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How women are reinterpreting the menstrual taboos in Chinese Buddhism

By Megan Bryson, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, University of Tennessee

In some cultures, menstruation and childbirth are treated as polluting, not life-giving. One Buddhist text’s interpretation of ‘Blood Pond Hell’ shows how far such beliefs go – and how women respond.

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