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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... Sometimes it suddenly reveals a stunning panorama of ideas and images , all woven together in a harmonious pattern ; sometimes it throws up just a single idea that mysteriously manages to shed light on parts of ourselves that have been ...
... Sometimes it suddenly reveals a stunning panorama of ideas and images , all woven together in a harmonious pattern ; sometimes it throws up just a single idea that mysteriously manages to shed light on parts of ourselves that have been ...
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... Sometimes I have experienced tension arising from my conflicting wants and needs ; sometimes the tension has come from outside , in particular from the views of my parents . Some years ago I met a friend whose first child was then just ...
... Sometimes I have experienced tension arising from my conflicting wants and needs ; sometimes the tension has come from outside , in particular from the views of my parents . Some years ago I met a friend whose first child was then just ...
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... sometimes seemed to get in the way of actually making friends with other women Buddhists . Sometimes I was so busy thinking about what friend- ship should be like that I overlooked quite ordinary human communica- tion . I mistakenly ...
... sometimes seemed to get in the way of actually making friends with other women Buddhists . Sometimes I was so busy thinking about what friend- ship should be like that I overlooked quite ordinary human communica- tion . I mistakenly ...
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