| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism |
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Routledge critical studies in Buddhism.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 The King's daughter; 2 What is a woman?; 3 A woman's traditional path: from daughter to wife; 4 Only Dhamma pays off the filial debt; 5 Motherhood as a soteriological path; 6 Bhikkhunīs and the four assemblies; 7 The Buddhist family; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
"The Pāli tradition presents a diverse and often contradictory picture of women. This book examines women's roles as they are described in the Pāli canon and its commentaries. Taking into consideration the wider socio-religious context and drawing from early brahmanical literature and epigraphical findings, it contrasts these descriptions with the doctrinal account of women's spiritual abilities. The book explores gender in the Pāli texts in order to delineate what it means to be a woman both in the context in which the texts were composed and in the context of their ultimate goal - that of achieving escape from the round of rebirths. The critical investigation focuses on the internal relationships and dynamics of one tradition and employs a novel methodology, which the author calls "critical sympathy". This assumes that the tradition's teaching is valid for all, in particular that its main goal, nibbāṇa, is accessible to all human beings. By considering whether and how women's roles fit within this path, the author examines whether women have spiritual agency not only as bhikkhunīs (Buddhist nuns), but also as wives and mothers. It offers a new understanding that focuses on how the tradition construes women's traditional roles within an interdependent community. It aims to understand how what many scholars have seen as contradictory and inconsistent characterizations of women in Buddhism have been accepted and endorsed by the Pāli tradition. With an aim to show that the Pāli canon offers an account of women that is doctrinally coherent and consistent with its sociological facts, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Buddhism and Asian Religion"-- Provided by publisher |
| Notes |
Based on the author's doctoral dissertation (University of Bristol, 2010) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Börngen, ... gnd |
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Tipiṭaka -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007003204
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Tipiṭaka fast |
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Tipiṭaka gnd |
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Women in Buddhism.
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RELIGION -- General.
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- General (see also PHILOSOPHY -- Buddhist)
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RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Rituals & Practice.
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Women in Buddhism
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Buddhismus
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Geschlechterrolle
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Kvinnor och buddhism.
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Buddhistiska kvinnor.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
1317617991 |
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9781317617990 |
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1315752387 |
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9781315752389 |
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