Preface
Introduction: Conceptualizing Buddhist Feminisms and Images of the Feminine
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Part I: Buddhist Feminisms: Texts and Communities
1.  Reimagining Buddhist Women in India
Karen Lang
2.  The Religious Life of Buddhist Women in Choson Korea
Eun-su Cho
3.  Raicho Hiratsuka and Socially Engaged Buddhism      
Christine A. James
4.  A "Great Man" is No Longer Gendered: The Gender Identity and Practice of Chan Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan
Ching-ning Wang (Chang-shen Shih)
           
5.  Sikkhamats: The Aesthetics of Asoke Ascetics
Robekkah L. Ritchie
6.  New Buddhist Women Across Borders: Buddhist Influences and Interactions in Alternative Histories of Global Feminisms
Amy Holmes-Tagchungdarpa
Part II: Buddhist Femininities: Demystifying the Essential Feminine
7.  Only Skin Deep? Female Embodiment and the Paradox of Beauty in Indian Buddhism
Lisa J. Battaglia
8.  Conflicts and Compromises: The Relationship between the Nuns of Daihongan and the Monks of Daikanjin within the Zenkoji Temple Complex
Matthew Mitchell
9.  Gendered Hagiography in Tibet: Comparing Clerical Representations of the Female Visionary, Khandro Tare Lhamo
Holly Gayley
10.  Feminine Identities in Buddhist Chöd
Michelle J. Sorensen
11.  Mindfully Feminine? The Role of Meditation in the Production and the Marketing of Gendered Lifestyles
Jeff Wilson
Insights and Imaginations: An Epilogue
Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Bibliography
Contributors
Index

Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of San Diego. Her many books include Eminent Buddhist Women and Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations, each published by SUNY Press.