The startling phenomenon of the Western Tibetan Buddhist nun: the challenges faced by Western nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition living outside the traditional Tibetan Buddhist regions
This article investigates the recent manifestation of a number of Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns and the challenges they face living outside traditional Himalayan nunneries. The lives of these nuns have been researched mainly by insiders such as scholarly Western nuns and no reliable statistics are a...
| Published in: | Journal for the study of religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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ASRSA
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal for the study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lamaism
/ Nun
/ European woman
/ American woman
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BL Buddhism |
| Further subjects: | B
Tibetan Buddhism
B gender prejudice B Non Himalayan nuns B Buddhist monastics B monastic community B Western Tibetan Buddhist nuns |
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