Meetings with Remarkable Women

Buddhist Teachers in America

Lenore Friedman

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Shambhala Publications Inc
15 September 2000

Biography: general; Buddhism; Gender studies: women

This book celebrates the flowering of women in American Buddhism. Lenore Friedman set out to explore this phenomenon by interviewing some of the remarkable women who were teaching Buddhism in the United States. The seventeen women she writes about vary in background, personality, and form of teaching. Together the represent the growing presence and influence of women teachers in America-a development that will surely affect Buddhism in the West for years to come. This revised edition includes a new section describing developments in these women's lives and work since the book's first publication in 1987. Teachers include-Toni Packer, Maurine Stuart, Pema Ch dr n, Joko Beck, Ruth Denison, Bobby Rhodes, Jiyu Kennett, Sharon Salzberg, Karuna Dharma, Joanna Macy, Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma, Sonja Margulies, Yvonne Rand, Jacqueline Mandell, Colleen Schmitz, Ayya Khema, Tsering Everest

By: Lenore Friedman
Imprint: Shambhala Publications Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 432g
ISBN: 9781570624742
ISBN 10: 1570624747
Pages: 380
Publication Date: 15 September 2000
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Lenore Friedman is a psychotherapist in private practice in Berkeley, California. She has been interested in Buddhism since the late 1950s and has practiced Buddhist meditation since the late 1960s.

Reviews for Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America

The teachers'own words and paraphrased thoughts are skillfully woven into Friedman's lucid prose. The result is a collection of portraits that show how anyone can devote her/himself wholeheartedly to a spiritual path. San Francisco Chronicle