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.
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"In speaking very personally about their own experience, from birth to menopause to sickness and death, the women whose voices are collected in these essays have hit universal chords for all women who are spiritual seekers."— Publishers Weekly
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Susan Moon is a writer and longtime Zen Buddhist who teaches popular writing workshops, mostly in California. She is the former editor of Turning Wheel: The Journal of Socially Engaged Buddhism. She lives in Berkeley, California.
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Enlightening and Insightful,
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This review is from: Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment (Paperback)
The authors of these essays explore their bodies as Buddhists and women, giving personal accounts of the pain, enjoyment and acceptance they have experienced in relation to their bodies. I found myself moved by the intimate tone, with some authors taking pages straight from their own journals. I wonderful read for anyone, male or female, who is engaged by Buddhism, spiriutality and their own notion of embodiment.
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This review is from: Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment (Paperback)
The essays in this book explore the seeming dichotomy of having a (female) body and having a Buddhist practice. I found Susan Moon's thoughts on the body and loneliness especially insightful: "I don't want it (the body) to be my pimp, to send it out looking for people to bring home to love me." I don't think you need to be a Buddhist or a woman to appreciate the honesty and wisdom in these essays.
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- Innovative Buddhist Women: Swimming Against the Stream (Routledge Critical Studies in Buddhism) by Karma Lekshe Tsomo on 4 pages
- Meditation-The Complete Guide by Patricia Monaghan on page 110, and page 337
- Create Your Personal Sacred Text: Develop and Celebrate Your Spiritual Life by Bobbi Parish on page 94, and Back Matter
- Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains: Dharma Talks on Zen Meditation by Reb Anderson in Back Matter
- Body Shame: Conceptualisation, Research and Treatment by Paul Gilbert on page 49
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