- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: Princeton University Press (Feb 10 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0691091714
- ISBN-13: 978-0691091716
- Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.5 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 680 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #537,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The questions Faure raises are important ones: Is Buddhism a tool of liberation or oppression for women? What might a more egalitarian Buddhist practice consist of? Faure approaches his subject in his usual thorough manner. The wealth of historical, sociological, and cultural references may be daunting to some readers, but those who persevere will be rewarded. -- Martine Batchelor, Tricycle
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Well organized and very well written, Faure's book is unique. It will certainly stir up controversy in Buddhist studies and in American Buddhism. The style is perfect: brief, punchy, to the point.
(Steven Collins, University of Chicago ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
(Steven Collins, University of Chicago ) --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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BUDDHIST GENDER discrimination is usually traced back to the founding story of the female sangha, in which Sakyamuni repeatedly denied entrance into his community to his own aunt and adoptive mother, Mahaprajapat Gotami, arguing that it would bring about the decline of his teaching. Read the first page
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BUDDHIST GENDER discrimination is usually traced back to the founding story of the female sangha, in which Sakyamuni repeatedly denied entrance into his community to his own aunt and adoptive mother, Mahaprajapat Gotami, arguing that it would bring about the decline of his teaching. Read the first page
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