Embodying Legacy by Pursuing Asymmetry: Pushou Temple and Female Monastics' Ordinations in Contemporary China
This paper focuses on ordination procedures specific to women in Chinese Buddhism, and on the positions adopted by bhikṣuṇīs regarding the procedures’ asymmetrical nature in contemporary China. Dual ordinations, according to which aspiring bhikṣuṇīs must present themselves in front of both an assemb...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2022
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Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 10 |
| Further subjects: | B
ordination procedures
B Śik ṣam ā ṇ ā ordination B Tongyuan B Buddhist monasticism B Chinese Buddhist bhik ṣu ṇ ī s B dual ordination B Longlian B Contemporary China B Rurui |
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