TY - BOOK AU - Karma Lekshe Tsomo, TI - Eminent Buddhist women /edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo SN - 9781438451329 AV - BQ850 .E456 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Albany PB - State University of New York Press KW - Buddhist women KW - Biography KW - Buddhist nuns KW - Women in Buddhism KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; INTRODUCTION; Karma Lekshe Tsomo --; "My Sister's Future Buddhahood" : A Jataka of the Buddha's Lifetime as a Woman; Karen Derris --; Two Generations of Eminent Nepalese Nuns; Punyawati Guruma --; Brave Daughters of the Buddha : The Feminisms of the Burmese Buddhists Nuns; Cristina Bonnet-Acosta --; Pioneering Bhikkhunis in Contemporary Sri Lanka and Thailand; Tomomi Ito --; Bhikkhuni Ta Tao : Paving the Way for Future Generations; Bhikkhuni Dhammananda (Chatsumarn Kabilsingh) --; Eminent Nuns in Hue, Vietnam; Elise DeVido --; A Polar Star among Vietnamese Nuns : Bhikkhuni Nhu Thanh; Thich Nu Nhu Nguyet --; Bhikṣuṇi Tri Hai : A Scented Lotus Life; Thich Nu Huong Nhu --; Bhikṣuṇi Hiuwen : Enlightening Society by Institutionalizing Buddhist Education; Yu-chen Li --; Pongnyogwan : The Eminent Bhikṣuṇi of Cheju Island; Hyangsoon Yi --; A Resolute Vision of the Future : Hyechun Sunim's Founding of the National Bhikṣuṇi Association in Korea; Eun-su Cho --; From Mountain to Metropolis : Son Master Daehaeng's Teachings on Contemporary Buddhist Practice; Hyeseon Sunim --; The Importance of Jetsun Mingyur Paldron in the Development of Sikkimese Buddhism; Kalzang Dorjee Bhutia --; The Legacy of a Female Sikkimese Buddhist Teacher : The Lineage of Pelling Ani Wangdzin and Gendered Religious Experience in Modern Sikkim; Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa --; Kunzang Drolkar : A Delog in Eastern Tibet; Alyson Prude --; Courage as Eminence : Tibetan Nuns at Yarchen Monastery in Kham; Padma-ʼtsho --; Nuns, Dakinis, and Ordinary Women in the Revival of Mongolian Buddhism; Karma Lekshe Tsomo --; Mummy-la : The Life and Accomplishments of Freda Bedi; Tenzin Palmo --; Bhikṣuṇi Ruimiao : An Embodiment of Transcultural Values; Malia Dominica Wong --; What Is a Relevant Role Model? : The Example of an Ordinary Woman Who Achieved Enlightenment; Rita M. Gross; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=840835&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -