Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha

Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha

Kathryn R. Blackstone (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2014
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-75990-8 (ISBN)

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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. Important to anyone investigating women's own perspective on their religion. Also provides a clear statement about how renunciants understand nibbana.

KathrynR. Blackstone

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?;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.5.2014
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	317 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	0-415-75990-0 / 0415759900
ISBN-13	978-0-415-75990-8 / 9780415759908
Zustand	Neuware