Being Bodies

Buddhist Women on the Paradox of Embodiment

By: Lenore Friedman

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Paperback | 28 October 1997 | Edition Number 1

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The relationship between body and mind has always been a topic of speculation and spirited discussion. The authors of the pieces contained in this anthology address the problem from the unique dual perspective of being women and being students of Buddhism.

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"In speaking very personally about their own experience, from birth to menopause to sickness and death, the women whose voices are collected in these essays have hit universal chords for all women who are spiritual seekers."-- Publishers Weekly

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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Body as Suffering
Body of Radiant Knots	p. 3
The Only Way I Know of to Alleviate Suffering	p. 10
Enjoying the Perfection of Imperfection	p. 18
A Mama Raccoon in the Net of Indra	p. 25
No Eye, Ear, Nose...	p. 35
Hearing the Voice of the Body	p. 43
About Death	p. 48
Body as Nature
Running the Bush	p. 53
Birth	p. 59
Midlife Sacrament	p. 65
Aging as a Russian Doll	p. 71
Our Body and Our Economy	p. 78
Body as Gender
Piecing Together a Life	p. 87
Anger and Meditation	p. 95
Breaking through the Concrete	p. 103
What Do Lesbians Do in the Daytime?	p. 110
Celibate	p. 115
Body as Vehicle
Bowing to the Great Mirror	p. 125
Dance: A Body with a Mind of Its Own	p. 128
Meeting Vajrayogini	p. 133
Grounding and Opening	p. 139
Body on the Line	p. 148
On the Other Side of Attachment	p. 153
Three Methods for Working with Chaos	p. 163
Body as Self
Embodiment	p. 171
Of Mud and Broken Windows	p. 173
Tracking the Two Bodies	p. 178
The Formless Form: Buddhism and the Community of Recovery	p. 185
Craving	p. 197
A Conduit for Love: Adopting a Positive Daughter	p. 207
Tulku	p. 216
The Lonely Body	p. 223
Our Substitute Life	p. 230
About the Contributors	p. 235
Credits	p. 241
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