Women Living Zen

Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-0-19-512393-7
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 590 g

In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to the present day. Drawing on her fieldwork among the Soto nuns, Arai demonstrates that the lives of many of these women embody classical Buddhist ideals. They have chosen to lead a strictly disciplined monastic life over against successful careers and the unconstrained contemporary secular lifestyle. In this, and other respects, they can be shown to stand in stark contrast to their male counterparts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Arai, Paula Kane Robinson

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Religiöse Institutionen & Gemeinschaften, Klerus, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Buddhismus Zen-Buddhismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Prologue

- 1: Introduction

- 2: Historical Background

- 3: Twentieth-Century Leadership

- 4: The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns

- 5: Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions

- 6: Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition

- Endnotes

- Appendix A. Questionnaire

- Appendix B. Glossary of Japanese Terms