Being Bodies Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment

Name: Being Bodies Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment
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ISBN: 9781570623240

ISBN-10: 1570623244

ISBN-13: 9781570623240

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Authors: Lenore Friedman, Susan Moon

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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.

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List price: $24.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/28/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Body as Suffering


Body of Radiant Knots



The Only Way I Know of to Alleviate Suffering



Enjoying the Perfection of Imperfection



A Mama Raccoon in the Net of Indra



No Eye, Ear, Nose...



Hearing the Voice of the Body



About Death




Body as Nature


Running the Bush



Birth



Midlife Sacrament



Aging as a Russian Doll



Our Body and Our Economy




Body as Gender


Piecing Together a Life



Anger and Meditation



Breaking through the Concrete



What Do Lesbians Do in the Daytime?



Celibate




Body as Vehicle


Bowing to the Great Mirror



Dance: A Body with a Mind of Its Own



Meeting Vajrayogini



Grounding and Opening



Body on the Line



On the Other Side of Attachment



Three Methods for Working with Chaos




Body as Self


Embodiment



Of Mud and Broken Windows



Tracking the Two Bodies



The Formless Form: Buddhism and the Community of Recovery



Craving



A Conduit for Love: Adopting a Positive Daughter



Tulku



The Lonely Body



Our Substitute Life



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