The Embodiment of Buddhist History: Interpretive Methods and Models of Sāsana Decline in Burmese Debates about Female Higher Ordination
The mid-twentieth century was celebrated in Theravāda civilizations as the halfway point in the five-thousand-year history of the Buddha’s dispensation, the sāsana. Around this time in Burma, fierce debates arose concerning the re-establishment of the extinct order of Theravāda nuns. While women wer...
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MDPI
2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 1 |
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B Myanmar B Buddhism B Meditation B Theravāda B Pāli B Nuns B Gender B bhikkhunī B Burma |
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