Table of Contents
Preface Thea Mohr Jampa Tsedroen ix
Abbreviations xiii
Female Ordination in Buddhism: Looking into a Crystal Ball, Making a Future Janet Gyatso 1
The Vinaya Between History and Modernity: Some General Reflections Jens-Uwe Hartmann 23
Sects and Sectarianism The Origin of the Three Existing Vinaya Lineages: Therav&abar;da, Dharmaguptaka, and M&ubar;lasarv&abar;stiv&abar;da Bhikkhu Sujato 29
Some Remarks on the Status of Nuns and Laywomen in Early Buddhism Gisela Krey 39
Women's Renunciation in Early Buddhism: The Four Assemblies and the Foundation of the Order of Nuns An&abar;layo 65
The Revival of Bhikkhun&ibar; Ordination in the Therav&abar;da Tradition Bhikkhu Bodhi 99
The Eight Garudhammas Ute Hüsken 143
A Need to Take a Fresh Look at Popular Interpretations of the Tripi&tbdot;aka: Therav&abar;da Context in Thailand Dhammananda Bhikkhun&ibar; 149
A Lamp of Vinaya Statements: A Concise Summary of Bhik&sbdot;u&nbdot;&ibar; Ordination Tashi Tsering 161
A Tibetan Precedent for Multi-Tradition Ordination Thubten Chodron 183
A "Flawless" Ordination: Some Narratives of Nuns' Ordinations in the M&ubar;lasarv&abar;stiv&abar;da Vinaya Damcho Diana Finnegan 195
Buddhist Women's Role in the Sa&ndot;gha Lobsang Dechen 207
Preserving Endangered Ordination Traditions in the Sakya School David Jackson 211
Presuppositions for a Valid Ordination with Respect to the Restoration of the Bhik&sbdot;u&nbdot;i Ordination in the M&ubar;lasarv&abar;stiv&abar;da Tradition Petra Kieffer-Pülz 217
Creating Nuns Out of Thin Air: Problems and Possible Solutions concerning the Ordination of Nuns according to the Tibetan Monastic Code Shayne Clarke 227
Bhik&sbdot;u&nsbdot;i Ordination: Lineages and Procedures as Instruments of Power Jan-Ulrich Sobisch 239
Human Rights and the Status of Women in Buddhism His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama 253
Gender Equity and Human Rights Karma Lekshe Tsomo 281
Appendix 291
Glossary 305
Bibliography 309
About the Contributors 325
