Preliminary Practices: Bloody Knees, Calloused Palms, and the Transformative Nature of Women’s Labor
In this article, I explore the prostration accumulation portion of the Preliminary Practices of a specific group of Tibetan Buddhist women in Bongwa Mayma, a rural area of Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. I focus specifically on the nuns and lay women who utilize this set of...
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MDPI AG
2020-11-01
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| Series: | Religions |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/12/636 |