Looks at Buddhist women's activism for social change from the time of Buddha to the present day.
This book on engaged Buddhism focuses on women working for social justice in a wide range of Buddhist traditions and societies. Contributors document attempts to actualize Buddhism's liberating ideals of personal growth and social transformation. Dealing with issues such as human rights, gender-based violence, prostitution, and the role of Buddhist nuns, the work illuminates the possibilities for positive change that are available to those with limited power and resources. Integrating social realities and theoretical perspectives, the work utilizes feminist interpretations of Buddhist values and looks at culturally appropriate means of instigating change.
Buddhist Women and Social Justice, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, editor, Suny Press, Paperback, 2004, 280 Pages, $29.95
Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Assistant Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She is the author of Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women and the editor of Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations, both also published by SUNY Press.
Introduction
Family, Monastery, and Gender Justice: Reenvisioning Buddhist Institutions / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
PART ONE: Theoretical Foundations for Buddhist Social Action
1. Buddhist Understandings of Subjectivity / Anne Carolyn Klein
2. Reflections on Buddhism, Gender, and Human Rights / Lin Chew
3. Is the Bhiksuni Vinaya Sexist? / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
4. Transforming Conflict, Transforming Ourselves: Buddhism and Social Liberation / Paula Green
5. Redefining and Expanding the Self in Conflict Resolution / Meenakshi Chhabra
6. Integrating Feminist Theory and Engaged Buddhism: Counseling Women Survivors of Gender-based Violence / Kathryn L. Norsworthy
PART TWO: Women Transforming Buddhist Societies
7. Reclaiming the Robe: Reviving the Bhikkhuni Order in Sri Lanka / Ranjani de Silva
8. Dharma Education for Women in the Theravada Buddhist Community of Nepal / Sarah LeVine
9. Buddhism, Women, and Caste: The Case of the Newar Buddhists of the Kathmandu Valley / David N. Gellner
10. Trafficking in Buddhist Girls: Empowerment through Prevention / Khandu Lama
11. Khunying Kanitha: Thailand's Advocate for Women / Karma Lekshe Tsomo
12. Crisis as Opportunity: Nuns and Cultural Change in the Spiti Valley / Margaret Coberly
13. Spiritual Piety, Social Activism, and Economic Realities: The Nuns of Mantokuji / Diana E. Wright
14. The Infinite Worlds of Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns / Elise Anne DeVido
15. Resistance without Borders: An Exploration of Buddhist Nuns across Cultures / Caren I. Ohlson
Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
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