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Title: Walking on Lotus Flowers: Buddhist Women Living, Loving and Meditating by Martine Batchelor, Martine Bachelor ISBN: 0-7225-3231-8 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: June, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.00

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Summary: Fascinating accounts of remarkable buddhist practioners
Comment: Buddhism has traditionally been as sexist as any of the other so-called major religions, perhaps far more so than some. That situation seems to be changing somewhat in the 20th Century. It is certainly the case that nowadays many of the most remarkable writers and thinkers in buddhism are women (e.g., Charlotte Joko Beck, Sylvia Boorstein, and many, many others) - but that fact in itself is not remarkable. The essence of buddhist practice does not rely on the number of x or y chromosomes one has, it relies primarily on committment.

This book profiles approximately a dozen accomplished buddhist practitioners who happen to be women. Several things emerged for me that were very interesting. First, I did not sense that this was a book about "women buddhist issues" per se - it was a book about buddhist practitioner's issues. In other words the topics and themes were just as interesting to me (a male, by the way) as they might be to a woman. In buddhism, it seems to me, what is the difference?? Form is emptiness, emptiness is form, etc., etc.

Anyway, another interesting thing was that Martine Batchelor does a great job of conveying a unique essence of each person as a distinctive individual. Some of the stories are incredible (e.g., the woman who dug herself out of her retreat cave following an avalanche) and others just ring with the absolute truth of everyday practice for the buddhist layperson - again, regardless of gender (e.g., discussions on sexuality, raising a family while maintaining a religious practice).

Obviously I highly recommend this book for anyone interested in buddhism and spiritual/religious issues.

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Title: Women On The Buddhist Path by Martine Batchelor, Gill Farrer-Halls ISBN: 0007133197 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $16.95