The theme of the 15th Sakyadhita Conference in Hong Kong, “Contemporary Buddhist Women: Contemplation, Cultural Exchange & Social Action,” highlights our diversity and also the many choices that Buddhist women have today. Among us, there are many different ways that we may focus our energies, such as meditation practice, active social engagement, studies, teaching, parenting, artistic expression, and a range of other options. The beauty of Buddhist women is that we come from different countries and cultures, with different interests and diverse approaches to Buddhism, yet together we represent enormous power for good in the world. We are fortunate to be able to decide for ourselves what paths we wish to take, depending on our cultural backgrounds and personal interests. With pure intentions, we can transform ourselves and make great contributions to the transformation of society.
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BUDDHIST WOMEN ACROSS CULTURES Women in the Buddhist Traditions of Manang / Chandra Kala Ghimire 1 Feminism and the Everyday Lives of Nuns and Monks in Kinnaur/Linda LaMacchia 7 Violence Against Indigenous Women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts: Women’s Situation Within and Outside Their Communities/Parboti Roy 12 Himalayan Feminism/Sonam Choden 18 Nuns in the Khmer Theravâda Tradition in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta/Thi Hong Cuc Nguyen and Thi Bich Ly Le 23
BUDDHIST WOMEN OF HONG KONG The Perfection of Filial Piety in Buddhism: A Study of Lady Clara Ho’s Social WelfareActivities in Hong Kong/Kwong-Chuen (Kenneth) Ching 29 A Frugal and Generous Life: Bhiksuni Chi Cheung’s Commitment to Popular Education/Kam Kong Lam 35 The Work of Bhikkhuni Yin Yeung/Chuan Deng Shi 41 Breaking the Boundary: The Transformation of Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Hong Kong/Fa Ren Sik 45
MINDFULNESS ACROSS CULTURES Candrottarâ, Beyond the Moon: How Translation Moves Words into Contemplative Practice/Annie Bien 50 A Comparative Study of Korean Seon and Chinese Chan Women Masters: Myori Beophui and Qiyuan Xinggang/Youngsuk Jun 55 Writing about the Self: Female Non-Buddhists’ Accounts of their Vipassana Meditation Retreat Experiences/Brooke Schedneck 59 Chinese Women Practicing Transnational Meditation in Contemporary China/Ngar-sze Lau 63 The Interface Between Buddhism and Western Meditation-Based Secular Interventions/Teresa I. (Teri) Sivilli 68
BUILDING HEALTHY FAMILIES & COMMUNITIES Several Mothers in Buddhist Biographical Literature: A Textual Study/Yuande Shih 72 The Enlightened Female: Buddhism, Women and Beinga Mother/Meg Adam 77 “Women Who Know about That”: Midwives and Wise Women in Buddhist Literature/Robert Kritzer 83 Religious Dietary Laws, Buddhist Ethics, and Food Business: Studying Religious Food Codes and Running a Traditional Temple Food Restaurant in Korea/Hyun-Jin Kim 87 From Well-known Businesswoman to Vietnamese Vajrayana Buddhist Nun/Thich Nu Nhu Nguyetiv 92
BUDDHISM & SOCIAL ACTION Social Change, Breath by Breath/Shelley Anderson 97 Buddhism Engagement of the Deaf Community in Contemporary Society: Two Case Studies/Janet Mei Hing Tam 102 Empowering the Dreams of the Poor through Transdisciplinary Cooperation/Zizhou Shi 109 Bhikkhuni Ordination and Digital Activism/Anna Halafoff and Emma Tomalin 114
THE FUTURE OF BUDDHIST EDUCATION Teaching Dhamma to Children/Bhikkhuni Lieu Phap 121 The History of Buddhist Education (Pariyatti) for Buddhist Nuns in Myanmar/Ma Vipula 131 Korean Bhikkhunis’ Vinaya Education and the Role of the Diamond Vinaya Center/Jeokyeon Sunim 134 Bridging Scholarship and Dharma at Sakyadhita Sasson/Amy Langenberg and Vanessa 137 Women’s Empowerment and Sustainable Development through STEM Education for Buddhist Nuns/Kat LaFeverv 142
FEMALE IMAGES OF ENLIGHTENMENT Buddhist Tantric Thealogy? The Genealogy and Soteriology of Tara/Bee Scherer 149 A ContemporaryEmanation of Green Tara/Holly Gayley 155 Dakinis as Consorts in Sacred Art/Lyudmila Klasanova 160 Becoming Vajra Yogini: Buddhist Women’s Self Esteem Without Self/Pema Khandro 165
GENDER EQUALITY: ONLY A DREAM? OR, ARE BUDDHISTS REALLY EQUAL? Buddhist Feminism and Crosscultural Cognitive Dissonance/Brianna Kathryn Morseth 172 Gender Equality in the Buddha’s Sangha: A Diversion of Practice from Theory/Reena Tuladhar 177 Buddhist Concepts of Gender Equality from the Viewpoint of Male/Female Childbirth in Vietnamese Society/Tong Thi Quynh Huong 183 Buddhism, Equality, and Feminism: Embodied Practices/Suat Yen Lai 187
MONASTIC LIFE IN THE MODERN WORLD Learning Monastic Discipline and the Communal Life of Myanmar Thilashin/Hiroko Kawanami 194 Contemporary Thai Buddhist Nuns: Monastic Discipline and Social Action/Monica Lindberg Falk 199 Monastic Life in the Modern World: Female Monasti
