Newzen

Download or read book A New Zen for Women written by Perle Besserman and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2007-04-03 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perle Besserman's adventures in a Japanese Zen monastery provide the groundwork for this lively, heartwarming narrative of a woman's life in Zen. Engaging in cross-cultural dialogues with nuns and laywomen in India, China, Japan, and more, Besserman dispels the notion that women had nothing to do with the founding and sustaining of Zen. She shows how women continue to transform traditional Zen in new and creative ways, integrating the practice of meditation into their lives. Both informative and entertaining, A New Zen for Women offers a new look at Western women encountering Zen.