This life story of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit of meditation also includes Dipa Ma's spiritual teachings, which have made her a major figure in contemporary Buddhism. Dipa Ma was the first truly accomplished female meditation master in the Thereavada tradition to teach in the United States and, while she had a deep devotion to the tradition, she also had a fierce understanding that the spiritual accomplishments of women could be in every way equal to those of the predominantly male religious hierarchy. Her influence on the teaching of...
This life story of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit of meditation also includes Dipa Ma's spiritual te...
This anthology of drama, essays, fiction, and poetry presents a thoughtful, classroom-tested selection of the best literature for learning about the long civil rights movement. Unique in its focus on creative writing, the volume also ranges beyond a familiar 1954-68 chronology to include works from the 1890s to the present. The civil rights movement was a complex, ongoing process of defining national values such as freedom, justice, and equality. In ways that historical documents cannot, these collected writings show how Americans negotiated this process--politically, philosophically,...
This anthology of drama, essays, fiction, and poetry presents a thoughtful, classroom-tested selection of the best literature for learning about th...
Die Kraft ihrer spirituellen Unterweisungen machte sie zu einer der wesentlichen Personen des westlichen Buddhismus. Als Lehrerin von Jack Kornfield, Sharon Salzberg und Joseph Goldstein nahm sie wesentlichen Einfluss auf die Verbreitung der Einsichtsmeditation im Westen. Du kannst alles erreichen, was Du Dir vornimmst. "Dipa Ma Furchtlose Tochter des Buddha" präsentiert uns die Lebensgeschichte von Dipa Ma Barua. Eine Sammlung von Geschichten und Erzählungen über eine der wenigen Frauen, die ihr Leben voll und ganz der Meditationspraxis gewidmet haben. Zu ihrer Zeit gab es keine...
Die Kraft ihrer spirituellen Unterweisungen machte sie zu einer der wesentlichen Personen des westlichen Buddhismus. Als Lehrerin von Jack Kornfield, ...
