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Author Van de Belt, Joke

Title Ani-La : the nuns from Redna Menling
Published Havertown : Sidestone Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (99 pages)
Contents Acknowledgement; The use of Tibetan terminology; Summary; 1 Preamble : the Nuns of Redna Menling; 1.1Preamble; 1.2Problem Area; 1.2.1 The Tibetan History of the Bon; 1.2.2 Bon and Buddhism; 1.2.3 Scholarly Research into the Bon; 1.2.4 Scholarly Research into Nuns and Women in the Bon; 1.3Objective of Research; 1.4 Research Questions; 1.5 Methods and my Role as a Scholarly Researcher; 2 The Bon : A Community in Exile; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Bon Community in Dolanji; 2.2.1 The Community of Nuns in Dolanji; 2.3The Set-up of the Project; 2.3.1 Observations
2.3.2 Interviews with Nuns and with Informants2.4 The group in Research; 2.4.1 Composition, Backgrounds and Daily Life; 3 Reasons to profess : What makes a young woman become a nun?; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Personal and Social Background in the Country of Origin; 3.3 Connections between Biography and Motives to Profess; 3.3.1 Practical Considerations; 3.3.2 Inspired by Religion; Portrait of Ani Kunsel Wangmo; 3.3.3 A Choice Forced by Political Reality; Portrait of Ani Monlam Sangmo; Portrait of Ani Yangzo Dolmo; 3.4 The Ties between Daily Life and the Expectations of Life as a Nun
3.4.1 Theoretical Intermezzo: Communitas4 The community of nuns : Interaction with its surroundings; 4.1 Religious Praxis and Integration in Daily Life; 4.1.1 The Aim of Religious Praxis; 4.1.2 Gender, the Body and the Religious Praxis; 4.1.3 Theoretical Intermezzo: Gender and the Physical Body; 4.1.4 The Impact of the Research; 5 Conclusion : The Nuns of Redna Menling; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Macro Level: The Nuns Place inside the Bon; 5.3 Meso Level: Reasons to Profess and Life in a Monastic Community; 5.4 Gender, Celibacy and Ritual Praxis; 5.5 Epilogue; Appendix 1; Glossary; Appendix 2
Summary No, but we are different. Tonpa Sherab treated men and women in the same way, he passed on his teachings to both men and women and that is why we nuns are on equal footing with the monks, quite unlike the Buddhists.' The Bön religion is often seen as a part of the Tibetan Buddhism but its bond is actually far more complex and has its own origin in the history of Tibet. The role of women worshipping in Bön and Tibetan Buddhism, is quite different. And although there are studies on Buddhist nuns, there is hardly any research available on nuns in the Bön tradition. This pioneering study vividly p
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94)
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Subject Redna Menling (Monastery : Dolanji, India)
SUBJECT Redna Menling (Monastery : Dolanji, India) fast (OCoLC)fst01980633
Subject Monastic and religious life of women -- India -- Dolanji
Bon (Tibetan religion) -- India -- Dolanji
Buddhist nuns -- India -- Dolanji -- Social conditions
Bon (Tibetan religion)
Monastic and religious life of women.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2012454261
ISBN 9789088901393
9088901392
1299281834
9781299281837