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Following Feeling: Karma and the Senses in Buddhist Nuns’ Ordination Narratives |
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著者 |
Swenson, Sara Ann
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掲載誌 |
Journal of Global Buddhism
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巻号 | v.21 |
出版年月日 | 2020 |
ページ | 71 - 86 |
出版者 | Journal of Global Buddhism |
出版サイト |
https://www.unilu.ch/en/faculties/faculty-of-humanities-and-social-sciences/institutes-departements-and-research-centres/department-for-the-study-of-religions/
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出版地 | Lucerne, Switzerland |
資料の種類 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
言語 | 英文=English |
ノート | Author affiliation: Syracuse University |
キーワード | Buddhism; gender; Vietnam; ordination; emotion; karma |
抄録 | In Vietnam, the decision for young women to ordain as Mahayana Buddhist nuns is navigated through careful interpretations of feeling. Nuns state their decisions to “go forth” (đi tu) in youth were precipitated by feelings of peace and comfort in monasteries even before they understood Buddhist teachings. Such feelings are interpreted as indicators of past-life karmic bonds, which create “predestined affinities” in this life (nhân duyên). Youth determine pre-inclination for monasticism early in life by reading their bodily reactions to Buddhist spaces with or without adults’ assistance. Nuns reclaim local cultural concepts of femininity by declaring that women have special capacities for discerning these predestined affinities and that they must assume unequal monastic rules because of their innate gendered nobility. This article nuances understandings of women’s agency in global Buddhism by exploring how Vietnamese nuns interpret local concepts of the feminine body as resources for pursuing Buddhist ordination. |
目次 | Methodology 74 Contexts of Youth Ordination in Vietnam 75 Definitions of “Fate” and “Predestined Affinity” 75 Feeling Before Knowing: Nuns’ Narratives of Going Forth 77 Reading the Body as a Gendered Skillset 80 Conclusion: The Feminine Body as a Buddhist Resource 82 Acknowledgements 83 Corresponding author: 83 References 83 |
ISSN | 15276457 (E) |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4030985 |
ヒット数 | 69 |
作成日 | 2021.03.13 |
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