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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns
Contributor(s): Arai, Paula Kane Robinson (Author)
ISBN: 0199928681     ISBN-13: 9780199928682
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
OUR PRICE:   $43.69  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: April 2012
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Buddhism - Zen (see Also Philosophy - Zen)
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Religion | Monasticism
Dewey: 294.365
Lexile Measure: 1380
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.83 lbs) 268 pages
Themes:
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
- Religious Orientation - Buddhist
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - Japanese
 
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Publisher Description:
In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the
sect to the present day. Drawing on her fieldwork among the Soto nuns, Arai demonstrates that the lives of many of these women embody classical Buddhist ideals. They have chosen to lead a strictly disciplined monastic life over against successful careers and the unconstrained contemporary secular
lifestyle. In this, and other respects, they can be shown to stand in stark contrast to their male counterparts.