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"Watching her, one thinks sometimes of an ancient priestess, a wild shaman woman whose whole being is dedicated to bringing the earth into balance." -- from Dancing in the Dharma

 

Dancing in the Dharma

Hidden Spring

Discovering Kwan Yin

Opening the Lotus

Turning the Wheel

Heartwomen

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Dancing in the Dharma: The Life and Teachings of Ruth Denison

"Dancing in the Dharma tells the remarkable life story of one of Western Buddhism's early pioneers. The unique, colorful, and gracious qualities of Ruth Denison as a person and of her teaching style shine in this compelling biography."
-- Sharon Salzberg, co-founder of Insight Meditation Society and author of Faith: Trusting Your Own Deepest Experience

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Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Cancer

"This is a story of a woman's boundless courage in the face of illness...the life sustaining nature of her spiritual practice...and the tremendous importance of friends. Sandy Boucher sends loving kindness to us, her readers, through her graceful, poignant writing and her new found wisdom. This story can be savored by everyone, not just people who are confronting cancer."
-- Ann Webster, Ph.D., Director, Mind/Body Cancer Program, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

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Discovering Kwan Yin: Buddhist Goddess of Compassion

A book of ruminations, meditations, prayers, and chants; "Sandy Boucher skillfully and engagingly brings the goddess Kwan Yin in her many guises from the East to the West -- and into our hearts -- in this wonderful book."
-- Rick Fields, author of How the Swans Came to the Lake: A History of Buddhism in America

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Opening the Lotus: A Woman's Guide to Buddhism

"Here is a trustworthy traveling companion for the countless Western women who desire, and deserve, to venture on the Dharma path."
-- Joanna Macy, author of World as Lover, World as Self

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Turning the Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism

"Essential reading for anyone wanting to understand feminism, Buddhist practice in America today, and where and how these two movements meet."
-- Susan Griffin, author of Chorus of Stones and Women and Nature

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Heartwomen: An Urban Feminist's Odyssey Home

"The women in this book I call 'heartwomen' not simply because they live in the center of the country...It seemed to me that they gave themselves to their lives wholly, without holding back -- that they lived, one might say, from the heart."
-- Sandy Boucher

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