Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha Struggle for Liberation in the Therigatha
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TextPublication details: Delhi Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt Ltd 2000Description: 185pISBN: - 812081715X
- SS33 B567
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| SS33 B182 Thaaliyola | SS33 B314 The Awakening of the West | SS33 B451 Entering the Stream | SS33 B567 Women in the Footsteps of the Buddha | SS33 B640 The Buddhist Revival in Sri Lanka | SS33 C580 The Secret of the Golden Flower | SS33 D936 Jonacariya Or "the Carrer of Te Conqueror" A Pali Poem |
includes index and biblioraphy
Chapter I: The Language of Liberation 13 Liberation Refrains 16 Distinctions Between the Texts 20 A Difference of Perspective 30 Chapter II: Looking Backward: Attitudes Towards Renunciation 37 The Way They Were 40 Breaking Free: Going Forth to the Homeless Life 45 Reflections on the Good Life 51 Chapter III: Looking Inward: Attitudes Towards the Body 59 A Buddhist Lesson in Anatomy 63 The Body Beautiful 69 Looking at the Doctrine as a Mirror 75 Chapter IV: Looking Outward: Attitudes Towards the Environment 83 The Environment as Setting and Symbol 86 Tree Meditations 94 Envisioning the Environment 102 Chapter V: Struggle for Liberation in the Thertgatha 107 Models of Liberation 108 The Question of Female Authorship 113 Women`s Struggle for Liberation 117 Appendices: A Technical Terms for Liberation 119 B Tables of Liberated Thens and Theras 127 C Images of the Environment 141 D Settings of Liberated Thens and Theras 151
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