Meeting The Great Bliss Queen: Buddhists, Feminists, And The Art Of The Self - Softcover

Anne Carolyn Klein

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8120834070 ISBN 13: 9788120834071

Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass, 2009

Synopsis

Despite the daunting barriers of geography and language that separate them, buddhism and contemporary feminism have much to say to each other buddhist practices such as mindfulness (in which calm centering and keen awareness of change coexist) and compassion (in which the self is recognized as both powerful in itself and interdependently connected with all others) can be important resources for contemporary women, while feminism can expand the traditional horizons of buddhist concerns to include social, historical and psychological issues the image and ritual of the great bliss queen, an important buddhist figure of enlightenment from the unifying theme of the book, modeling the practices and theory that can assist each of us being at one with ourselves and fully engaged with others

About this edition

• Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 8120834070
• ISBN 13: 9788120834071
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 307