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| #7122846 in Books | Palgrave Macmillan | 2007-04-03 | 2007-04-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.69 x5.50l,1.00 | File type: PDF | 240 pages | ||10 of 11 people found the following review helpful.| Rebel without a koan|By Theresa Reed|As a novice student to Zen buddhism, I was intrigued by Perle Besserman's latest offering, "A New Zen For Women". The jacket listed the book as "An Insider's Perspective on Women and Zen" - so I assumed this book would give me a fair portrayal of women's roles in traditional Zen monasteries as well as insights on modern traditions. This b|From Publishers Weekly|Zen Buddhist teacher and author Besserman hangs a load of dirty laundry in this book, both a memoir of her training years and an argument for a new and improved Zen that accommodates the unique strengths of women. The memoir part is a page
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 p...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.A New Zen for Women | Perle Besserman. I was recommended this book by a dear friend of mine.
