Toward Buddhist Womanism: Tonglen Practice in The Color Purple

Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist practice that aims at developing the practitioner’s bodhicitta. In this article, I argue that it not only finds expression in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple through the protagonist Celie, but adds more complexity to the womanist philosophy for which Walker has been ens...

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Main Author: Huang, Zhi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2022
In: Religions
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 7
Further subjects:B The Color Purple
B Tonglen
B Bodhicitta
B Buddhist womanism
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