Sisters in Solitude
State University of New York Press (Verlag)
978-0-7914-3089-7 (ISBN)
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This study is an investigation of the moral precepts and codes of everyday conduct by which ordained women regulated their lives. It takes as its basis the Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Sūtras of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mūlasarvāstivāda school, preserved in Tibetan translation.
For over two thousand years, Buddhist nuns have quietly embodied specific moral and spiritual values on their path to enlightenment. Contemplative communities offered women both an alternative lifestyle and an avenue for education. Numbering as many as one million at certain periods of history, they have exerted powerful, if often unacknowledged, influence on Asian societies.
Sisters in Solitude documents the earliest recorded system of ethics formulated especially for women and presents the first English translations of the original texts. An essential sourcebook for studies on women's religious history and feminist ethics, it details the monastic guidelines that link Buddhist nuns of the different traditions. The texts it contains unite women of many cultures.
Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Instructor of Buddhist Studies at Antioch University and a Degree Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu. Her previous publications include Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes; Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha; and Jorcho: Preparatory Practices.
Preface
Introduction
I. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras in Context
Vinaya: The Foundation of Buddhist Monastic Life
Buddhist Monasticism in Context
Studies on Buddhist Monasticism and Their Methodologies
The Pratimoksa
The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra and Its Historical Background
II. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra of the Dharmagupta School
Convening the Assembly
The Eight Parajika-dharma
The Seventeen Sanghavasesa-dharma
The Thirty Nihsargika-payantika-dharma
The 178 Payantika-dharma
The Eight Pratidesaniya-dharma
The 100 Saiksa-dharma
The Seven Adhikarana-samatha-dharma
III. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra of the Mulasarvastivadin School
Section One
The Eight Parajika-dharma
The Twenty Sanghavasesa-dharma
The Thirty-three Nihsargika-payantika-dharma
Section Two
The 180 Payantika-dharma
The Eleven Pratidesaniya-dharma
The 113 Saiksa-dharma
The Seven Adhikarana-samatha-dharma
IV. A Comparison of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mulasarvastivadin Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras
The Structure of the Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra
The Content of the Sutras in Comparative Perspective
The Parajika-dharma
The Sanghavasesa-dharma
The Adhikarana-samatha-dharma and Pratidesaniya-dharma
Specific Textual Points of Comparison
V. Linking Past and Future
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.11.1996 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | SUNY series, Feminist Philosophy |
| Zusatzinfo | Total Illustrations: 0 |
| Verlagsort | Albany, NY |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 454 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7914-3089-8 / 0791430898 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7914-3089-7 / 9780791430897 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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