Toward Buddhist Womanism: Tonglen Practice in IThe Color Purple/I

Tonglen is a Tibetan Buddhist practice that aims at developing the practitioner’s bodhicitta. In this article, I argue that it not only finds expression in Alice Walker’s The Color Purple through the protagonist Celie, but adds more complexity to the womanist philosophy for which Walker has been ens...

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Published in:Religions (Basel, Switzerland ) Switzerland ), 2022-07, Vol.13 (7)
Main Author: Huang, Zhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Buddhism
Criticism and interpretation
Novelists
Portrayals
Walker, Alice (American novelist)
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