Being a Buddhist nun [electronic resource] : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
2004
BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb
Linked e-resources
Linked Resource
Details
Title
Being a Buddhist nun [electronic resource] : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.
Author
ISBN
0674012879 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xix, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
294.3/657/08209546
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Linked Resources
Record Appears in
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.