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100 1  Toomey, Christine,|eauthor. 
240 10 Saffron road 
245 10 In search of Buddha's daughters :|ba modern journey down 
       ancient roads /|cChristine Toomey. 
264  1 New York :|bThe Experiment,|c2016. 
300    370 pages :|billustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    "First published in Great Britain as 'The saffron road: a 
       journey with Buddha's daughters' by Portobello Books, an 
       imprint of Granta Publications, 2015." 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [369]-370). 
505 0  Crossroads -- East. Nepal. Kung fu nuns ; To Kathmandu ; 
       Birthplace -- India. Burning for justice ; Entering the 
       debate ; Out of silence -- Burma. Golden spires ; Peace 
       and persecution -- Japan. Mirror Zen ; Stillness -- West. 
       North America. Route 101 ; East of the Cascades -- 
       Britain. Changing gear ; "We are pioneers!" ; "Zen is not 
       a spectator sport" -- France. Quiet revolutions ; Changing
       times -- Beyond bounds. Inside ; Full circle ; The desert.
520    An award-winning journalist vividly reports her two-year, 
       60,000-mile global odyssey in the company of exceptional 
       women who choose to dedicate their lives to Buddhism. In 
       2011, Christine Toomey met an unforgettable group of 
       Tibetan Buddhist nuns. After hearing their stories--of 
       prison, extreme hardship, and ultimately fleeing across 
       the Himalayas into exile--she resolved to learn more about
       the private, courageous women of Buddhism: who they are, 
       their experience of suffering, what motivates them to seek
       enlightenment, and what stands in their way. Toomey's 
       quest took on even greater urgency with the sudden deaths 
       of her father and then her mother, and her own search for 
       healing wisdom in the aftermath of loss. In Search of 
       Buddha's Daughters introduces us to women from around the 
       world--Nepal, India, Burma, and Japan, as well as the US, 
       the UK, and France--who have come to the ordained life 
       from every faith and career: a former policewoman, a 
       princess, a Bollywood star, and a concert violinist. 
       Toomey meets a Harvard graduate who sometimes breaks into 
       hip-hop moves after meditating, a Japanese nun who has 
       written bestselling erotica, and a Nepalese order of nuns 
       who practice kung fu for spiritual and physical 
       empowerment. Through insightful conversations with over 
       thirty women, Toomey investigates Buddhism as an antidote 
       to the problems of life in the twenty-first century, and 
       considers the status of women today--worldwide, and within
       one of our oldest wisdom traditions. "In a world numbed by
       the amount of attention paid to violence, terrorism, and 
       political and religious power struggles," she writes, "I 
       find it profoundly refreshing to come across women whose 
       lives are dedicated to nurturing the opposite." 
600 10 Toomey, Christine|xTravel. 
650  0 Buddhist nuns|xReligious life. 
650  0 Buddhist nuns|xSocial conditions. 
650  0 Buddhist monasticism and religious orders for women. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aToomey, Christine, author.|tIn search 
       of Buddha's daughters.|dNew York : The Experiment, 2016
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