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On the Question of “Discipline” (Vinaya) and Nuns in Theravāda Buddhism
Religions, 2019 This article centers on the relationship of rules (nīti) to the monastic form of life of contemporary Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka. A genealogy of scholarship focusing on the rules of Buddhist monks and nuns has led scholars to affirm a clear-cut ...
Nirmala S. Salgado
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Religions, 2022 The nunnery Keikōin was a powerful Buddhist institution, famous in late-medieval Japanese history for its vigorous and successful fundraising campaigns on behalf of the Grand Shrine of Ise.
Talia J. Andrei
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Giving without merit: nuns in a post-merit Buddhist economy [PDF]
, 2022 Buddhist monastic institutions have endured for centuries, supported by donations from the lay community. This economic system has been driven by the religious concept of merit, a concept which is regarded as producing adverse economic effects for nuns ...
Willenberg, Karen
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Chinese Buddhist Nuns in the Twentieth Century: A Case Study in Wuhan
Journal of Global Buddhism, 2015 In this paper, through working at the intersection of the works on nationalism and women, and the literature on Buddhist nuns during the Republican period, I aim to take up questions of gender relations in the broader studies of Buddhism and Buddhist ...
Yuan Yuan
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Religions, 2020 This paper analyses the Japanese influence upon Taiwanese Buddhist communities during the Colonial Period. I will discuss the interplay between monasticism, education, and politics by examining the process of institutionalisation of monastics and ...
Pei-ying Lin
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A Revolution in Red Robes: Tibetan Nuns Obtaining the Doctoral Degree in Buddhist Studies (Geshema)
Religions, 2022 In the past, Tibetan nuns had no access to formal monastic education and thus could not obtain the two main diplomas and titles that are common in Tibetan Buddhism: the khenpo (mkhan po) degree in the more practice-oriented Nyingmapa school and the geshe
Nicola Schneider
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Living Vinaya in the United States: Emerging Female Monastic Sanghas in the West
Religions, 2019 From late January to early February 2018, the first Vinaya course in the Tibetan tradition offered in the United States to train Western nuns was held in Sravasti Abbey.
Ching-ning Wang
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Is there a future for Buddhist nuns in Myanmar?
, 2015 The discussion on Buddhist nuns in Myanmar takes place in the following areas; in the context of state policy on ethnic acculturation, in relationship with the international community of nuns, and within their own monastic community in a country ...
Kawanami, Hiroko
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Chŏng Suok’s Tour of Imperial Japan and its Impact on the Development of the Nuns’ Order in Korea
Religions, 2019 The eminent scholar-nun Chŏng Suok (1902−1966) traveled from colonial Korea to Imperial Japan from 1937 to 1939 and wrote a travelogue that provides an important first-hand account from a woman’s perspective on the state of Japanese and ...
Eun-su Cho
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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IN PRESERVATION OF BUDDIST MONASTERY TREASURES [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, 2017 Treasure Caretaker Training (Digital Monastery Project), teaches Buddhist monks, nuns and community cultural caretakers to protect and preserve their own monastery sacred art treasures.
A. Shaftel
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