Sisters in solitude : two traditions of Buddhist monastic ethics for women : a comparative analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mūlāsarvāstivāda Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa sūtras

Author(s)

• Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Bhikṣuṇī

Bibliographic Information

Sisters in solitude : two traditions of Buddhist monastic ethics for women : a comparative analysis of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mūlāsarvāstivāda Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa sūtras

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

（SUNY series, feminist philosophy）

State University of New York Press, c1996

• : hard
• : pbk

Uniform Title

Tripiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Bhiksunivinaya

Note

Bibliography: p. 181-186

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

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 Bhikṣuṇī Prātimokṣa Sūtras of the Dharmagupta school, preserved in Chinese translation, and the Mūlasarvāstivāda school, preserved in Tibetan translation. For 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. Sisters in Solitude 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.

Table of Contents

Preface Introduction I. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras in Context Vinaya: The Foundation of Buddhist Monastic Life Buddhist Monasticism in Context Studies on Buddhist Monasticism and Their Methodologies The Pratimoksa The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra and Its Historical Background II. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra of the Dharmagupta School Convening the Assembly The Eight Parajika-dharma The Seventeen Sanghavasesa-dharma The Thirty Nihsargika-payantika-dharma The 178 Payantika-dharma The Eight Pratidesaniya-dharma The 100 Saiksa-dharma The Seven Adhikarana-samatha-dharma III. The Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra of the Mulasarvastivadin School Section One The Eight Parajika-dharma The Twenty Sanghavasesa-dharma The Thirty-three Nihsargika-payantika-dharma Section Two The 180 Payantika-dharma The Eleven Pratidesaniya-dharma The 113 Saiksa-dharma The Seven Adhikarana-samatha-dharma IV. A Comparison of the Chinese Dharmagupta and the Tibetan Mulasarvastivadin Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras The Structure of the Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutra The Content of the Sutras in Comparative Perspective The Parajika-dharma The Sanghavasesa-dharma The Adhikarana-samatha-dharma and Pratidesaniya-dharma Specific Textual Points of Comparison V. Linking Past and Future Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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• NCID: BA29308001
• ISBN:
  • 0791430898
  • 0791430901
• LCCN: 96024709
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 198 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ2297
  • DC20 : 294.3/5/082
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tripiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Bhiksunivinaya -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Tripiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Tripiṭaka. Vinayapiṭaka. Dharmaguptavinaya -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
  • LCSH : Monasticism and religious orders for women, Buddhist -- Rules
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA21765702
• Uniform Title ID:
  • EA00025203