Being a Buddhist Nun

The Struggle for Enlightenment in the Himalayas

Kim Gutschow

  • 2005 Winner Sharon Stephens Book Award, American Ethnological Society
  • Honorable Mention 2004 Elli Köngäs-Maranda Prize of the Women's Section of the American Folklore Society

Preface

1. Gendering Monasticism

2. Locating Buddhism in Zangskar

3. The Buddhist Economy of Merit

4. The Buddhist Traffic in Women

5. Becoming a Nun

6. Why Nuns Cannot Be Monks

7. Can Nuns Gain Enlightenment?

8. Monasticism and Modernity

Notes

References

Index

  • Cover: Being a Buddhist Nun
  • A photo of the author

Kim Gutschow is Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at Williams College.