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Non-fictie

Onderwerpen

Zenboeddhisme | Gender | Seksualiteit | Zenboeddhisme

Taal

Engels

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Uitgever

Wisdom Publications, Boston

Verschenen

2015

ISBN

9781614291251

Kenmerken

129 pagina's

Aantekening

Met literatuuropgave

In The Way of Tenderness, Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged through personal experience and practice to rethink problems of identity and privilege. Manuel brings her own experiences as a lesbian black woman into conversation with Buddhism to square our ultimately empty nature with superficial perspectives of everyday life. Her hard-won insights reveal that dry wisdom alone is not sufficient to heal the wounds of the marginalized; an effective practice must embrace the tenderness found where conventional reality and emptiness intersect. Only warmth and compassion can cure hatred and heal the damage it wreaks within us. - Uitgeversinformatie