Introduction / Ellen Sidor -- The 1983 conference, The feminine in Buddhism: a report -- The 1984 conference, Women and Buddhism in America. Compassion and wisdom: gentle and strong / Maurine Myo-On Freedgood ; Women and Buddhism in America / Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma ; Politics of the heart / Jacqueline Schwartz Mandell ; Inquiring without images / Toni Packer ; Believing in yourself / Barbara Rhones ; Taking realization into everyday life / Jan Chozen Soule ; Panel discussion including Ruth Denison -- The 1985 conference, Balancing American Buddhism. Obstacles as our teachers / Bhikshuni Ane Pema Chodron ; Going back into the world / Joanna Macy ; How to balance a white cloud / Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma ; A tea ceremony / Gesshin Prabhasa Dharma ; Panel discussion
Notes
"All the material in this book is taken from the Women in Buddhism conferences held in 1983, 1984 and 1985 at the Providence Zen Center in Cumberland, RI."--Prelim