I found myselfsuddenly voluminous,three-dimensioned,a many-roofed building in moonlight. So writes Jane Hirshfield in her collection The Beauty (Knopf 2015). She is describing a startling moment
A precious moment of female-focused inspiration in the…
The Zen-inspired activism of Hiratsuka Raichō
The first challenge I encountered during the first year of my monastic training as a postulant was overcoming the discomfort from the clothes we wore.
People in the United States seem to be having difficult conversations: about politics, about race, about the economy, and about the environment. For American Buddhists,
Landmark conference encourages women’s…
Inadequate access to sanitation and hygiene affects women and girls disproportionally, especially those of a disadvantaged socio-economic status in developing countries. There seems to be
It was 1959. A young housewife was driving across America, from the open fields of the Midwest to the rugged Pacific Coast. Angie Boissevain and
Kunze Chimed is a Mongolian yogini with a divine voice and considerable experience practicing and teaching Vajrayana Buddhism. In June, I was fortunate to have
A hope of securing full participation for women in the…
When I was five years old, my grandmother gave me a shimmery red scarf with small silver charms attached along the edges. It was the
Annie Bien was just 18 months when her family immigrated to the United States via New York. Coming from Hong Kong, the Bien family was
