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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (1): 45–66.
Published: 01 February 1994
..., religious, and moral power, thus translating personal self-control into radical social criticism and nationalist goals. Gandhi's mass appeal was partly effected on a visceral level at which many Hindu men were able to fully appreciate the logic of celibacy as a means to psychological security, self...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (1): 149–180.
Published: 01 February 2010
... during this period, introducing superior technology in its organizational characteristics—celibacy, ordained abbots, casuistical adherence, scholastic training, and doctrinal orthodoxy—that distinguished it from other schools and sects. With the loss of its major Tibetan patron, the Gelukpa faced...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1994) 53 (1): 1–2.
Published: 01 February 1994
... of the Hindu concept of brahmacharya (celibacy) as it relates to questions of gender and nationalism in North India. He argues that the practice of celibacy can be best understood as a form of political action directed against the post-colonial forces of desire. He shows how the discourse on celibacy has...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (2): 301–322.
Published: 01 May 1996
... University Press . Bureau Paul. 1920 . L'indiscipline des moeurs; étude de science sociale . Paris : Bloud and Gay . Bureau Paul. 1925 . Towards Moral Bankruptcy . Translated by Scharlieb Mary . London : Constable and Company . Caplan Pat. 1987 . “Celibacy as a Solution...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2009) 68 (4): 1278–1280.
Published: 01 November 2009
... the people of Tibet (pp. 211–15). The four societies are grouped along two major poles. Kyirong and Sama have high fertility, moderated by the effects of polyandry, nonmarriage, and religious celibacy. Tibetans in the TAR and exiles in South Asia have experienced fairly typical demographic transitions...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (1): 262–263.
Published: 01 February 1998
... of violated women to fuel outrage against Muslim men as well as a state that is seen to pander to them. The avowed celibacy of these women, Basu astutely points out, enhances their status, since celibacy in Hinduism is associated with a power that stems from the renunciation of this world. The essays...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 770–771.
Published: 01 August 1979
... chapter explores the function of the legend in Chinese society. One reason for its popularity lies in its "supremely triumphant solution to the problems of religious celibacy in a secular society where family life and family loyalty exerted absolute claims" on women (p. 89). The Miao-shan legend...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1979) 38 (4): 771–772.
Published: 01 August 1979
... triumphant solution to the problems of religious celibacy in a secular society where family life and family loyalty exerted absolute claims" on women (p. 89). The Miao-shan legend is analogous to the story of Mu-lien, in that it also resolves the conflict between monastic celibacy and the most basic Chinese...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (2): 617–618.
Published: 01 May 2003
... evolved a tacit acceptance of clerical marriage by the formerly celibate denominations, official recognition continues to be rejected. The result is the awkward contemporary situation in which an ideal of monastic celibacy exists in stark contrast to the lived reality of most clergy. This work carefully...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1097–1098.
Published: 01 November 1999
... their male counterparts, particularly because women are committed to celibacy while monks are allowed to marry. Which means that men, even after renouncing, maintain strong family ties, while women do not. Arai's study thus presents a different picture than the monastic setting in Sri Lanka, where women...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1998) 57 (1): 263–265.
Published: 01 February 1998
... Scindia and their use of the image of violated women to fuel outrage against Muslim men as well as a state that is seen to pander to them. The avowed celibacy of these women, Basu astutely points out, enhances their status, since celibacy in Hinduism is associated with a power that stems from...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1999) 58 (4): 1098–1100.
Published: 01 November 1999
... are committed to celibacy while monks are allowed to marry. Which means that men, even after renouncing, maintain strong family ties, while women do not. Arai's study thus presents a different picture than the monastic setting in Sri Lanka, where women monastics, rather than monks, perpetuate their lay roles...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2003) 62 (2): 618–621.
Published: 01 May 2003
... celibacy exists in stark contrast to the lived reality of most clergy. This work carefully integrates a deep understanding of Buddhist doctrine with historical detail and ethnographic description. On the issue of clerical marriage in Japanese Buddhism, not only is Jaffe's book the only show in town...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1960) 19 (3): 368.
Published: 01 May 1960
... be related in important ways to other features of the cultures. What these relationships are, we cannot as yet determine from a motif-index. Negatively, the index can be useful as a check against premature generalizations. That there are many more entries under "love" than under "celibacy and chastity...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (1): 283–285.
Published: 01 February 2012
.... Charpentier frequently cross-references her subjects thereby adding to the rich history of biographical narrative traced in her book. Chapters 5, 6, and 7 address issues relevant to female spiritual leadership such as marriage and celibacy, householdership ( gṛhastha ) versus renunciation ( sannyāsinī...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1962) 22 (1): 13–29.
Published: 01 November 1962
... and therefore, O men, give up this life of enjoyment, adopt celibacy, and retire from the affairs of the daily life. This advice is directed towards men, and rightly enough. A woman brings into this world a shapeless mass of flesh, feeds the hungry being every three or four hours, ON THE ROAD 25 washes its...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2010) 69 (3): 950–952.
Published: 01 August 2010
... and sexuality by delving into analyses of the body in Buddhist and Ayurvedic texts. Particularly germane are Indic theories about the beneficial effects of semen retention through celibacy, and about embryology, which links past actions to present physical endowments. The chapter following, which contains some...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2012) 71 (4): 1106–1108.
Published: 01 November 2012
... Heaven ( Xiantian dao ), which celebrates lay celibacy, promotes the practice of inner alchemy, is particularly devoted to the worship of Guanyin, and grants women more autonomy. It is thus unsurprising that Woman Huang, unlike Liu Qingti, does not need a son like Mulian to save her. ...
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Journal of Asian Studies (2015) 74 (2): 504–505.
Published: 01 May 2015
... that bhikkhus did for their meditations, such as forest groves, the spreading shade of a tree, or a riverside, because they were in the open and vulnerable to the disturbances of stray men. Some of the essays are also able to nuance the somewhat flat rendering of the discussions on celibacy...
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Journal of Asian Studies (1996) 55 (2): 267–268.
Published: 01 May 1996
... the author to view his subject's personal convictions "in the context of colonialism's impact on subject bodies." In other words, Gandhi's personal "experiments with truth," whether they centered on dietetics, celibacy, hygiene, and nature cure, cannot be separated from his search for truth, or from his...
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