The Buddha Side: Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam

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The Buddha Side Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam ALEXANDER SOUCY TOPICS IN CONTEMPORARY BUDDHISM The Buddha Side Topics in Contemporary Buddhism george j. TanaBe, jr., ediTor Establishing a Pure Land on Earth: The Foguang Buddhist Perspective on Modernization and Globalization sTuarT Chandler Buddhist Missionaries in the Era of Globalization linda learman, ediTor Being Benevolence: The Social Ethics of Engaged Buddhism sallie B. king Japanese Temple Buddhism: Worldliness in a Religion of Renunciation sTephen g. Covell Zen in Brazil: Quest for Cosmopolitan Modernity CrisTina roCha Land of Beautiful Vision: Making a Buddhist Sacred Place in New Zealand sally mCara Attracting the Heart: Social Relations and the Aesthetics of Emotion in Sri Lankan Monastic Culture jeffrey samuels The Buddha Side: Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam alexander souCy The Buddha Side Gender, Power, and Buddhist Practice in Vietnam alexander Soucy Topics in conTemporary Buddhism university of hawai‘i press honolulu © 2012 university of hawai‘i press all rights reserved printed in the united states of america 17 16 15 14 13 12 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data soucy, alexander duncan. The Buddha side : gender, power, and Buddhist practice in vietnam / alexander soucy. p. cm. — (Topics in contemporary Buddhism) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8248-3598-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Buddhism—vietnam—hanoi—Customs and practices. 2. Women in Buddhism— vietnam—hanoi. 3. Buddhism—social aspects—vietnam—hanoi. 4. Buddhism and state—vietnam. i. Title. ii. series: Topics in contemporary Buddhism. BQ4960.v5s68 2012 294.309597—dc23 2012004375 university of hawai‘i press books are printed on acid-free paper and meet the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Council on library resources. printed by sheridan Books, inc. ...