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Featuring Buddhist meditations for beginners, a warm, introductory guide to Buddhist philosophy and practice for women explains the fundamental teachings of Buddhism, offers stories of Buddhist goddesses, and examines Buddhist attitudes toward women.
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The author, a longtime Buddhist practitioner, combines a guide to spiritual practice with personal narrative and anecdotes to explore Buddhism's basic beliefs, its history, and its female images of the divine. She assesses Buddhism's traditional and contemporary attitudes toward women, and discusses issues such as women as Buddhist leaders, specific challenges for Western women beginning Buddhist practice, and feminism and Buddhism. Includes an annotated directory of US female Buddhist teachers and centers offering retreats for women in the US, Canada, and abroad. For general readers. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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