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)