Taiwan's Buddhist Nuns

Credits and Acknowledgments

Credits and Acknowledgments Map of Taiwan, permission granted by Chen Kuo-chuan Map of Taiwan and Nearby Countries, permission granted by Chen Kuochuan Statue of Guanyin, by Elise A. DeVido Master Hiuwan writing the character for “Buddha,” permission granted by Shih Jenlang Master Zhengyan, permission granted by the Ciji Foundation Still Thoughts Abode, Hualian, by Elise A. DeVido Still Thoughts Hall, Hualian, permission granted by Elizabeth Zielinska Master Zhengyan helping the poor in Taiwan, permission granted by the Ciji Foundation Sheliao Primary School, Nantou County, by Elise A. DeVido Master Zhengyan and the first Commissioners in Taipei, permission granted by the Ciji Foundation Master Wu Yin and her disciples during the Vassa (Rains-Retreat) Ceremony at Buddha Hall, Luminary Temple, permission granted by Shih Wu Yin Master Chao Hwei at antinuclear rally, permission granted by Shih Chao Hwei Master Chao Hwei, permission granted by Shih Chao Hwei Nuns of the Hongshi Institute at rally to save the Lo Sheng Leprosarium, permission granted by Shih Chao Hwei Earlier forms of Chapter 1 appeared in the Taipei Ricci Bulletin 3, 1999–2000: 79–89, and in Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed. Buddhist Women and Social Justice NY: SUNY Press, 2004: 219–231. An earlier form of Chapter 2 was published in DeVido and Vermander, eds., Creeds, Rites, and Videotapes: Narrating Religious Experience in East Asia. Taipei: Taipei Ricci Institute, 2004: 75–103. An earlier form of Chapter 3 was published in Chinese, “Xiwang gongcheng: Fojiao Ciji jijinhui 9.21 zaiqu xuexiao chongjian gongzuo,” [Project Hope: Ciji’s Post-9.21 Earthquake School Reconstruction Plan] in Lin, Ting, and Chan, eds. 2004: 439–460. xiii xiv Credits and Acknowledgments An earlier form of Chapter 6 was published as “Mapping the Trajectories of Engaged Buddhism fromz China to Taiwan and Vietnam” in Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women, edited by Karma Lekshe Tsomo. New Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, India Books Centre, 2006: 261–281. Master Zhengyan (Figure 2.1), Master Zhengyan helping the Poor (Figure 2.4), and Master Zhengyan and First Commissioners (Figure 4.1), Copyright 2009, Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation of the Republic of China, a.k.a. Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation. All Rights Reserved. ...