Buddhist Women On The Edge
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Buddhist Women On The Edge
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Author : Marianne Dresser
language : en
Publisher: North Atlantic Books
Release Date : 1996-08-22
Buddhist Women On The Edge written by Marianne Dresser and has been published by North Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-08-22 with Religion categories.
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.
Sky Train
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Author : Canyon Sam
language : en
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Release Date : 2011-02-01
Sky Train written by Canyon Sam and has been published by University of Washington Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-01 with History categories.
Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders. As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, and observes the changes wrought by the controversial new rail line in the futuristic "new Lhasa," Sam comes to embrace her own capacity for letting go, for faith, and for acceptance. Her glimpse of Tibet's past through the lens of the women - a visionary educator, a freedom fighter, a gulag survivor, and a child bride - affords her a unique perspective on the state of Tibetan culture today - in Tibet, in exile, and in the widening Tibetan diaspora. Gracefully connecting the women's poignant histories to larger cultural, political, and spiritual themes, the author comes full circle, finding wisdom and wholeness even as she acknowledges Tibet's irreversible changes.
Portraits Of Buddhist Women
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Author : Ranjini Obeyesekere
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2001-09-27
Portraits Of Buddhist Women written by Ranjini Obeyesekere and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-09-27 with Religion categories.
A fascinating collection about Buddhist women translated from the thirteenth-century Sinhala Buddhist text, the Saddharmaratnāvaliya, these stories provide insights into the social status and roles of women in medieval India and Sri Lanka and the Buddhist doctrinal ideal. They also reflect the changes that took place as the Buddhist position on gender and female sexuality accommodated the social realities of the time. Translating, contextualizing, and commenting on the narratives, Ranjini Obeyesekere highlights the differences in perspective between the celibate monks who were the literary authors of the Saddharmaratnāvaliya and the social world of their audience.
I Hear Her Words
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Author : Alice Collett
language : en
Publisher: Windhorse Publications
Release Date : 2021-06-15
I Hear Her Words written by Alice Collett and has been published by Windhorse Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-06-15 with Religion categories.
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.
Standing At The Edge
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Author : Joan Halifax
language : en
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Release Date : 2018-05-01
Standing At The Edge written by Joan Halifax and has been published by Flatiron Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-01 with Religion categories.
"Joan Halifax is a clearheaded and fearless traveler and in this book...she offers us a map of how to travel courageously and fruitfully, for our own benefit and the benefit of all beings." —From the foreword by Rebecca Solnit Standing at the Edge is an evocative examination of how we can respond to suffering, live our fullest lives, and remain open to the full spectrum of our human experience. Joan Halifax has enriched thousands of lives around the world through her work as a humanitarian, a social activist, an anthropologist, and as a Buddhist teacher. Over many decades, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists, clinicians, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. Through her unusual background, she developed an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom—and how we can transform our experience of suffering into the power of compassion for the benefit of others. Halifax has identified five psychological territories she calls Edge States—altruism, empathy, integrity, respect, and engagement—that epitomize strength of character. Yet each of these states can also be the cause of personal and social suffering. In this way, these five psychological experiences form edges, and it is only when we stand at these edges that we become open to the full range of our human experience and discover who we really are. Recounting the experiences of caregivers, activists, humanitarians, politicians, parents, and teachers, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices, and rooted in Halifax's groundbreaking research on compassion, Standing at the Edge is destined to become a contemporary classic. A powerful guide on how to find the freedom we seek for others and ourselves, it is a book that will serve us all.
Women In The Footsteps Of The Buddha
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Author : Kathryn R. Blackstone
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-19
Women In The Footsteps Of The Buddha written by Kathryn R. Blackstone and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-19 with Social Science categories.
A detailed exploration of the quest for liberation on the part of the early bhikkunis. Only text in the Buddhist tradition of known female authorship. Important to anyone investigating women's own perspective on their religion. Also provides a clear statement about how renunciants understand nibbana.
First Buddhist Women
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Author : Susan Murcott
language : en
Publisher: Parallax Press
Release Date : 2002-02-09
First Buddhist Women written by Susan Murcott and has been published by Parallax Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-02-09 with Religion categories.
First Buddhist Women is a readable, contemporary translation of and commentary on the enlightenment verses of the first female disciples of the Buddha. The book explores Buddhism’s relatively liberal attitude towards women since its founding nearly 2,600 years ago, through the study of the Therigatham, the earliest know collection of women’s religious poetry. Through commentary and storytelling, author Susan Murcott traces the journey of the wives, mothers, teachers, courtesan, prostitutes, and wanderers who became leaders in the Buddhist community, roles that even today are rarely filled by women in other patriarchal religions. Their poetry beautifully expresses their search for spiritual attainment and their struggles in society.
The Women Who Ruled China
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Author : Stephanie Balkwill
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2024-08-06
The Women Who Ruled China written by Stephanie Balkwill and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-08-06 with History categories.
A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. In the late fifth century, a girl whose name has been forgotten by history was born at the edge of the Chinese empire. By the time of her death, she had transformed herself into Empress Dowager Ling, one of the most powerful politicians of her age and one of the first of many Buddhist women to wield incredible influence in dynastic East Asia. In this book, Stephanie Balkwill documents the Empress Dowager’s rise to power and life on the throne against the broader world of imperial China under the rule of the Northern Wei dynasty, a foreign people from Inner Asia who built their capital deep in the Chinese heartland. Building on largely untapped Buddhist materials, Balkwill shows that the life and rule of the Empress Dowager is a larger story of the reinvention of religious, ethnic, and gender norms in a rapidly changing multicultural society. The Women Who Ruled China recovers the voices of those left out of the mainstream historical record, painting a compelling portrait of medieval Chinese society reinventing itself under the Empress Dowager’s leadership.
Innovative Buddhist Women
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Author : Karma Lekshe Tsomo
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-09-05
Innovative Buddhist Women written by Karma Lekshe Tsomo and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-05 with Social Science categories.
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.
Women In Buddhist Literature
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Author : Kaushalya Gupta
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
Women In Buddhist Literature written by Kaushalya Gupta and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Buddhist literature categories.