Queering Tibetan Buddhism through Vernacular Agency: The Personal Experience Narrative of Tashi Choedup
This article presents the personal experience narrative of Tashi Choedup (Tib. bkra shis chos grub, ‘They/Them’, b. 1990), an openly queer Buddhist monastic ordained in the Tibetan tradition in India, as a microcosmic reflection of the interaction between a traditional Buddhist conceptualisation of...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Brill
2023
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Religion & gender
Jahr: 2023, Band: 13, Heft: 1, Seiten: 24-44 |
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tibetan buddhism
B vernacular religion B Queer B LGBTQ |
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| Zusammenfassung: | This article presents the personal experience narrative of Tashi Choedup (Tib. bkra shis chos grub, ‘They/Them’, b. 1990), an openly queer Buddhist monastic ordained in the Tibetan tradition in India, as a microcosmic reflection of the interaction between a traditional Buddhist conceptualisation of gender and its adaptations to the contemporary understanding of identity. After introducing the classical Buddhist views of gender, I will briefly survey the current orientation of the Tibetan Buddhist leadership between dogmatic legacies and progressive openings. The personal narrative of Tashi Choedup brings a positive account of the ethical shift away from gender variance phobia, also exemplifying the role of vernacular agency in challenging the neatness of the religious institutionalised social arrangement. |
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| ISSN: | 1878-5417 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion & gender
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18785417-bja10010 |