Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women - A Comparative Analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mulasarvastivada Bhiksuni - Brossura

Tsomo, Karma Lekshe

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0791430901 ISBN 13: 9780791430903

Casa editrice: State University of New York Press, 1996

Riassunto

Provides the first English translation of the Tibetan and Chinese texts on monastic discipline for Buddhist nuns and presents a comparative study of the two texts. An important contribution for studies of women’s history, feminist philosophy, women’s studies, women in religion, and feminist ethics.

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L'autore

Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Instructor of Buddhist Studies at Antioch University and a Degree Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu. Her previous publications includeBuddhism Through American Women’s Eyes; Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha; andJorcho: Preparatory Practices.

Product Description

This study is an investigation of the moral percepts and codes of every day conduct by which ordained women regulated their lives. It takes as its basis the Bhiksuni Pratmoksa Sutras of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mulasarvastivada school, preserved in Tibetan translation.

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• Editore: State University of New York Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0791430901
• ISBN 13: 9780791430903
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 222