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Women in Islam

By The Pluralism Project

There is no singular role or experience for women in Islam. Muslims women hold a variety of positions in society generally, and take on different responsibilities and restrictions in religious settings. They have convened groups for Muslim women and for interfaith dialogue to address how their gender informs their religious experience and how being Muslim affects their lives as American women.

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Women in Buddhist Texts - Khandro Rinpoche

Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche talks about how women have been portrayed in Buddhist texts throughout history, and how to deal with things we might not agree with. The Study Buddhism channel features interviews with the world's leading Buddhist masters, practitioners and scholars.

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2017
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The Role of Women in Buddhism - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

The role and status of women in religion is often a controversial subject. Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo looks at the position of women in Buddhism, both from an historical and a current perspective.

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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
2016
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Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements

This book on engaged Buddhism focuses on women working for social justice in a wide range of Buddhist traditions and societies. Contributors document attempts to actualize Buddhism's liberating ideals of personal growth and social transformation.

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Karma Lekshe Tsomo
2004
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A Bigger Sky: Awakening a Fierce Feminine Buddhism

Written by the first and only layperson to receive full dharma transmission in the Suzuki Roshi Soto Zen lineage, A Bigger Sky explores what it means to traverse the gaps of a Buddhism created by and for men, navigate the seemingly contradictory domains of secular and spiritual life, and walk a...

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Pamela Weiss
2020
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Buddhism 101: Happiness and the Four Noble Truths

Lama Surya Das, one of the foremost American Buddhist teachers, gives a discussion on the basic premises of a spiritual life, and the ideas central to Buddhism.

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Lama Surya Das
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2008
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Conversation About “Equality Between Men and Women in Buddhism”

Sylvia Wetzel introduces the subject of “Striving for Equality Between Women & Men in Buddhism” for a response from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

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Jack Kornfield
2011
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The Heart of the Lotus: A Buddhist Perspective on Women’s Inner and Outer Liberation

Women have to read patriarchal teachings critically "with the eyes of a woman". The Heart of the Lotus presents central teachings of Buddhism and describes traps we fall into, if we do not consider our cultural background and our biological sex and social gender.

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Sylvia Wetzel, Jane Anhold (translator)
2015
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Buddhist Nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo Interviewed by Film Director Khashyar Darvich About Her New Book

Dalai Lama Renaissance Film Director Khashyar Darvich interviews Tibetan Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo about the release of her new book, "Into the Heart of Life." The interview was filmed in the Himalayan Mountains of India.

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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
2011
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Opening the Lotus: A Woman’s Guide to Buddhism

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.

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Sandy Boucher
1998
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Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism

Examines the influence of American Buddhist women on Buddhist spiritual practice and discusses current issues involving politics and family life.

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Sandy Boucher
1993
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