Buddhism in Australia Traditions in Change

58 Ruth

Fitzpatrick

relations.As

such. the

way

in

whichthe

women

engage

withTara

challenges

unilateral

assessmentsofthe

relationship

between

religion

and

women.Italso

olfers

insights

into

howAustralian

womenuse

TibetanBuddhism

to

forge

atrans-

formationof

identity

and

meaning.

The-research

conteststhat

religions

with

a

patriarchal

history

are

necessarily

or

entirely

oppressive

to

women.

Rather,

the

meaning

of

traditional

religious

practices

are

retrarncdand

reapplied

tosuit

the

contempomry

needsofAustralian

individuals.

This

suggests

one

reason

why

Buddhism

persists

in

modern

societies;

it

enables

individualstoaccess

forms

ofsacred

power

throughredefining

theirselves.

whilealso

articulating

an

emphasis

on

compassionate

engagement

withothers,

Notes

1

Thanhs

In

Cristina

Rocha.Michelle

Barker.

Penny

Rossitcrand

Judith

Snodgmss.

for

theirinvaluable

commentson

earlierdmfls

ufthis

chapter.

2

Many

versionsul'Tam's

mythical

history

txist,See

Beyer

1973: 64

5:

WillsonNEG:

34;

Gullund

1998: 075].

3 A

noteworthy

c.

epiion

isa

special

editionor

theAux/rally"Feminlrl

Rcview.entitled

Feminisms,

rcllgltins,cultures,identities‘

(1999).edited

by

Kath

Mel-’liillips.

4 Set:

Klein2001:

Chapter2,

foran

understanding

ofthe

western

origins

nfthe

concept

of

pemonhooti.

At

leastIOwere

conductedbetween

2008 and2009.

““5

was

organizedby

Dmgmi

RetreatCentre and

s n.

»

~

Meditatiort

ccmm

akya arpa

Ling

Buddhist

7

Lisa

is

presumablyreferring

totheslum

fromthe

‘Twcnry~0nc

PraisestoTala'that

states

Homage!

Shewho

smitesthe

ground

withHer

palm,

andwith

Hcrfoulbeatsit!’

mu-

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