamentalism, gaining economic power and autonomy, and portrays how others maneuver within its restrictions. The scope of the book is broad, ranging from Christian groups in North and South America, Islamic groups in the Middle East and China, Jews in Israel, Hindus in India, and Buddhists in Sri Lanka. The detailed descriptions of women's lives illustrate the complexity of the intersection of gender and fundamentalism. The impact of fundamentalism for some women has been beneficial and has lead to greater economic power and autonomy. In other areas women must maneuver within the constraints of fundamentalism to gain power and autonomy.

Rebuilding Buddhism

Author : Sarah LeVine
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674040120
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book Rebuilding Buddhism written by Sarah LeVine and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2007-09-30 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rebuilding Buddhism describes in evocative detail the experiences and achievements of Nepalis who have adopted Theravada Buddhism. This form of Buddhism was introduced into Nepal from Burma and Sri Lanka in the 1930s, and its adherents have struggled for recognition and acceptance ever since. With its focus on the austere figure of the monk and the biography of the historical Buddha, and more recently with its emphasis on individualizing meditation and on gender equality, Theravada Buddhism contrasts sharply with the highly ritualized Tantric Buddhism traditionally practiced in the Kathmandu Valley. Based on extensive fieldwork, interviews, and historical reconstruction, the book provides a rich portrait of the different ways of being a Nepali Buddhist over the past seventy years. At the same time it explores the impact of the Theravada movement and what its gradual success has meant for Buddhism, for society, and for men and women in Nepal.

Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka

Author : Wei-Yi Cheng
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134168101
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka written by Wei-Yi Cheng and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2007-01-24 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a comparative approach, this fieldwork-based study explores the lives and thoughts of Buddhist nuns in present-day Taiwan and Sri Lanka. The author examines the postcolonial background and its influence on the modern situation, as well as surveying the main historical, economic, and social factors which influence the position of nuns in society. Based on original research, including interviews with nuns in both countries, the book examines their perspectives on controversial issues and in particular those concerning the status of women in Buddhism. Concerns discussed include allegedly misogynist teachings relating to women’s inferior karma, that they cannot become Buddhas, and that nuns have to follow additional rules that monks do not. Bridging the gap between feminist theory and the reality of women in religion, the book makes a distinct contribution to the study of women in Buddhism by focusing on nuns from both of the main wings of Buddhism (Theravada and Mahayana) as well as furthering feminist studies of Buddhism and religion in general.

Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions

Author : Catherine Wessinger
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252020254
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions by : Catherine Wessinger

Download or read book Women's Leadership in Marginal Religions written by Catherine Wessinger and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women's leadership in Spiritualism and Christian Science / Ann Braude -- The feminism of "Universal Brotherhood," women in the Theosophical Movement / Robert Ellwood and Catherine Wessinger -- Emma Curtis Hopkins, a feminist of the 1880's and mother of new thought / J. Gordon Melton -- Myrtle Fillmore and her daughters, an observation and analysis of the role of women in Unity / Dell deChant -- Woman guru, woman roshi, the legitimation of female religious leadership in Hindu and Buddhist groups in America / Catherine Wessinger. -- Part 3. Contemporary women as creators of religion: Ritual validations of clergywomen's authority in the African American Spiritual churches of New Orleans / David C. Estes --. - Twentieth-century women's religion as seen in the feminist spirit.

Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113416811X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (341 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Nuns in Taiwan and Sri Lanka written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Reading Spiritualities

Author : Dawn Llewellyn
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317071077
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Reading Spiritualities written by Dawn Llewellyn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The phenomenon of 'sacred text' has undergone radical deconstruction in recent times, reflecting how religion has broken out of its traditional definitions and practices, and how current literary theories have influenced texts inside the religious domain and beyond. Reading Spiritualities presents both commentary and vivid examples of this evolution, engaging with a variety of reading practices that work with traditional texts and those that extend the notion of 'text' itself. The contributors draw on a range of textual sites such as an interview, Caribbean literature, drama and jazz, women's writings, emerging church blogs, Neopagan websites, the reading practices of Buddhist nuns, empirical studies on the reading experiences of Gujarati, Christian and post-Christian women, Chicana short stories, the mosque, cinema, modern art and literature. These examples open up understandings of where and how 'sacred texts' are emerging and being reassessed within contemporary religious and spiritual contexts; and make room for readings where the spiritual resides not only in the textual, but in other unexpected places. Reading Spiritualities includes contributions from Graham Holderness, Ursula King, Michael N. Jagessar, David Jasper, Anthony G. Reddie, Michèle Roberts, and Heather Walton to reflect and encourage the interdisciplinary study of sacred text in the broad arena of the arts and social sciences. It offers a unique and well-focused 'snapshot' of the textual constructions and representations of the sacred within the contemporary religious climate - accessible to the general reader, as well as more specialist interests of students and researchers working in the crossover fields of religious, theological, cultural and literary studies.

An Introduction to Engaged Buddhism

Author : Paul Fuller
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350129089
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Engaged Buddhism written by Paul Fuller and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-08-12 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This textbook introduces and explores the ideas, practices and philosophy of engaged Buddhism. The movement holds that suffering is not just caused by the cravings of the mind, but also by political and social factors; therefore, engaged Buddhists 'engage' with social issues to achieve liberation. Paul Fuller outlines the movement's origins and principles. He then offers a comprehensive analysis of the central themes and issues of engaged Buddhism, offering new insights into the formation of modern Buddhism. The range of issues covered includes politics, gender, environmentalism, identity, blasphemy and violence. These are illustrated by case studies and examples from a range of locations where Buddhism is practised. Discussion points and suggested further reading are provided at the end of each chapter, which will further enrich undergraduates' grasp of the topic.

Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific

Author : Matthew Clarke
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317647440
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific written by Matthew Clarke and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-08-25 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Community development is most effective and efficient when it is situated and led at the local level and considers the social behaviours, needs and worldviews of local communities. With more than eight out of ten people globally self-reporting religious belief, Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific: Sacred places as development spaces argues that the role and impact of religions on community development needs to be better understood. It also calls for greater attention to be given to the role of sacred places as sites for development activities, and for a deeper appreciation of the way in which sacred stories and teachings inspire people to work for the benefit of others in particular locations. The book considers theories of ‘place’ as a component of successful development interventions and expands this analysis to consider the specific role that sacred places – buildings and social networks – have in planning, implementing and promoting sustainable development. A series of case studies examine various sacred places as sites for development activities. These case studies include Christian churches and disaster relief in Vanuatu; Muslim shrines and welfare provision in Pakistan; a women’s Buddhist monastery in Thailand advancing gender equity; a Jewish aid organisation providing language training to Muslim Women in Australia; and Hawaiian sacred sites located within a holistic retreat centre committed to ecological sustainability. Religion and Development in the Asia-Pacific demonstrates the important role that sacred spaces can play in development interventions, covering diverse major world religions, interfaith and spiritual contexts, and as such will be of considerable interest for postgraduate students and researchers in development studies, religious studies, sociology of religion and geography.

Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice

Author : Nirmala S. Salgado
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199986231
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Nuns and Gendered Practice written by Nirmala S. Salgado and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on extensive research in Sri Lanka and interviews with Theravada and Tibetan nuns from around the world, Salgado's groundbreaking study urges a rethinking of female renunciation. How are scholarly accounts complicit in reinscribing imperialist stories about the subjectivity of Buddhist women? How do key Buddhist "concepts" such as dukkha, samsara, and sila ground female renunciant practice? Salgado's provocative analysis questions the secular notion of the higher ordination of nuns as a political movement for freedom against patriarchal norms. Arguing that the lives of nuns defy translation into a politics of global sisterhood equal before law, she calls for more-nuanced readings of nuns' everyday renunciant practices.