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Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns Arai, Paula Kane Robinson (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University)
Women Living Zen: Japanese Soto Buddhist Nuns
Arai, Paula Kane Robinson (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and East Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University)
Using both historical evidence and ethnographic data, Paula Arai shows that nuns were central agents in the foundation of Buddhism in Japan in the 6th century. They were active participants in the Soto Zen sect, and continue to contribute to the advancement of the sect up to the present day.
256 pages, 18 halftones, 1 line illustration
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | October 21, 1999 |
| ISBN13 | 9780195123937 |
| Publishers | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Pages | 272 |
| Dimensions | 163 × 238 × 23 mm · 626 g |
| Language | English |