Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment
by Lenore Friedman (Editor), Susan Moon (Editor)
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The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.Tags
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The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.
Although Buddhism emphasizes that attachment to the body causes suffering, the body can be seen as a vehicle leading to enlightenment. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon have collected 33 essays on this paradox. In chapters on suffering, nature, gender, devotional practices, and self, female students of Buddhism explore the paradox of embodiment through examinations of sickness, disability, pain, suffering, childbirth, menopause, addiction, aging, th
Although Buddhism emphasizes that attachment to the body causes suffering, the body can be seen as a vehicle leading to enlightenment. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon have collected 33 essays on this paradox. In chapters on suffering, nature, gender, devotional practices, and self, female students of Buddhism explore the paradox of embodiment through examinations of sickness, disability, pain, suffering, childbirth, menopause, addiction, aging, th
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The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.
Although Buddhism emphasizes that attachment to the body causes suffering, the body can be seen as a vehicle leading to enlightenment. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon have collected 33 essays on this paradox. In chapters on suffering, nature, gender, devotional practices, and self, female students of Buddhism explore the paradox of embodiment through examinations of sickness, disability, pain, suffering, childbirth, menopause, addiction, aging
The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.
Although Buddhism emphasizes that attachment to the body causes suffering, the body can be seen as a vehicle leading to enlightenment. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon have collected 33 essays on this paradox. In chapters on suffering, nature, gender, devotional practices, and self, female students of Buddhism explore the paradox of embodiment through examinations of sickness, disability, pain, suffering, childbirth, menopause, addiction, aging
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Susan Moon is a writer and Buddhist teacher in the Soto Zen tradition. She is the author, co-author, or co-editor of several books, including This Is Getting Old and The Hidden Lamp, and a contributor to Lion's Roar, Tricycle, and other publications. She teaches in the United States and internationally.
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- Joan Iten Sutherland; Darlene Cohen; Joan Tollifson; Barbara Gates; Barbara Brodsky; Katherine Thanas (show all 34); Naomi Newman; Kuya Minogue; Linda Chrisman; Connie Batten; Lenore Friedman; Helena Norberg-Hodge; Fran Tribe; Rita M. Gross; Linda Ruth Cutts; Jisho Warner; Maylie Scott; Bobby Rhodes; Ruth Zaporah; Phyllis Pay; Anne C. Klein; Casey Hayden; Michele Martin; Pema Chodron; Jan Chozen Bays; Michele McDonald-Smith; Toni Packer; China Galland; Linda Hess; Furyu Nancy Schroeder; Grace Dammann; Julie Henderson; Susan Moon; Charlotte Joko Beck
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- 294.3 — Religion Other religions Religions of Indic origin Buddhism
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- BQ4570 .W6 .B45 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Buddhism Buddhism Doctrinal and systematic Buddhism Special topics and relations to special subjects
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