I Hear Her Words
Windhorse Publications (Verlag)
978-1-911407-71-3 (ISBN)
Is there gender equality in Buddhist traditions? What do Buddhist texts say about women? How have Buddhist women responded to misogyny? Collett is well placed to review both recent scholarship and original writing by and about women in Buddhism. She shows that core Buddhist doctrines provide no justification for the notion that women are inferior to men. But Buddhism was born and took root in societies that held traditional views of women, and social norms positioning women as inferior to men have found their way into Buddhist tradition. This book tells the stories of many inspiring Buddhist women who overcame attempted constraint to gain liberation and become esteemed teachers. Not only do we hear about them in this book, but we also hear from them in their own words. An ideal introduction to gender studies in Buddhism and the history of women in the tradition.
Alice Collett is an academic who specializes in women in Indian Buddhism. Her books include the edited volume Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies (2013) and the monograph, Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History (2016). She is currently working on her fifth book, entitled Women in Early Historic India: The Changing Political Landscape. She has worked at several universities around the world - in North America, Europe and Asia, and is currently Director of the South Asia History Project, United Kingdom.
CONTENTS
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements
Introduction
A New Historical Narrative
Four Recurring Themes in Buddhist Texts and Tradition
Part I Asking Questions About Buddhism
Chapter 1 Buddhism and Gender Equality
Buddhist Ethics
The Principle of Non-Harm
Buddhism and Feminism
Chapter 2 Women in Buddhist Texts
Nuns Overcoming Desire
The Problem of Desire
Women Are the Problem, Not Desire
The Saundarananda, 'Handsome Nanda'
The Maharatnakuta, 'The Collection of Great Jewels'
The Siksasamuccaya,, 'The Compendium of Training'
Beyond India
Chapter 3 Gender and Buddhist Doctrine
Dependent Arising
The Doctrine of No-Self
Emptiness and Sexual Transformation
Part II Voices Through the Centuries
Chapter 4 Portraits of Buddhist Women
Early Buddhist Nuns in India
Dhammadinna
Bhadda Kundalakesa
Patacara
Women in Early China
Zhu Jingjian
An Lingshou
Daoxing
Women in Modern East Asia
Qiyuan Xinggang
Chiyo-ni
Women in Modern Thailand
Mae Chi Kaew Sianglam
Chapter 5 Recovering a Lost Past: South and Southeast Asia
Sri Lanka
Mainland Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Burma (Myanmar)
Thailand
Chapter 6 Deities, Teachers, Lineages: Central and East Asia
Mahayana Buddhism
China
Korea
Taiwan
Tantric Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Chapter 7 Unconventional Women and Truth-Tellers: The West
Theravada Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Modern Western Buddhism
Epilogue Reaching Across the Divide
Notes
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 17.06.2021 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-911407-71-6 / 1911407716 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-911407-71-3 / 9781911407713 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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