Being a Buddhist nun [electronic resource] : the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / Kim Gutschow.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004.Description: xix, 333 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 294.3/657/08209546 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb
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Contents:
Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.

Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.

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