num_pages: 156
description: Includes 24 Photographs. Buddhism has always been fettered by sexism of the patriarchal cultures in which it flourishes, but the teaching acknowledged from the start that women have the same capacity as men to realize truth. The women who have contributed to this book are new shoots breaking the old ground, all proclaiming the message that there is a way to freedom.
language: English
title: A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism
titlecomplete: A Gathering of Spirit: Women Teaching in American Buddhism
genres: Buddhism
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Primary Point Pr