I Hear Her Words

An Introduction to Women in Buddhism

Alice Collett (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

280 Seiten

2021
Windhorse Publications (Verlag)
978-1-911407-71-3 (ISBN)

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Is there gender equality in Buddhist traditions? What do Buddhist texts say about women? This book offers a new introduction to women in Buddhism, and gives unique access to the more rarely told histories of the many inspiring Buddhist women who fought against constraint.

Is there gender equality in Buddhist traditions? What do Buddhist texts say about women? How have Buddhist women responded to misogyny? Collett is well placed to review both recent scholarship and original writing by and about women in Buddhism. She shows that core Buddhist doctrines provide no justification for the notion that women are inferior to men. But Buddhism was born and took root in societies that held traditional views of women, and social norms positioning women as inferior to men have found their way into Buddhist tradition. This book tells the stories of many inspiring Buddhist women who overcame attempted constraint to gain liberation and become esteemed teachers. Not only do we hear about them in this book, but we also hear from them in their own words. An ideal introduction to gender studies in Buddhism and the history of women in the tradition.

Alice Collett is an academic who specializes in women in Indian Buddhism. Her books include the edited volume Women in Early Indian Buddhism: Comparative Textual Studies (2013) and the monograph, Lives of Early Buddhist Nuns: Biographies as History (2016). She is currently working on her fifth book, entitled Women in Early Historic India: The Changing Political Landscape. She has worked at several universities around the world - in North America, Europe and Asia, and is currently Director of the South Asia History Project, United Kingdom.

CONTENTS
About the Author
Acknowledgements
Publisher's Acknowledgements

Introduction
A New Historical Narrative
Four Recurring Themes in Buddhist Texts and Tradition

Part I Asking Questions About Buddhism

Chapter 1 Buddhism and Gender Equality
Buddhist Ethics
The Principle of Non-Harm
Buddhism and Feminism

Chapter 2 Women in Buddhist Texts
Nuns Overcoming Desire
The Problem of Desire
Women Are the Problem, Not Desire
The Saundarananda, 'Handsome Nanda'
The Maharatnakuta, 'The Collection of Great Jewels'
The Siksasamuccaya,, 'The Compendium of Training'
Beyond India

Chapter 3 Gender and Buddhist Doctrine
Dependent Arising
The Doctrine of No-Self
Emptiness and Sexual Transformation

Part II Voices Through the Centuries

Chapter 4 Portraits of Buddhist Women
Early Buddhist Nuns in India
Dhammadinna
Bhadda Kundalakesa
Patacara
Women in Early China
Zhu Jingjian
An Lingshou
Daoxing
Women in Modern East Asia
Qiyuan Xinggang
Chiyo-ni
Women in Modern Thailand
Mae Chi Kaew Sianglam
Chapter 5 Recovering a Lost Past: South and Southeast Asia
Sri Lanka
Mainland Southeast Asia
Cambodia
Burma (Myanmar)
Thailand
Chapter 6 Deities, Teachers, Lineages: Central and East Asia
Mahayana Buddhism
China
Korea
Taiwan
Tantric Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Chapter 7 Unconventional Women and Truth-Tellers: The West
Theravada Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism
Modern Western Buddhism

Epilogue Reaching Across the Divide

Notes
References
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	17.06.2021
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Buddhismus
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-10	1-911407-71-6 / 1911407716
ISBN-13	978-1-911407-71-3 / 9781911407713
Zustand	Neuware