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Birth In Buddhism

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Author : Amy Paris Langenberg
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2017-06-26

Birth In Buddhism written by Amy Paris Langenberg and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-26 with Religion categories.

Recent decades have seen a groundswell in the Buddhist world, a transnational agitation for better opportunities for Buddhist women. Many of the main players in the transnational nuns movement self-identify as feminists but other participants in this movement may not know or use the language of feminism. In fact, many ordained Buddhist women say they seek higher ordination so that they might be better Buddhist practitioners, not for the sake of gender equality. Eschewing the backward projection of secular liberal feminist categories, this book describes the basic features of the Buddhist discourse of the female body, held more or less in common across sectarian lines, and still pertinent to ordained Buddhist women today. The textual focus of the study is an early-first-millennium Sanskrit Buddhist work, "Descent into the Womb scripture" or Garbhāvakrānti-sūtra. Drawing out the implications of this text, the author offers innovative arguments about the significance of childbirth and fertility in Buddhism, namely that birth is a master metaphor in Indian Buddhism; that Buddhist gender constructions are centrally shaped by Buddhist birth discourse; and that, by undermining the religious importance of female fertility, the Buddhist construction of an inauspicious, chronically impure, and disgusting femininity constituted a portal to a new, liberated, feminine life for Buddhist monastic women. Thus, this study of the Buddhist discourse of birth is also a genealogy of gender in middle period Indian Buddhism. Offering a new critical perspective on the issues of gender, bodies and suffering, this book will be of interest to an interdisciplinary audience, including researchers in the field of Buddhism, South Asian history and religion, gender and religion, theory and method in the study of religion, and Buddhist medicine.

Buddhist Birth Stories Jataka Tales

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Author : Buddhaghosa
language : en
Publisher: Asian Educational Services
Release Date : 1999

Buddhist Birth Stories Jataka Tales written by Buddhaghosa and has been published by Asian Educational Services this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Buddhist stories categories.

The Commercial Introduction Entitled Nidana-Katha-The Story Of The Lineage-Translated From Prof. V. Fausboll`S Edition Of The Pali Text By T.W. Rhys Davids.

The Jatakas

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Author : Sarah Shaw
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2006-06-08

The Jatakas written by Sarah Shaw and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-06-08 with Art categories.

When my concentrated mind was purified; I directed it to the knowledge of the recollection of past lives’ —The Buddha on the night of his enlightenment Associated with the living traditions of folk tale; drama and epic; the Jatakas recount the development of the Bodhisatta—the being destined to become the present Buddha in his final life—not just through the events of one lifetime but of hundreds. Written in Pali; the language of the Theravada Buddhist canon; the Jatakas comprise one of the largest and oldest collections of stories in the world dating from the fifth century BCE to the third century CE. Generations in South and South-East Asia have grown up with these tales. This volume contains twenty-six stories drawn from various ancient sources; and each story reflects one of the ten perfections—giving; restraint; renunciation; wisdom; strength; acceptance; truthfulness; resolve; loving kindness and equanimity. A detailed introduction elaborates on the ten perfections; explains the forms of enlightenment as well as the structure; and the historical and geographical contexts of the stories. Sarah Shaw brings to life the teachings of Buddhism for the scholar and lay reader alike.

Buddhist Birth Stories

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Author : Thomas William Rhys Davids
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1880

Buddhist Birth Stories written by Thomas William Rhys Davids and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1880 with Religion categories.

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.