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Part primer, part personal history, part guide to spiritual practice, this book opens the door to an understanding of Buddhist spirituality, which engages more and more Westerners as the millennium approaches. Through personal anecdotes, lively explanations, and thoughtful discussions, Sandy Boucher presents a female perspective on fundamental Buddhist teachings such as compassion, detachment, and enlightenment.Includes a directory of women teachers in the United States, Canada, and abroad.

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title Opening the Lotus A Womans Guide to Buddhism author - photo 1
title:Opening the Lotus : A Woman's Guide to Buddhism
author:Boucher, Sandy.
publisher:Beacon Press
isbn10 | asin:0807073091
print isbn13:9780807073094
ebook isbn13:9780807073148
language:English
subjectBuddhist Women--Religious life.
publication date:1997
lcc:BQ5450.B68 1997eb
ddc:294.3/082
subject:Buddhist Women--Religious life.
Page i
Opening the Lotus
Page ii
Also by Sandy Boucher
Assaults & Rituals
Heartwomen
The Notebooks of Leni Clare
Turning the Wheel
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Opening the Lotus
A Woman's Guide to Buddhism
Sandy Boucher
Opening the Lotus A Womans Guide to Buddhism - image 2
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Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Beacon Press
25 Beacon Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
Beacon Press books
are published under the auspices of
the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
1997 by Sandy Boucher
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Photograph of The Water and Moon Kuan-yin Bodhisattva (34-10)
is reproduced by permission of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art,
Kansas City, Missouri (Purchase: Nelson Trust).
02 01 00 99 8 7 6 5 4 3
Text design by Wesley B. Tanner/Passim Editions
Composition by Wilsted & Taylor
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Boucher, Sandy.
Opening the lotus: a woman's guide to Buddhism / Sandy Boucher.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-8070-7308-3 (cloth)
ISBN 0-8070-7309-1 (paper)
1. Buddhist WomenReligious life. I. Title.
BQ5450.B68 1997
294.3'082dc21 96-45214
Page v
For Barbara Wilt
Page vii
Acknowledgments
My gratitude goes to the Buddhist teachers who have guided me in my practice and to the many women and men with whom I have shared and continue to share my spiritual path. Thanks to Ellyn Kaschak and Nan Fink for reading this manuscript in an early form and to Yvonne Rand, Pema Chodron, Maylie Scott, Thynn Thynn, Ruth Denison, and Joanna Macy for going over the finished manuscript to check for errors of fact and interpretation. The Wandering Menstruals lent their support during the writing of this book, in many gestures that I gratefully remember.
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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I. The Heart of the Matter: Buddhist Basics
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What Is Buddhism?
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Taking Refuge
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Picture 6
A Way of Life
15
Picture 7
The Precepts
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Picture 8
Mindfulness
24
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Compassion
26
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What Can I Expect in a Buddhist Meditation Hall?
28
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Doing a Buddhist Practice
32
Picture 12
A Practice to Begin With
36
II. The Dance of Gender
41
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Women Teachers
42
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Who Is Welcome?
44
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Do Women Do It Differently?
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