Buddhist Women on the Edge

Buddhist Women on the Edge
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Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Total Pages : 345
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ISBN-10 : 9781556432033
ISBN-13 : 1556432038
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Book Synopsis Buddhist Women on the Edge by : Marianne Dresser

Download or read book Buddhist Women on the Edge written by Marianne Dresser and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 1996-08-22 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As Buddhism is assimilated into the West, it is imperative that women reshape its patriarchal structures and carve out a fully legitimate, empowering position for themselves. Marianne Dresser brings together the likes of Pema Chodron, Tsultrim Allione, and bell hooks, 30 women in all, who are doing just that. Writers, nuns, scholars, priests--even a martial arts master and a private investigator--discuss women in Buddhism in a range of essays. Several pieces question the suppression of emotion required for selflessness, appealing to the undeniable reality of day-to-day living. Others discuss their experiences as women in Buddhism, whether as nuns or as lay practitioners. Still others address the history of women in Buddhism, racial questions, meditation, poetry, compassion, social activism, and sexual orientation. Most of these writers have been in Buddhism for two or three decades and offer a wealth of experience and insights, targeted at women readers but no less valuable to men.


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