The Moon and Flowers: A Woman's Path to EnlightenmentKalyanavaca Windhorse, 1997 - 285 sider The 19 women who wrote these essays have all been ordained within the Buddhist tradition. They come from different countries and have very different life-styles: some are career women, some are mothers leading a family life, and some live and work in country-retreat centres. One thing they all have in common is their firm commitment to Buddhism. In the essays they describe how they are trying to bring the various aspects and concerns of their daily lives into harmony with their Buddhist ideals and practice. The many topics they discuss include feminism, motherhood, work, sexuality and friendship. |
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... question for many years . It's as though each of us discovers our own personal koan , whether it is ' Why do people suffer ? ' or ' What is the meaning of my life ? ' We don't usually have to go looking for questions ; life itself ...
... question for many years . It's as though each of us discovers our own personal koan , whether it is ' Why do people suffer ? ' or ' What is the meaning of my life ? ' We don't usually have to go looking for questions ; life itself ...
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... question is , how far will we let our imaginations go ? We may be able to envisage change up to a certain point , but if we settle for a psychological reading of our situation , missing out the transcenden- tal perspective , we are ...
... question is , how far will we let our imaginations go ? We may be able to envisage change up to a certain point , but if we settle for a psychological reading of our situation , missing out the transcenden- tal perspective , we are ...
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... question is : are these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas outside oneself , or within oneself ? It's easy to get tangled up in this one - at least I find it so . If I think of them as being outside me , I am in danger of setting up a static ...
... question is : are these Buddhas and Bodhisattvas outside oneself , or within oneself ? It's easy to get tangled up in this one - at least I find it so . If I think of them as being outside me , I am in danger of setting up a static ...
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