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First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns
By: Matty Weingast

The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, Matty Weingast
 
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Author: Matty Weingast
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781645470564
Publication Date: 2021


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An Ancient Collection Reimagined

Composed around the Buddha's lifetime, the original Therigatha ("Verses of the Elder Nuns") contains the poems of the first Buddhist women: princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. The authors of the Therigatha were women from every kind of background, but they all shared a deep-seated desire for awakening and liberation.

In The First Free Women, Matty Weingast has reimagined this ancient collection and created an original work that takes his experience of the essence of each poem and brings forth in his own words the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.

The First Free Women: Original Poems Inspired by the Early Buddhist Nuns, Matty Weingast, Shambhala Publications, Paperback, 160 pp, $18.95

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