Buddhism After Patriarchy: A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of BuddhismThis book surveys both the part women have played in Buddhism historically and what Buddhism might become in its post-patriarchal future. The author completes the Buddhist historical record by discussing women, usually absent from histories of Buddhism, and she provides the first feminist analysis of the major concepts found in Buddhist religion. Gross demonstrates that the core teachings of Buddhism promote gender equity rather than male dominance, despite the often sexist practices found in Buddhist institutions throughout history. |
Contents
Strategies for a Feminist Revalorization of Buddhism | 3 |
Orientation to Buddhism Approaches Basics and Contours | 7 |
Why Bother? What Is an Accurate and Usable Past Good for? | 17 |
Sakyadhita Daughters of the Buddha Roles and Images of Women in Early Indian Buddhism | 29 |
Do Innate Female Traits and Characteristics Exist? Roles and Images of Women in Indian Mahayana Buddhism | 55 |
The Feminine Principle Roles and Images of Women in Indian and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism | 79 |
Conclusions Tokens and Heroines | 115 |
Resources for a Buddhist Feminism | 125 |
Gender and BuddhaNature Feminist Comments on ThirdTurning Teachings and on the Vajrayana | 185 |
Verdicts and Judgments Looking Backward Looking Forward | 209 |
Androgynous Institutions Issues for Lay Monastic and Yogic Practitioners | 225 |
Androgynous View New Concerns in Verbalizing the Dharma | 257 |
RELATIONSHIP AND ENLIGHTENMENT | 258 |
SACRED OUTLOOK AND EVERYDAY LIFE | 269 |
VISION AND TRANSCENDENCE IN REMAKING THE WORLD | |
RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE AND THE STUDY OF RELIGION THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS | |
Setting the Stage Presuppositions of the Buddhist Worldview | 137 |
Strategies for a Feminist Analysis of Key Buddhist Concepts | 153 |
Gender and Egolessness Feminist Comments on Basic Buddhist Teachings | 157 |
Gender and Emptiness Feminist Comments on the Mahayana | 173 |
NOTES | |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
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