TY - BOOK AU - Gutschow,Kim ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Being a Buddhist nun: the struggle for enlightenment in the Himalayas AV - BQ6160.I42 J365 2004eb U1 - 294.3/657/08209546 22 PY - 2004/// CY - Cambridge, Mass. PB - Harvard University Press KW - Buddhist nuns KW - India KW - Jammu and Kashmir KW - Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women KW - Monastic and religious life (Buddhism) KW - Enlightenment (Buddhism) KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 294-322) and index; Gendering monasticism -- Locating Buddhism in Zangskar -- The Buddhist economy of merit -- The Buddhist traffic in women -- Becoming a nun -- Why nuns cannot be monks -- Can nuns gain enlightenment? -- Monasticism and modernity; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10328846 ER -