Women and Shin Buddhism: Contemporary Responses to a Challenging Doctrine

There is a challenging teaching regarding women's bodies found in the Pure Land Sutras,1 which are authoritative for Shin Buddhism: the thirty-fifth vow of Dharmākara Buddha, which reads, "If, when I attain Buddhahood, women in the immeasurable and inconceivable Buddha lands of the 10 dire...

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Main Author: Largen, Kristin Johnston 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Hawaii Press 2022
In: Buddhist Christian studies
Year: 2022, Volume: 42, Pages: 157-171
Further subjects:B women's bodies
B Dharmākara
B Rebirth
B Shin Buddhism
B Amida Buddha
B Shinran
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