Women under the Bo Tree_ Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka

Tessa J. Bartholomeusz

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dc.contributor.author	Tessa J. Bartholomeusz	-
dc.date.accessioned	2018-12-21T03:00:24Z	-
dc.date.available	2018-12-21T03:00:24Z	-
dc.date.issued	1994	-
dc.identifier.isbn	978-0-521-46129-0	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://tnt.ussh.edu.vn:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/836	-
dc.description	Tessa Bartholomeusz explores the relationship between female world-renunciation in Buddhist Sri Lanka and attitudes about women and the religious vocation. She gives a history of Buddhist female renouncers in Sri Lanka and recounts her own field experiences of contemporary Buddhist women who have chosen to live celibate and cloistered lives. By presenting the point of view of the women themselves and describing their role and vocation in present-day Sri Lanka, the author puts a new perspective on the island's Buddhist culture.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Preface page ; Acknowledgments ; Motes on pronunciation ; Dramatis personae ; PART I; Introduction: The tradition of Buddhist female; renunciation in Sri Lanka ; 1 The ancient order of nuns in Sri Lanka ; 2 Nineteenth-century Ceylon: the emergence of the lay nun ; 3 Theosophists, educators, and nuns ; 4 The Sanghamitta Sisterhood ; PART II; 5 The institutionalization of tradition: the early twentieth century and the lay nun ; 6 The lay nun in transitional Ceylon ; 7 The dasa sil mata in contemporary Sri Lanka ; 8 Novitiates, western lay nuns, and cave dwellers ; 9 The Sri Lankan Bhikkhum Sarigha: trends and reflections ; Epilogue: Women under the Bo tree ; Appendices ; Notes ; Select bibliographies ; Index and glossary ;	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Preface page xi Acknowledgments xiii Motes on pronunciation xv Dramatis personae xvii PART I Introduction: The tradition of Buddhist female renunciation in Sri Lanka 3 1 The ancient order of nuns in Sri Lanka 17 2 Nineteenth-century Ceylon: the emergence of the lay nun 24 3 Theosophists, educators, and nuns 44 4 The Sanghamitta Sisterhood 68 PART II 5 The institutionalization of tradition: the early twentieth century and the lay nun 91 6 The lay nun in transitional Ceylon 109 7 The dasa sil mata in contemporary Sri Lanka 130 8 Novitiates, western lay nuns, and cave dwellers 156 9 The Sri Lankan Bhikkhum Sarigha: trends and reflections 181 Epilogue: Women under the Bo tree 191 Appendices 195 Notes 202 Select bibliographies 263 Index and glossary 278	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS	en_US
dc.subject	Kinh điển và triết học phật giáo	en_US
dc.title	Women under the Bo Tree_ Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Book	en_US
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