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The Heart of the Lotus: A Buddhist Perspective on Women’s Inner and Outer Liberation
By Sylvia Wetzel, Jane Anhold (translator) — 2015
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. See more...
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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. It takes up typical questions women ask and presents concepts and exercises which can support contemporary women (and men) on their path to inner and outer freedom.
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