Passing the Light: The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan

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Passing the Light 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 Passing the Light: The Incense Light Community and Buddhist Nuns in Contemporary Taiwan Chün-fang yü Passing the Light the incense Light Community and Buddhist nuns in Contemporary taiwan Chün-fang Yü Topics in conTemporary Buddhism university of hawai‘i press honolulu © 2013 university of hawai‘i press all rights reserved printed in the united states of america 18 17 16 15 14 13 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data yü, Chün-fang, author. passing the light : the incense light community and Buddhist nuns in contemporary Taiwan / Chün-fang yü. pages cm.—(Topics in contemporary Buddhism) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8248-3658-0 (cloth : alk. paper)—isBn 978-0-8248-3812-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Buddhist nuns—Taiwan. 2. Buddhist sanghas—Taiwan. 3. Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women—Taiwan. 4. Wuyin, shi. i. Title. ii. series: Topics in contemporary Buddhism. BQ6160.T28y8 2013 294.3'6570951249—dc23 2012042311 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. ...