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First Buddhist Women
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Author : Susan Murcott
language : en
Publisher: Parallax Press
Release Date : 2002-02-09
First Buddhist Women written by Susan Murcott and has been published by Parallax Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-09 with Religion categories.
First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. The book explores Buddhism’s relatively liberal attitude towards women since its founding nearly 2,600 years ago, through the study of the Therigatham, the earliest know collection of women’s religious poetry. Through commentary and storytelling, author Susan Murcott traces the journey of the wives, mothers, teachers, courtesan, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the Buddhist community, roles that even today are rarely filled by women in other patriarchal religions. Their poetry beautifully expresses their search for spiritual attainment and their struggles in society.
Poems Of The First Buddhist Women
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language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2021-02-23
Poems Of The First Buddhist Women written by and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-23 with Poetry categories.
A stunning modern translation of a Buddhist classic that is also one of the oldest literary texts in the world written by women. The Therīgāthā is one of the oldest surviving literatures by women, composed more than two millennia ago and originally collected as part of the Pali canon of Buddhist scripture. These poems were written by some of the first Buddhist women—therīs—honored for their religious achievements. Through imaginative verses about truth and freedom, the women recount their lives before ordination and their joy at attaining liberation from samsara. Poems of the First Buddhist Women offers startling insights into the experiences of women in ancient times that continue to resonate with modern readers. With a spare and elegant style, this powerful translation introduces us to a classic of world literature.
The First Buddhist Women
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Author : Susan Murcott
language : en
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Release Date : 1991
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A contemporary translation and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha.
The First Free Women
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Author : Matty Weingast
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2020-02-11
The First Free Women written by Matty Weingast and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-11 with Religion categories.
An Ancient Collection Reimagined Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the Therigatha (“Verses of the Elder Nuns”) contains the poems of the first Buddhist women: princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. The original authors of the Therigatha were women from every kind of background, but they all shared a deep-seated desire for awakening and liberation. In The First Free Women, Matty Weingast has reimagined this ancient collection and created a contemporary and radical adaptation that takes the essence of each poem and highlights the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.
Therigatha
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language : en
Publisher: Murty Classical Library of India
Release Date : 2015
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The Therīgāthā, composed more than two millennia ago, is an anthology of poems in the Pali language by and about the first Buddhist women. These women were therīs, the senior ones, among ordained Buddhist women, and they bore that epithet because of their religious achievements. The poems they left behind are arguably among the most ancient examples of women's writing in the world and they are unmatched for their quality of personal expression and the extraordinary insight they offer into the lives of women in the ancient Indian past--and indeed, into the lives of women as such. This new version of the Therīgāthā, based on a careful reassessment of the major editions of the work and printed in the Roman script common for modern editions of Pali texts, offers the most powerful and the most readable translation ever achieved in English. The Murty Classical Library of India makes available original texts and modern English translations of the masterpieces of literature and thought from across the whole spectrum of Indic languages over the past two millennia in the most authoritative and accessible formats on offer anywhere.
Therigatha
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language : en
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Release Date : 2015
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The Gathering
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Author : Vanessa R. Sasson
language : en
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Release Date : 2023
The Gathering written by Vanessa R. Sasson and has been published by Equinox Publishing (UK) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Religion categories.
Sasson's new book is a retelling of the story of the women's request for ordination. Inspired by the Therigatha and building on years of research and experience in the field, Sasson follows Vimala, Patachara, Bhadda Kundalakesa, and many others as they walk through the forest to request full access to the tradition.The Buddha's response to this request is famously complicated; he eventually accepts women into the Order, but specific and controversial conditions are attached. Sasson invites us to think about who these first Buddhist women might have been, what they might have hoped to achieve, and what these conditions might have meant to them thereafter. By shaping her research into a story, Sasson invites readers to imagine a world that continues to inspire and complicate Buddhist narrative to this day.
The First Free Women
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Author : Matty Weingast
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2021-06-22
The First Free Women written by Matty Weingast and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-22 with Religion categories.
An Ancient Collection Reimagined Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the original Therigatha (“Verses of the Elder Nuns”) contains the poems of the first Buddhist women: princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. The authors of the Therigatha were women from every kind of background, but they all shared a deep-seated desire for awakening and liberation. In The First Free Women, Matty Weingast has reimagined this ancient collection and created an original work that takes his experience of the essence of each poem and brings forth in his own words the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.
The Woman Who Raised The Buddha
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Author : Wendy Garling
language : en
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Release Date : 2021-03-23
The Woman Who Raised The Buddha written by Wendy Garling and has been published by Shambhala Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-23 with Religion categories.
Nautilus Book Award Winner The first full biography of Mahaprajapati Gautami, the woman who raised the Buddha--examining her life through stories and canonical records. Mahaprajapati was the only mother the Buddha ever knew. His birth mother, Maya, died shortly after childbirth, and her sister Mahaprajapati took the infant to her breast, nurturing and raising him into adulthood. While there is a lot of ambiguity overall in the Buddha's biography, this detail remains consistent across all Buddhist traditions and literature. In this first full biography of Mahaprajapati, The Woman Who Raised the Buddha presents her life story, with attention to her early years as sister, queen, matriarch, and mother, as well as her later years as a nun. Drawing from story fragments and canonical records, Wendy Garling reveals just how exceptional Mahaprajapati's role was as leader of the first generation of Buddhist women, helping the Buddha establish an equal community of lay and monastic women and men. Mother to the Buddha, mother to early Buddhist women, mother to the Buddhist faith, Mahaprajapati's journey is finally presented as one interwoven with the founding of Buddhism.
Innovative Buddhist Women
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Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-05
Innovative Buddhist Women written by Karma Lekshe Tsomo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with Social Science categories.
Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history. 26 articles document the lives of women who have set in motion changes within Buddhist societies, with analyses of issues such as gender, ethnicity, authority, and class that affect the lives of women in traditional Buddhist cultures and, increasingly, the west.
