Tsadra Foundation and the Buddhist Digital Resource Center
出版地
US [美國]
資料類型
期刊論文=Journal Article
使用語言
英文=English
附註項
This essay was first presented at the 7th Annual Aris lecture on Dec.1, 2022, at Wolfson College, Oxford University, England.
For a recorded version of this lecture with slides, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Felu2FyZ9EM.
關鍵詞
Sera Khandro; Tibetan autobiography; Tibetan women writers; The Ḍākinīs’ Great Dharma Treasury; Buddhist women; Buddhist literature; Tibetan feminism; women's wit
摘要
This essay explores the vibrancy of Tibetan women’s writing and publishing, centering on the woman who is likely the most prolific female writer in Tibetan history, Sera Khandro Dewai Dorjé (1892–1940). Sera Khandro’s works preserve sound bites of a distinctive Tibetan cultural and religious early-twentieth-century world, which we can hear through listening to some key passages from her autobiography (ca. 1934) in which she silences her interlocutors with her wit. Sera Khandro’s verbal prowess not only demonstrates her spiritual insight and eloquence, but also sheds nuanced light on issues relating to female agency, misogyny, and sexual violence. In so doing, her writing blurs rigid boundaries between traditional and modern genres of Tibetan literature, demonstrating the secular and religious concerns that tie twentieth-century Tibetan writing together.
Abstract 181 Women and Tibetan Literature 181 Sera Khandro’s Prolific Writing 184 A Woman’s Wit 187 Episode I: On Dogs and Men 187 Episode II: Sera Khandro’s Silencing Power 189 Episode III: Two Songs 191 Episode IV: “My husband is an Ass” 194 Episode V: No way 196 Bibliography 200 Sera Khandro’s Works Cited (alt. names Bde ba’i rdo rje; Dbus bza’ mkha’ ’gro) 200 Other Tibetan Language Works Cited 200 English Language Works Cited 201
