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Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha Kathryn R. Blackstone

Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha By Kathryn R. Blackstone

Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha by Kathryn R. Blackstone

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A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship.

Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha Summary

Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha: Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha by Kathryn R. Blackstone

A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship. Important to anyone investigating women's own perspective on their religion. Also provides a clear statement about how renunciants understand nibbana.

Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha Reviews

'This book is a valuable contribution to the growing literature about women and Buddhism. It should be in all libraries with collections about Buddhism or gender studies in religion.' - Journal of the American Academy of Religion

'Kathryn Blackstone has offered scholars in the study of early Buddhism a valuable lesson ... I found myself happily convinced.' - The Tibet Journal

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The Language of Liberation; Chapter 3 Looking Backward: Attitudes Towards Renunciation; Chapter 4 Looking Inward: Attitudes Towards the Body; Chapter 5 Looking Outward: Attitudes Towards The Physical Environment; Chapter 6 Struggle for Liberation in the Ther?g?th?;

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NPB9780700709625
9780700709625
0700709622
Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha: Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha by Kathryn R. Blackstone
Kathryn R. Blackstone
Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
New
Hardback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
1998-01-27
204
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