Buddhist Masculinities

This transdisciplinary book brings together essays that explore the variety and diversity of Buddhist masculinities, from early India to the contemporary United States, and from bodhisattva-kings to martial monks.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: Masculinities Beyond the Buddha, by Megan Bryson
Part 1: Masculine Models
1. Middle Way Masculinity: The Bodhisattva Siddhārtha as a Renunciant in Early Buddhist Texts and Art, by Dessislava Vendova
2. How Chan Masters Became “Great Men”: Masculinity in Chinese Chan Buddhism, by Kevin Buckelew
3. Men of Virtue: Reexamining the Bodhisattva King in Sri Lanka, by Stephen C. Berkwitz
Part 2: Mighty Masters
4. The Siddha Who Tamed Tibet: Padmasambhava’s Tantric Masculinity, by Joshua Brallier Shelton
5. Building a Nation on the Dharma Battlefield: Lay Zen Masculinities in Modern Japan, by Rebecca Mendelson
6. Macho Buddhism (Redux): Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way, by Bee Scherer
Part 3: Making Men
7. Being a Man vs. Being a Monk: Alternative Versions of Burmese Buddhist Masculinity, by Ward Keeler
8. Hanuman, Heroes, and Buddhist Masculinity in Contemporary Thailand, by Natawan Wongchalard
9. Buddhism and Afro-Asian Masculinities in The Man with the Iron Fists, by Marcus Evans
Part 4: Breaking Boundaries
10. The Afterlife of the Tang Monk: Buddhist Masculinity and the Image of Xuanzang in East Asia, by Geng Song
11. Real Monks Don’t Have Gṛhastha Sex: Revisiting Male Celibacy in Classical South Asian Buddhism, by Amy Paris Langenberg
Appendix: Character Glossary
Contributors
Index

About the author

Megan Bryson is associate professor of religious studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

Kevin Buckelew is assistant professor of religious studies at Northwestern University.

Summary

This transdisciplinary book brings together essays that explore the variety and diversity of Buddhist masculinities, from early India to the contemporary United States, and from bodhisattva-kings to martial monks.

Product details

• Authors: Megan Buckelew Bryson
• Assisted by: Megan Bryson (Editor), Bryson Megan (Editor), Kevin Buckelew (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.08.2023
• EAN: 9780231210478
• ISBN: 978-0-231-21047-8
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Buddhism / General, RELIGION / Buddhism / History, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Buddhism, History of Religion, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships, religion; Buddhism; history