{"product_id":"women-in-korean-zen-lives-and-practices-hardcover","title":"Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMartine Batchelor\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSon'gyong Sunim\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this engagingly written account, Martine Batchelor 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 cultural misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues. She reveals as well the genuine pleasures that derive from solitude, meditative training, and communion with the deeply religiouswhom the Buddhists call \"good friends.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBatchelor has also recorded the oral history\/autobiography of her teacher, the eminent nun Son'gyong Sunim, leader of the Zen meditation hall at Naewonsa. It is a profoundly moving, often light-hearted story that offers insight into the challenges facing a woman on the path to enlightenment at the beginning of the twentieth century. Original English translations of eleven of Son'gyong Sunim's poems on Buddhist themes make a graceful and thought-provoking coda to the two women's narratives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWestern readers only familiar with Buddhist ideas of female inferiority will be surprised by the degree of spiritual equality and authority enjoyed by nuns in Korea. While American writings on Buddhism increasingly emphasize the therapeutic, self-help, and comforting aspects of Buddhist thought, Batchelor's text offers a bracing and timely reminder of the strict discipline required in traditional Buddhism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMartine Batchelor\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Path of Compassion, Meditation for Life, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePrinciples of Zen.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 144\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.74 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757823394080,"sku":"9780815608424","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9dd12be2b2047c1bb635ace1f7af0dde.webp?v=1780112592","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/women-in-korean-zen-lives-and-practices-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}