Meetings with Remarkable Women

Meetings with Remarkable Women
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Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9781570624742
ISBN-13 : 1570624747
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Book Synopsis Meetings with Remarkable Women by : Lenore Friedman

Download or read book Meetings with Remarkable Women written by Lenore Friedman and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2000-08-15 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The seventeen women she writes about vary in background, personality, and form of teaching. Together the represent the growing presence and influence of women teachers in America—a development that will surely affect Buddhism in the West for years to come. This revised edition includes a new section describing developments in these women's lives and work since the book's first publication in 1987. Teachers include:Toni Packer, Maurine Stuart, Pema Chödrön, Joko Beck, Ruth Denison, Bobby Rhodes, Jiyu Kennett, Sharon Salzberg, Karuna Dharma, Joanna Macy, Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma, Sonja Margulies, Yvonne Rand, Jacqueline Mandell, Colleen Schmitz, Ayya Khema, Tsering Everest


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