Gutschow, Kim.

Being a Buddhist nun the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas / [electronic resource] : Kim Gutschow. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2004. - xix, 333 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index.

Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Buddhist nuns--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Monastic and religious life (Buddhism)--India--Jammu and Kashmir.
Enlightenment (Buddhism)


Electronic books.

BQ6160.I42 / J365 2004

294.3/657/08209546