Perle Besserman's adventures in a Japanese Zen monastery provide the groundwork for this lively, heartwarming narrative of a woman's life in Zen. Engaging in cross-cultural dialogues with nuns and laywomen in India, China, Japan, and more, Besserman dispels the notion that women had nothing to do with the founding and sustaining of Zen. She shows how women continue to transform traditional Zen in new and creative ways, integrating the practice of meditation into their lives. Both informative and entertaining, A New Zen for Women offers a new look at Western women encountering Zen.So I spent most of the forty-fiveminute drive to the restaurant making up my own version of the mena#39;s conversation, imagining sexist jokes at my expense, stock market quotations, monastery gossip, and every anti-American clichAc I couldanbsp;...
Title | : | A New Zen for Women |
Author | : | Perle Besserman |
Publisher | : | Palgrave Macmillan - 2007-04-03 |
You must register with us as either a Registered User before you can Download this Book. You'll be greeted by a simple sign-up page.
Once you have finished the sign-up process, you will be redirected to your download Book page.
How it works: