Being Bodies: Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment

by Lenore Friedman (Editor)

Other authorsSusan Moon (Editor)
Paperback, 1997

Status

Available

Tags

Women in Buddhism, Body and Mind

Collection

General Buddhism

Publication

Shambhala (1997), Edition: 1st, 256 pages

Description

The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.

Language

English

ISBN

1570623244 / 9781570623240

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The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.

Although Buddhism emphasizes that
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 attachment to the body causes suffering, the body can be seen as a vehicle leading to enlightenment. Lenore Friedman and Susan Moon have collected 33 essays on this paradox. In chapters on suffering, nature, gender, devotional practices, and self, female students of Buddhism explore the paradox of embodiment through examinations of sickness, disability, pain, suffering, childbirth, menopause, addiction, aging, th
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(5 ratings; 4.3)

Pages

256

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