2010
Dying of kidney disease, a man spends his last, somber days with family, including the ghost of his wife and a forest spirit who used to be his son, on a rural northern Thailand farm.
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Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron succinctly explains the complex history surrounding the full ordination of Tibetan Buddhist nuns as well as the future proposals for how to resolve the challenges faced.
In recent years, Buddhist nuns from Asia and the West have met together to become more active in improving their status in the female sangha.
This book celebrates the flowering of women in American Buddhism. Lenore Friedman set out to explore this phenomenon by interviewing some of the remarkable women who were teaching Buddhism in the United States.
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...
Examines the influence of American Buddhist women on Buddhist spiritual practice and discusses current issues involving politics and family life.