Macho Buddhism: Gender and Sexualities in the Diamond Way

Religion and Gender

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-103

  Scherer, Burkhard ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Buddhism and homosexuality; Buddhism and sexuality; Buddhism in the West; Diamond Way; gender; Ole Nydahl; Tibetan Buddhism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867222092     PISSN: 25898051     EISSN: 18785417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/18785417-00101005     Document Type: Article

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