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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns

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 | #708132 in Books |  Paula Kane Robinson Arai |  1999-08-26 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.30 x1.10 x6.30l,1.38 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

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||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| An Ethnography of Soto Zen|By Joan C Wrenn|As an anthropologist also interested in Soto Zen, I found this book to be a jewel. The author, as a Japanese American studying anthropology, accepted an opportunity to live as a monastic in Japan, experience the training and lifestyle, learn about the history and the traditions, and interview many women who had dedicated their lives t| ||"...a long overdue corrective to the androcentric scholarship that has ignored Zen nuns' importance.... This very readable book is ideal for classroom use."--Religious Studies |||About the Author|Paula Kane Robi

In this study, based on both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the sixth century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and have continued to contribute to the advancement of the sect to the present day. Drawing on her fieldwork among the Soto nuns, Arai demonstrates that the lives of many of these women embody classical Buddhist ideals. They have chosen to lea...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns   |  Paula Kane Robinson Arai.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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