Socially Engaged Buddhist Nuns: Activism in Taiwan and North America

The last decades of the twentieth century have been a time of new visibility and social activism for Buddhists in Taiwan and around the world. This paper compares the social engagement of nuns in the Chinese Buddhist tradition in Taiwan and North America. I would like to argue that whereas nuns in T...

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Main Author: Karma Lekshe Tsomo 1944- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] 2009
In: Journal of global buddhism
Year: 2009, Volume: 10, Pages: 459-485
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Rights Information:CC BY-NC 4.0