Being a Buddhist nun [electronic resource] : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
2004
BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb
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Being a Buddhist nun [electronic resource] : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
Author
Gutschow, Kim.
ISBN
0674012879 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xix, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
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BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.3/657/08209546
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
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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.
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.