Innovative Buddhist Women

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.

• Introduction PART I THE WORLD OF BUDDHIST WOMEN BUDDHIST WOMEN OF SOUTH ASIA Chapter 1 Inaccuracies in Buddhist Women's History Chapter 2 At the Cutting Edge: Theravada Nuns in the Kathmandu Valley Chapter 3 Unity and Diversity Among Buddhist Nuns in Sri Lanka Chapter 4 Factions and Fortitude: Buddhist Women in Bangladesh BUDDHIST WOMEN OF SOUTHEAST ASIA Chapter 5 Thammacarini Witthaya: The First Buddhist School for Girls in Thailand Chapter 6 The Status and Values of the Santi Asoke Sikkhamat Chapter 7 Rediscovering Cambodian Buddhist Women of the Past Chapter 8 The Revival of the Don Chee Movement in Cambodia Chapter 9 Khmer Women: Buddhist Survivors Chapter 10 Dam Luu: An Eminent Vietnamese Buddhist Nun BUDDHIST WOMEN OF EAST ASIA Chapter 11 A Case of Ritual Zen: In Gratitude to Ananda Chapter 12 Tiexiangsi: A Gelugpa Nunnery in Contemporary China Chapter 13 Birth, Death, and Resurrection of Shim Ch'ong: Mistress of the Spiritual Domain Chapter 14 Lineage or Family Tree? The Implications for Gender Chapter 15 Ordination, Legitimacy, and Sisterhood: The International Full Ordination Ceremony in Bodhgaya BUDDHIST WOMEN IN THE HIMALAYAS Chapter 16 Of Birds and Wings: Tibetan Nuns and their Encounters with Knowledge Chapter 17 Yeshe's Tibetan Pilgrimage and the Founding of a Himalayan Nunnery Chapter 18 Born Buddhist is Not Enough BUDDHIST WOMEN IN HAWAI'I Chapter 19 Mary Foster: The First Hawaiian Buddhist Chapter 20 Bishop Jikyu Rose: A Tendai Ajari in Hawai'i PART II WOMEN IN COMPASSIONATE SOCIAL ACTION Chapter 21 Buddhism and the Media Chapter 22 Diversity as Practice: Thinking about Race and American Buddhism Chapter 23 Sexual Conduct and Misconduct: Buddhist Ethics in the West Chapter 24 Daylighting the Feminine in American Buddhism Chapter 25 Buddhism, Human Rights, Women's Rights, and Democracy Chapter 26 Engaged Buddhism: Moving and Recreating Women's Stories Chapter 27 Inner Transformation for World Peace Epilogue Transforming Women's Position in Buddhism: Strategies

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