Women in Korean Zen - Lives and Practices

Informationen zum Autor Martine Batchelor is the author of several books, including The Path of Compassion, Meditation for Life, and Principles of Zen. She lives in France. Klappentext A narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this book, the author relays the challenges a new ordinand faces in adapting to Buddhist monastic life: the spicy food, the rigorous daily schedule, the distinctive clothes and undergarments, and the misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues. Zusammenfassung A narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this book! the author relays the challenges a new ordinand faces in adapting to Buddhist monastic life: the spicy food! the rigorous daily schedule! the distinctive clothes and undergarments! and the misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues.

Product details

• Authors: Marti Batchelor, Martine Batchelor, Son'gyong Sunim
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.03.2006
• EAN: 9780815608424
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0842-4
• No. of pages: 123
• Series: Women in Religion; Women and Gender in Religion; Women in Religion
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions