Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha

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Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha is the result of the first International Conference of Buddhist nuns. At this gathering women Buddhist renunciates from east and west talked candidly about their lives — their joys, their problems and their future as Buddhist nuns in the modern world. This book aims at linking and encouraging women on the spiritual path through the ideas and experience of Buddhist women practitioners from various countries and traditions. It investigates how women can avoid personal exploitation and maximize their potentialities for enlightenment, as well as how to effectively help institute full bhiksuni ordination worldwide and contribute to redressing the gender imbalance as a major step toward planetary well-being.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Karma Lekshe Tsomo teacher in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego. She has a Ph.D. in Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawai'i. Her books include Into the Jaws of Yama, Lord of Death: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death; Buddhist Women and Social Justice; Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations; and Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Monastic Ethics for Women. She is the president of Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women and director of Jamyang Foundation, an initiative to provide educational opportunities for women in developing countries.

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Title
Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8170305926
Length
346p., Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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