Buddhist Women and Social Justice

Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She is the author of Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women and the editor of Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations, both also published by SUNY Press.

Introduction

Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions
Karma Lekshe Tsomo


PART ONE: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action


1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity
Anne Carolyn Klein


2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights
Lin Chew


3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist?
Karma Lekshe Tsomo


4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation
Paula Green


5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution
Meenakshi Chhabra


6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-based Violence
Kathryn L. Norsworthy


PART TWO: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies


7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka
Ranjani de Silva


8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal
Sarah LeVine


9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley
David N. Gellner


10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention
Khandu Lama


11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women
Karma Lekshe Tsomo


12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley
Margaret Coberly


13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji
Diana E. Wright


14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns
Elise Anne DeVido


15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures
Caren I. Ohlson


Bibliography


List of Contributors


Index