Griffiths, Caitilin J.

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Tracing the Itinerant Path: Jishū Nuns of Medieval Japan

by Griffiths, Caitilin J.

fromPure Land Buddhist Studies

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Women have long been active supporters and promoters of Buddhist rituals and functions, but their importance in the operations of Buddhist schools has often been minimized. Chin'ichibō (?-1344), a nun who taught male and female disciples and lived in her own temple, is therefore…

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Tracing the itinerant path: Jishū nuns of medieval Japan

by Griffiths, Caitilin J.

fromPure Land Buddhist Studies

0 Type: Book

This study introduces the jishū nuns who participated alongside monks as fellow practitioners - not as wives, daughters, or mothers. They were partners in a Pure Land religious school devoted to encompassing the world with the name Amida Buddha through their continuous chanting …