{"product_id":"sisters-in-solitude-two-traditions-of-buddhist-monastic-ethics-for-women-a-comparative-analysis-of-the-chinese-dharmagupta-and-the-tibeta-9780791430903","title":"Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women. a Comparative Analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibeta","description":"This study is an investigation of the moral precepts and codes of everyday conduct by which ordained women regulated their lives. It takes as its basis the \u003ci\u003eBhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Sūtras\u003c\/i\u003e of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mūlasarvāstivāda school, preserved in Tibetan translation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over two thousand years, Buddhist nuns have quietly embodied specific moral and spiritual values on their path to enlightenment. Contemplative communities offered women both an alternative lifestyle and an avenue for education. Numbering as many as one million at certain periods of history, they have exerted powerful, if often unacknowledged, influence on Asian societies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSisters in Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e documents the earliest recorded system of ethics formulated especially for women and presents the first English translations of the original texts. An essential sourcebook for studies on women's religious history and feminist ethics, it details the monastic guidelines that link Buddhist nuns of the different traditions. The texts it contains unite women of many cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karma Lekshe Tsomo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.92h x 5.85w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780791430903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarma Lekshe Tsomo\u003c\/b\u003e is Instructor of Buddhist Studies at Antioch University and a Degree Fellow at the East-West Center in Honolulu. Her previous publications include \u003ci\u003eBuddhism Through American Women's Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eSakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJorcho: Preparatory Practices\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40473677135987,"sku":"9.78079E+12","price":57.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_73f1c20f-80b1-48df-9a1c-3b100e68e640.jpg?v=1664373066","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/sisters-in-solitude-two-traditions-of-buddhist-monastic-ethics-for-women-a-comparative-analysis-of-the-chinese-dharmagupta-and-the-tibeta-9780791430903","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}