Being a Buddhist Nun The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas

Name: Being a Buddhist Nun
Author: Kim Gutschow

Auteur: Kim Gutschow

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Kim Gutschow Gutschow

Engels
Hardcover
9780674012875
15 juli 2004
376 pagina's

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This book is the first ethnography of Tibetan Buddhist society from the perspective of its nuns. Gutschow lived for over three years among them, collecting their stories, observing them, and studying their lives. This picture of the little known culture provides valuable insight into the relationship between women and religion in South Asia today.

They may shave their heads, don simple robes, and renounce materialism and worldly desires. But the women seeking enlightenment in a Buddhist nunnery high in the folds of Himalayan Kashmir invariably find themselves subject to the tyrannies of subsistence, subordination, and sexuality. Ultimately, Buddhist monasticism reflects the very world it is supposed to renounce. Butter and barley prove to be as critical to monastic life as merit and meditation. Kim Gutschow lived for more than three years among these women, collecting their stories, observing their ways, studying their lives. Her book offers the first ethnography of Tibetan Buddhist society from the perspective of its nuns.

Gutschow depicts a gender hierarchy where nuns serve and monks direct, where monks bless the fields and kitchens while nuns toil in them. Monasteries may retain historical endowments and significant political and social power, yet global flows of capitalism, tourism, and feminism have begun to erode the balance of power between monks and nuns. Despite the obstacles of being considered impure and inferior, nuns engage in everyday forms of resistance to pursue their ascetic and personal goals.

A richly textured picture of the little known culture of a Buddhist nunnery, the book offers moving narratives of nuns struggling with the Buddhist discipline of detachment. Its analysis of the way in which gender and sexuality construct ritual and social power provides valuable insight into the relationship between women and religion in South Asia today.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 15 juli 2004
Aantal pagina's: 376
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Kim Gutschow
Tweede Auteur: Gutschow
Hoofduitgeverij: Harvard University Press

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Editie: illustrated edition
Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 159 mm
Product hoogte: 32 mm
Product lengte: 235 mm
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 32 mm
Verpakking lengte: 235 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 700 g

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EAN: 9780674012875

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Categorieën: Religie, Spiritualiteit & Filosofie

Religie

Boeddhisme

Theologie & Religieuze kwesties

Tibetan Buddhism

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Taal: Engels
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