Toomey, Christine. <br/><br/>
The saffron road :  a journey with Buddha's daughters / 
Christine Toomey. 
 - 370 pages :  illustrations, map ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370). 
<br/><br/>EAST -- pt. I Nepal -- 1.Kung Fu Nuns -- 2.To Kathmandu -- 3.Birthplace -- pt. II India -- 4.Burning for Justice -- 5.Entering the Debate -- 6.Out of Silence -- pt. III Burma -- 7.Golden Spires -- 8.Peace and Persecution -- pt. IV Japan -- 9.Mirror Zen -- 10.Stillness -- WEST -- pt. V North America -- 11.Route 101 -- 12.East of the Cascades -- pt. VI British Isles -- 13.Changing Gear -- 14.`We are Pioneers!' -- 15.`Zen is not a Spectator Sport' -- pt. VII France -- 16.Quiet Revolutions -- 17.Changing Times -- pt. VIII Beyond Bounds -- 18.Inside -- 19.Full Circle -- 20.The Desert.       
<br/><br/> Every year, thousands of women choose to become Buddhist  nuns. As they make this commitment, they become part of a  long tradition of spirituality that stretches back  through the centuries and now embraces the radical  possibility that the next Dalai Lama could be a woman. In  The Saffron Road, award- winning journalist Christine  Toomey follows in the footsteps of earlier generations of  nuns to trace the historical spread of the religion, from  a solitary order in a remote area of India in the 6th  century BC to 1950s San Francisco, where the Beat  Generation first popularised Zen philosophy, to the  globally- renowned practitioners of mindfulness of  today.Combining travelogue, history, interviews, and  personal reflection, The Saffron Road opens the door on  the rarely glimpsed world of ritual and discipline,  reflection and enlightenment. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978184627493 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2014481077 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Toomey, Christine--Travel.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.<br/>Buddhist nuns--Religious life.<br/>Buddhist nuns--Social conditions.