{"product_id":"women-under-the-bo-tree-buddhist-nuns-in-sri-lanka-hardback-9780521461290","title":"Women under the Bo Tree; Buddhist nuns in Sri Lanka (Hardback) 9780521461290","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eWomen under the Bo Tree\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBuddhist nuns in Sri Lanka\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA lively examination of female world-renunciation on Buddhist Sri Lanka.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTessa J. Bartholomeusz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521461290, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 25 August 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e308 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 2.4 cm, 0.588 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Women under the Bo Tree is a fascinating account of the life of an unusual institution, the history of which sheds a great deal of light on the position of women in contemporary Theravada Buddhist cultures.  By perusing the historical record and recovering the voices of nineteenth and twentieth-century lay nuns, their supporters, and their critics, and also by interviewing contemporary lay nuns, Bartholomeusz provides us with an insightful account of this self-declared monastic community.\"   Journal of the American Academy of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWomen under the Bo Tree examines the tradition of female world-renunciation in Buddhist Sri Lanka. The study is textual, historical and anthropological, and links ancient tradition with contemporary practice. Tessa Bartholomeusz utilizes data based on her field experiences in many contemporary cloisters of Sri Lanka, and on original archival research. She explores the history of the re-emergence of Buddhist female renouncers in the late nineteenth century after a hiatus of several hundred years; the reasons why women renounce; the variety of expressions of female world-renunciation; and, above all, attitudes about women and monasticism that have either prohibited women from renouncing or have encouraged them to do so. One of the most striking discoveries of the study is that the fortunes of Buddhist female renouncers is tied to the fortunes of Buddhism in Sri Lanka more generally, and to perceived notions of Sri Lanka as the caretaker of Buddhism.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes on pronunciation\u003cbr\u003e Dramatis personae\u003cbr\u003e Part I\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: The tradition of Buddhist female renunciation in Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e 1. The ancient order of nuns in Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e 2. Nineteenth century Ceylon: the emergence of the lay nun\u003cbr\u003e 3. Theosophists, educators and nuns\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Sanghamitta Sisterhood\u003cbr\u003e Part II\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Institutionalisation of tradition\u003cbr\u003e 6. The lay nun in transitional Ceylon\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Dasa Sil Mata in contemporary Sri Lanka\u003cbr\u003e 8. Novitiates, western lay nuns, and cave dwellers\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Sri Lankan Bhikkhuni Sangha: trends and reflections\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Women under the bo tree\u003cbr\u003e Appendices\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliographies\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Buddhism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Buddhism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Buddhism%20%5BHRE%5D%22\"\u003eHRE\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007555784984,"sku":"9780521461290","price":91.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521461290i_d33d18dd-eef8-4501-ba1f-8d8e63162c07.jpg?v=1691382428","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/women-under-the-bo-tree-buddhist-nuns-in-sri-lanka-hardback-9780521461290","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}