Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender

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Buddhism, Sexuality, and Gender......Page 2 CONTENTS......Page 4 INTRODUCTION......Page 6 Notes......Page 16 I GENDER AND BUDDHIST HISTORY......Page 19 1 Attitudes toward Women and the Feminine in Early Buddhism......Page 20 Four Distinct Attitudes Toward Women And The Feminine......Page 24 Soteriological Inclusiveness......Page 25 Institutional Androcentrism......Page 30 Ascetic Misogyny......Page 35 Soteriological Androgyny......Page 41 Notes......Page 46 Nuns In Ancient Lanka......Page 54 Nineteenth Century Lanka......Page 58 Women And Lankan* Buddhism In The 1890s......Page 60 Theosophists, Educators, And Nuns......Page 63 Female Renunciants In Twentieth Century Lanka......Page 66 Conclusion......Page 70 Notes......Page 72 II GENDER AND CONTEMPORARY BUDDHIST CULTURE......Page 79 3 Buddhism and Abortion in Contemporary Japan: Mizuko Kuyo* and the Confrontation with Death......Page 80 The General Context......Page 81 The Paradox Of Abortion: A World Of Necessity And Sorrow......Page 84 A Spectrum Of Reactions To The Abortion Experience......Page 87 Confrontation With Death And Death Equivalents......Page 91 Paths To Healing Through Cosmology And Rituals Of Affliction......Page 94 Redressive Ritual And Social Disorder: A Concluding Paradigm......Page 99 Notes......Page 102 4 Buddhist Women of the Contemporary Maharashtrian Conversion Movement......Page 105 Buddhist Women......Page 106 Songs And Stories......Page 107 Statements By Educated Women......Page 111 The Teaching Of Buddhism......Page 114 The Meaning Of Buddhism For Women......Page 116 Notes......Page 119 III THE RHETORIC OF GENDER IN BUDDHIST TEXTS......Page 122 Introduction......Page 123 The Text And Its Context......Page 125 Cattanar's* Portrayal Of A Woman's Beauty......Page 128 Cattanar's Use Of The Heroine's Anguish As A Motif......Page 133 Cattanar's* Depiction Of Maternal Nurturing......Page 138 Conclusions......Page 142 Notes......Page 143 6 Lin-chi (Rinzai) Ch'an and Gender: The Rhetoric of Equality and the Rhetoric of Heroism......Page 149 The Rhetoric Of Equality......Page 150 Lin-Chi Ch'an, Women, And The Rhetoric Of Heroism......Page 153 History Of The Terms Chang-Fu And Ta-Chang-Fu In Ch'an And Pre-Ch'an Discourse......Page 155 Gender-Linked Rhetoric For Courage, Strength Of Will, And Determination: Some Questions About The Tr.........Page 157 Ta-Hui's Sermon Honoring Lady Ch'in-Kuo......Page 159 Appendix: Yüan-Wu K'o-Ch'in's Implicit Invocations Of Gender Equality In Two Cases......Page 163 Notes......Page 164 IV GENDER AND BUDDHIST SYMBOLS......Page 169 7 The Gender Symbolism of Kuan-yin Bodhisattva......Page 170 The Development Of Kuan-Yin Bodhisattva......Page 171 Women As Disseminators Of Kuan-Yin Symbolism......Page 172 Symbol Of Liberation From Women's Suffering......Page 175 Liberation From Marriage......Page 177 A Symbol Of Coping......Page 180 Contemporary Symbolism: Liberation And Coping......Page 181 Conclusion......Page 187 Notes......Page 188 8 Mother Wisdom, Father Love: Gender-based Imagery in Mahayana* Buddhist Thought......Page 192 A Historical Preamble......Page 193 A Linguistic Note......Page 194 On Methodology......Page 195 Wisdom As Mother: The Gestation Of Enlightenment......Page 196 Emptiness Qua Logical Negation As Mother......Page 197 Mother Wisdom, Father Love29......Page 198 Conclusion......Page 200 Appendix: A Selection From Tsong Kha Pa's Lam Rim Chen Mo (Dharmasala: Undated Blockprint), Folios .........Page 202 Notes......Page 203 V BUDDHISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY......Page 211 9 Homosexuality As Seen in Indian Buddhist Texts......Page 212 Notes......Page 219 The Kukai Legend......Page 224 Kobo Daishi's Book......Page 225 Part One......Page 226 Part Two......Page 227 Part Three......Page 228 Conclusion......Page 229 Preface......Page 230 The Great Mirror Of Male Love......Page 231 Notes......Page 237 THE CONTRIBUTORS......Page 240 B......Page 242 D......Page 243 G......Page 244 L......Page 245 M......Page 246 P......Page 247 S......Page 248 U......Page 249 Z......Page 250