Women Living Zen
Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 21 October 1999
- ISBN 9780195123937
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages272 pages
- Size 238x163x23 mm
- Weight 626 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 18 halftones, 1 line illustration 0
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
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.
...a long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns' importance.... This very readable book is ideal for classroom use.
Table of Contents:
Prologue
Introduction
Historical Background
Twentieth-Century Leadership
The Monastic Practices of Zen Nuns
Motivations, Commitments, and Self-Perceptions
Conclusion: Innovators for the Sake of Tradition
Endnotes
Appendix A. Questionnaire
Appendix B. Glossary of Japanese Terms
