Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns
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Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns

  1. 206 pages
  2. English
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Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns

About this book

Explores the milieu of Taiwan's Buddhist nuns, who have the greatest numbers in the Buddhist world and a prominent place in their own country.

Taiwan's Buddhist nuns are as unique as they are noteworthy. Boasting the greatest number of Buddhist nuns of any country, Taiwan has a much greater number of nuns than monks. These women are well known and well regarded as dharma teachers and for the social service work that has made them a central part of Taiwan's civil society. In this, the first English-language book on Taiwanese women and Buddhism, author Elise Ann DeVido introduces readers to Taiwan's Buddhist nuns, but also looks at the larger question of how Taiwan's Buddhism shapes and is shaped by women—mainly nuns but also laywomen, who like their clerical sisters flourish in that country. Providing an historical overview of Buddhist women in China and Taiwan, DeVido discusses various reasons for the vibrancy of Taiwan's nuns' orders. She introduces us to the nuns of the best-known of order, the Buddhist Compassion-Relief Foundation (Ciji) as well as those of the Luminary Buddhist Institute. Discussing "Buddhism for the Human Realm, " DeVido asks whether this popular philosophy has encouraged and supported the singular strength of Taiwan's Buddhism women.

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Table of contents

  1. Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns
  2. Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns
  3. Contents
  4. List of Maps and Illustrations
  5. Preface
  6. Credits and Acknowledgments
  7. Note on Romanizations and Names
  8. Introduction
  9. Chapter 1: Th e Infinite Worlds of Taiwan’s Buddhist Nuns1
  10. Chapter 2: An Audience with Master Zhengyan1
  11. Chapter 3: “Project Hope”: The Ciji Compassion-Relief Foundation’s Post-‘9.21 Earthquake’ School Reconstruction Plan in Taiwan1
  12. Chapter 4: The Women of Ciji: Nuns, Laypeople, and the Bodhisattva Guanyin
  13. Chapter 5: Jueshu renhua—“Cultivating Buddhist Leaders, Awakening Humanity’s Essence through Education”: The Nuns of Luminary Buddhist Institute
  14. Chapter 6: “Buddhism for the Human Realm” and Women
  15. Conclusion: Buddhism, Women, and Civil Society in Taiwan
  16. Notes
  17. Glossary of Selected Chinese Characters
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index