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100	1		_aToomey, Christine. _e
245	1	4	_aThe saffron road : _ba journey with Buddha's daughters / _cChristine Toomey.
264		1	_aLondon : _bPortobello, _c2015.
300			_a370 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 369-370).
505			_aEAST -- 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. _g _r _t
520			_aEvery 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.
600	1	0	_aToomey, Christine _xTravel.
650		0	_aBuddhist monasticism and religious orders for women.
650		0	_aBuddhist nuns _xReligious life.
650		0	_aBuddhist nuns _xSocial conditions.
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