The saffron road : a journey with Buddha's daughters / Christine Toomey.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: London : Portobello, 2015Description: 370 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 978184627493
Subject(s):
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-370).

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.

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.

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