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050 00 BQ6150|b.T66 2016
082 00 294.3/657082|223
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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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