Buddhist women across cultures
Subtitle: realizations
By: edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo.
Contributors: Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Bhikṣuṇī, 1944-
Series: SUNY series, feminist philosophy
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
Subjects: Women in Buddhism.; Women -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.; Buddhist women.; Feminism -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.
Description: Scholars and practitioners from a variety of Buddhist cultures, philosophical traditions, and academic disciplines analyze important dimensions of the new cross-cultural Buddhist women's movement: the status and experiences of women in Buddhist societies, feminist interpretation of Buddhist tenets, and the relationship of women to Buddhist institutions.

Buddhist Women Across Cultures documents both women's struggle for religious equality in Asian Buddhist cultures as well as the process of creating Buddhist feminist identity across national and ethnic boundaries as Buddhism gains attention in the West. The book contributes significantly to an understanding of women and religion in both Western and non-Western cultures.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-306) and index.