Being a Buddhist nun
Gutschow, Kim.
Being a Buddhist nun the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / [electronic resource] : Kim Gutschow. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - xix, 333 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Buddhist nuns--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Enlightenment (Buddhism)
Electronic books.
BQ6160.I42 / J365 2004eb
294.3/657/08209546
Being a Buddhist nun the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / [electronic resource] : Kim Gutschow. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - xix, 333 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.
Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Buddhist nuns--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Enlightenment (Buddhism)
Electronic books.
BQ6160.I42 / J365 2004eb
294.3/657/08209546