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Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming Against the Stream
Author(s): Karma Lekshe Tsomo (Author)
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publication Date: 25 July 2000
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 382 pages
- ISBN-10: 0700712194
- ISBN-13: 9780700712199
Book Description
Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women’s history. 26 articles document the lives of women who have set in motion changes within Buddhist societies, with analyses of issues such as gender, ethnicity, authority, and class that affect the lives of women in traditional Buddhist cultures and, increasingly, the west.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘The great variety means that every reader can find something of interest.’ – Buddhist Studies Review
‘The accounts are moving and inspiring.’ – School of Oriental & African Studies
About the Author
Karma Lekshe Tsomo teaches at Chaminade University in Honolulu. She is secretary of Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women and director of Jamyang Choling Institute, an education project for women in the Indian Himalayas.
