Women Practicing Buddhism

Author : Peter N. Gregory,Susanne Mrozik
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780861715398

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Women Practicing Buddhism by Peter N. Gregory,Susanne Mrozik Pdf

This book grew out of the conference, Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences, held at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, in 2005. The conference brought together students, scholars, Buddhist teachers, practitioners, artists, activists, and healers to explore the diverse experiences of women practising Buddhism in contemporary America. The pieces here centre on issues of practice, bringing to bear women's particular experiences of Buddhism as it is spreading to North America and taking root in new contexts. They celebrate the ways in which women are changing Buddhism and explore the array of issues that women as Buddhists face today. Contributors include those recognizable as Buddhist teachers, as well as well-known (and even famous) practitioners.

Author : Christina Feldman
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781930485723

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Woman Awake by Christina Feldman Pdf

Because women have been conditioned to live according to traditional feminine values—conformity, passivity, and surrender of the self—they often feel powerless to transform their lives and afraid to lose their sense of worth. In Woman Awake, Christina Feldman suggests that it is possible for women to break out of their negative patterns and accept themselves as they really are. With a growing awarenss of the dignity of all life and its connection with them, women can overcome the social conditioning and myth-making that overwhelm and oppress them.For those women new to Buddhist meditation, Christina Feldman offers sensitive and valuable guidelines on breathing and relaxation—stressing, above all, that learning to understand, appreciate, and value themselves is the first step toward women's creative and joyful integration with the world.

Author : Christina Feldman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Buddhist women
ISBN : OCLC:748362460

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Woman Awake by Christina Feldman Pdf

Author : Sandy Boucher
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-10-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0807073059

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Turning The Wheel by Sandy Boucher Pdf

Boucher celebrates the many contributions of women to American Buddhism and provides an intimate look at the lives of women who are the teachers, scholars, nuns, and followers of a newly evolving Buddhist practice in this country. "A thought-provoking examination".--Victoria Scott, San Francisco Chronicle. Photos.

Author : Deborah Hopkinson,Michele Hill,Eileen Kiera
Publisher : White Pine Press (NY)
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UVA:X002251665

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Not Mixing Up Buddhism by Deborah Hopkinson,Michele Hill,Eileen Kiera Pdf

The essays in this volume first appeared in Kahawai: a journal of women and Zen.

Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781559397346

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Buddhism through American Women's Eyes by Karma Lekshe Tsomo Pdf

The Buddha's path to human transformation declares women and men equally capable of spiritual realization, yet throughout history most exemplars of this tradition have been men. Now, as Buddhism is transmitted to the West, women are playing a major role in its adaptation and development. The conversation presented here takes place among experienced practitioners from many Buddhist traditions who share their thoughts on the Buddhist outlook, its practical application in everyday life, and the challenges of practicing Buddhism in the Western world. Thirteen women contribute a wealth of thought-provoking material on topics such as bringing Dharma into relationships, dealing with stress, Buddhism and the Twelve Steps, mothering and meditation, the monastic experience, and forging a kind heart in an age of alienation.

Author : Cheryl A. Giles,Pamela Ayo Yetunde
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780834843059

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Black and Buddhist by Cheryl A. Giles,Pamela Ayo Yetunde Pdf

Gold Nautilus Book Award Winner Leading African American Buddhist teachers offer lessons on racism, resilience, spiritual freedom, and the possibility of a truly representative American Buddhism. With contributions by Acharya Gaylon Ferguson, Cheryl A. Giles, Gyōzan Royce Andrew Johnson, Ruth King, Kamilah Majied, Lama Rod Owens, Lama Dawa Tarchin Phillips, Sebene Selassie, and Pamela Ayo Yetunde. What does it mean to be Black and Buddhist? In this powerful collection of writings, African American teachers from all the major Buddhist traditions tell their stories of how race and Buddhist practice have intersected in their lives. The resulting explorations display not only the promise of Buddhist teachings to empower those facing racial discrimination but also the way that Black Buddhist voices are enriching the Dharma for all practitioners. As the first anthology comprised solely of writings by African-descended Buddhist practitioners, this book is an important contribution to the development of the Dharma in the West.

Author : Rita M. Gross
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0791414035

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Buddhism After Patriarchy by Rita M. Gross Pdf

This book surveys both the part women have played in Buddhism historically and what Buddhism might become in its post-patriarchal future. The author completes the Buddhist historical record by discussing women, usually absent from histories of Buddhism, and she provides the first feminist analysis of the major concepts found in Buddhist religion. Gross demonstrates that the core teachings of Buddhism promote gender equity rather than male dominance, despite the often sexist practices found in Buddhist institutions throughout history.

Author : Alice Collett
Publisher : Windhorse Publications
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-06-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781911407720

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I Hear Her Words by Alice Collett Pdf

Is there gender equality in Buddhist traditions? What do Buddhist texts say about women? This book tells the stories of many inspiring Buddhist women who overcame attempted constraint to gain liberation and become esteemed teachers. An ideal introduction to gender studies in Buddhism and the history of women in the tradition.

Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-09-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136114182

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Innovative Buddhist Women by Karma Lekshe Tsomo Pdf

Combines the voices of scholars and practitioners in analysing Buddhist women's history. 26 articles document the lives of women who have set in motion changes within Buddhist societies, with analyses of issues such as gender, ethnicity, authority, and class that affect the lives of women in traditional Buddhist cultures and, increasingly, the west.

Author : Christina Feldman
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0140191968

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Woman Awake by Christina Feldman Pdf

Shows women how to overcome the social conditioning and myth-making that prevent them from transforming their lives and developing a healthy sense of self-worth. -- Back cover.

Author : Marianne Dresser
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996-08-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781556432033

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Buddhist Women on the Edge by Marianne Dresser Pdf

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.

Author : Sandy Boucher
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1998-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0807073091

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Opening the Lotus by Sandy Boucher Pdf

Part primer, part personal history, part guide to spiritual practice, this book opens the door to an understanding of Buddhist spirituality, which engages more and more Westerners as the millennium approaches. Through personal anecdotes, lively explanations, and thoughtful discussions, Sandy Boucher presents a female perspective on fundamental Buddhist teachings such as compassion, detachment, and enlightenment. Includes a directory of women teachers in the United States, Canada, and abroad.

Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Publisher : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X002644847

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Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes by Karma Lekshe Tsomo Pdf

This book is a refreshing, experientially based and enrichng contribution of American women to Buddhism in the West. Thubten Chodron, author

Author : Pascale Engelmajer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317617990

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Women in Pāli Buddhism by Pascale Engelmajer Pdf

The Pāli tradition presents a diverse and often contradictory picture of women. This book examines women’s roles as they are described in the Pāli canon and its commentaries. Taking into consideration the wider socio-religious context and drawing from early brahmanical literature and epigraphical findings, it contrasts these descriptions with the doctrinal account of women’s spiritual abilities. The book explores gender in the Pāli texts in order to delineate what it means to be a woman both in the context in which the texts were composed and in the context of their ultimate goal - that of achieving escape from the round of rebirths. The critical investigation focuses on the internal relationships and dynamics of one tradition and employs a novel methodology, which the author calls "critical sympathy". This assumes that the tradition’s teaching is valid for all, in particular that its main goal, nibbāṇa, is accessible to all human beings. By considering whether and how women’s roles fit within this path, the author examines whether women have spiritual agency not only as bhikkhunīs (Buddhist nuns), but also as wives and mothers. It offers a new understanding that focuses on how the tradition construes women’s traditional roles within an interdependent community. It aims to understand how what many scholars have seen as contradictory and inconsistent characterizations of women in Buddhism have been accepted and endorsed by the Pāli tradition. With an aim to show that the Pāli canon offers an account of women that is doctrinally coherent and consistent with its sociological facts, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Buddhism and Asian Religion.