Women and Ultramodern Buddhism in Australia [PDF]
Religions, 2018 Buddhists started arriving in Australia in large numbers during the mid-1800s, and the first Buddhist societies and centres began to be formed in the mid-late 1900s.
Anna Halafoff, Jayne Garrod, Laura Gobey
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Women contribution to the development of Buddhism in Latvia [PDF]
SHS Web of Conferences, 2020 Buddhism is one of the fastest growing and popular religions in the West which connects people of different ages and social classes. The significant role in the historical transmission of Buddhism to the West and in shaping a distinctively Western form ...
Laudere Marika
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Domesticating esoteric Buddhism: lay women, Foxin Jing practice, and somatic authority in contemporary China [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyThis study examines how lay women engage with, adapt, and transmit the heart-mind esoteric Buddhist tradition known as Foxin Jing (佛心经) in contemporary China.
Tianyan Yin, Yaoping Liu, Daohua Xu
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Constructing collective identity through Theravāda Buddhism: religious memory, monastic authority, and sacred infrastructure among the Bulang community in Southwest China [PDF]
Frontiers in SociologyIntroductionTheravāda Buddhism plays a central role in the cultural and religious life of several ethnic communities in Southwest China, yet the ways minority communities mobilize Buddhism to construct collective identity remain insufficiently explored ...
Wenen Yan, Yaoping Liu
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The Discrimination of Women in Buddhism: An Ethical Analysis
OALib, 2017 Position of women in Buddhism has been debated for a long time. In my article, I will try to figure out the real situation of women in Buddhism. I will discuss something about sexism in Buddhist religion. There seem to be many difficulties that women following Buddhism are facing. I will highlight some of them in my article.
Archana Paudel, Qun Dong
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“A mini home far away from home.” The Thai temple and women’s sense of safety in Finland [PDF]
Frontiers in PsychologyIntroductionThis article explores the significance of the Thai Buddhist temple for Thai women’s sense of safety in Finland. Despite the growing popularity of Buddhism in the country, research literature and media have largely ignored the religiosity of ...
Mitra Härkönen
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Buddhism, Diversity and ‘Race’: Multiculturalism and Western convert Buddhist movements in East London – a qualitative study [PDF]
This study considers the development of convert Buddhism in multicultural environments. Its focus is on the encounters of people of colour (defined for the purposes of this study as people of African, Asian and Caribbean descent) with Western convert ...
Smith, Sharon Elizabeth
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Women In The History Of Chinese Buddhism
The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, 2021 M. Ulanov
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From Courtesan to Wŏn Buddhist Teacher: The Life of Yi Ch’ŏngch’un
Religions, 2023 This study examines the life of Yi Ch’ŏngch’un 李靑春 (1886–1955), one of the first female disciples of Wŏn Buddhism, a 20th-century Korean religious movement. Her story shows modernity’s impact on Korean women’s psyche and social roles, and the progressive
Grace J. Song
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Femininity in Tantric Buddhism: A Study of Sanmatrananda’s Nastik Panditer Bhita [PDF]
Litinfinite, 2020 Femininity is a part and parcel of various religious practices since time immemorial. Tantric Buddhism is one such religion that gives equal importance to its male and female practitioners.
Dr. Surapriya Chakraborty
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