The Buddhist nun ́s ordination in the Tibetan canon : possibilities of the revival of the Mūlasarvāstivāda Bhikṣuṇī lineage / Carola Roloff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jampa Tsedroen, Bhikṣuṇī

Series:

Hamburg Buddhist studies ; 15.

Hamburg Buddhist studies ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ordination of women--Buddhism.

Ordination of women.

Buddhist women.

Women in Buddhism.

Physical Description:

375 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Bochum : Projektverlag, [2020]

Summary:

This critical edition introduces the Tibetan texts and their English translations of two important chapters in the Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya: the Chapter on Mahāprajāpatī Gautamī (*Mahāprajāpatīgautamīvastu) and the Manual for Buddhist Nuns' Ordination (*Bhikṣuṇyupasaṃpadājñapti). Based on the presented materials, the author discusses ways in which the nuns' ordination in the Tibetan tradition-from which full ordination for women has been absent for centuries-may be legitimately reinstated. This is a concern Carola Roloff has been supporting for more than two decades. Her edition and exegesis of the Tibetan texts and their Sanskrit parallels constitute a solid foundation for discussing why the Mūlasarvāstivāda bhikṣuṇī lineage should be re-established and how concrete steps in that direction may look like. Publisher website.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3897335263

9783897335264

OCLC:

1285671337