Green Tara in Australia : reassesing the relationship between gender, religion and power relations

Ruth Fitzpatrick

Green Tara in Australia : reassesing the relationship between gender, religion and power relations

Ruth Fitzpatrick

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Abstract

This chapter focuses on what Green Tara means to a group of Australian women involved in Tibetan Buddhist practice. The research is based on data generated in four focus groups, involving 13 Australian women who regularly participated in Green Tara rituals. In conducting the focus groups, I aimed to understand what meanings the women attributed to Tara and how relevant gender and feminist concerns were in their relationship to her.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Buddhism in Australia : traditions in change
Editors	Cristina Rocha, Michelle Barker
Place of Publication	U.K.
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	49-59
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9780415568180
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Buddhism
Buddhists

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Green Tara in Australia : reassesing the relationship between gender, religion and power relations

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