Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America
A Buddhism, Womens, Religion book. A very good read about some remarkable women gives me hope that...
This book celebrates the flowering of women in American Buddhism. Lenore Friedman set out to explore this phenomenon by interviewing some of the remarkable women who were teaching Buddhism in the United States. The seventeen women she writes about vary in background, personality, and form of teaching. Together the represent the growing presence and influence of women teachers in America—a development that will surely affect Buddhism in the West for years to come. This revised edition includes a new section describing developments in these women's lives and work since the...
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Enlightenment is equivalent to paying attention, moment after moment after moment. 149Roshi Kyle Kenneth: Meditation has nothing to do with self improvement. It is an extraordinary deep prayerful experience, and it's purpose is to become one with Cosmic Buddha -- or, if you like, have an experience with God." 164 The kind of book where I can only read small chunks at a time and then put back on the shelf for another time. At the moment I am on the chapter about Pema Choldron. It's interesting and easy to understand for those who may not be fully immersed in the Buddhist religion. A very good read about some remarkable women gives me hope that modern Buddhism may be flexible and able to grow enough to integrate feminism and disability perspectives. This book is a ten year old edition of a 23-year-old book, so it is a bit dated.
