Individually and collectively, today�s female
practitioners are changing the face of Buddhism today, as surely as
Buddhist practice is transforming each one of their lives.
In Women Practicing Buddhism, you'll meet a diverse
sampling of contemporary Buddhist women, from those who are crucial to
the community's organizational fabric to others who infuse their art
and activism with the Dharma.
Contributors include:
Author and social activist bell hooks * Composer, singer, filmmaker,
choreographer, and director Meredith Monk * American-born Tibetan
Buddhist nun Karma Lekshe Tsomo * former Tricycle
editor Helen Tworkov * Jane Hirshfield, prize-winning poet, translator,
and essayist * Pat Enkyo O'Hara, abbot of NYC's Village Zendo
* and many more.
Women Practicing Buddhism is a kind of mosaic portrait of the
Buddhist women's movement, revealing some of the many ways that the
Dharma returns the embrace of those women who are coming to it and
making it their own.
Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences, Peter N. Gregory (Editor), Susanne Mrozik (Editor)., Wisdom Publications, Paperback, 2008, 240 pages, $16.95
PETER N. GREGORY is the Jill Kerr Conway professor of religion and East Asian studies at Smith College. He lives in Northhampton, MA.
SUSANNE MROZIK is an assistant professor in the religion department of Mount Holyoke College. She lives in western Massachusetts.
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Contents: Women Practicing Buddhism: American Experiences |
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Preface - Peter N. Gregory |
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What Does Buddhist Practice Mean to American Women - Susanne Mrozik |
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North American Buddhist Women in the International Context - Karma Lekshe Tsomo |
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Moving Beyond Gender - bell hooks |
33 |
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Buddhism and Creativity - Jane Hirshfield, Meredith Monk, Pat Enkyo O'Hara (moderator) |
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Women Changing Buddhism: Feminist Perspectives - bell hooks, Sharon Suh, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Susanne Mrozik (moderator) |
67 |
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Just Power - Helen Tworkov |
91 |
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Engaged Buddhism - Virginia Strauss Benson, Diana Lion, Eve Marko, Hilda Ryumon Gutierrez Baldoquin (moderator) |
101 |
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A Jewish Woman and Buddhism - Sheila Peltz Weinberg |
125 |
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Race, Ethnicity, and Class - Hilda Ryumon Gutierrez Baldoquin, Sharon Suh, Arinnna Weisman, Carolyn Jacobs (moderator) |
141 |
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Fashioning New Selves: The Experiences of Taiwanese Buddhist Women - Carolyn Chen |
159 |
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Growing Up Buddhist - Alice Unmo |
175 |
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Women Dharma Teacher's Forum - Thubten Chodron, Pat Enkyo O'Hara, Yifa, Carol Wilson |
189 |
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Acknowledgments |
223 |
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Contributors |
229 |
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