Verschillende aspecten van vrouwen en boeddhisme, zoals de beoefening van boeddhisme, de opleiding, politieke en sociale veranderingen, kunst en architectuur, lichaam en gezondheid.
"Throughout Buddhism's history, women have been hindered in their efforts to actualize the fullness of their spiritual lives: they face more obstacles to reaching full ordination, have fewer opportunities to cultivate advanced practice, and receive diminished recognition for the…
"Throughout Buddhism's history, women have been hindered in their efforts to actualize the fullness of their spiritual lives: they face more obstacles to reaching full ordination, have fewer opportunities to cultivate advanced practice, and receive diminished recognition for the…
Eminent Buddhist women
Explores the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women across the centuries and across the Buddhist world. Eminent Buddhist Women reveals the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women through the centuries. Despite the Buddha{u2019}s own egalitarian values, Buddhism as a religion has been dom…
Eminent Buddhist women
Explores the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women across the centuries and across the Buddhist world. Eminent Buddhist Women reveals the exemplary legacy of Buddhist women through the centuries. Despite the Buddha's own egalitarian values, Buddhism as a religion has been dominated…
Sera Khandro Dewé Dorjé was extraordinary not only for achieving religious mastery as a Tibetan Buddhist visionary and guru to many lamas, monastics, and laity in the Golok region of eastern Tibet, but also for her candour. This book listens to Sera Khandro's conversations with …
Treats the life of Sera Khandro Künzang Dekyong Chönyi Wangmo (1892-1940) and her relationship to land, religion, sexuality, and her teacher Drime Özer (1881-1924). Contains close readings of considerable parts of her autobiographical writings.
Love and Liberation reads the autobiographical and biographical writings of one of the few Tibetan Buddhist women to record the story of her life. Sera Khandro Künzang Dekyong Chönyi Wangmo (also called Dewé Dorjé, 1892-1940) was extraordinary not only for achieving religious ma…
"In February 2004, when her American husband, a recently ordained Zen monk, leaves home to train for a year at a centuries-old Buddhist monastery, Tracy Franz embarks on her own year of Zen. An Alaskan alone--and lonely--in Japan, she begins to pay attention. My Year of Dirt and…