Women in Korean Zen Lives and Practices |
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| Author:
| Batchelor, Martine
Sunim, Son'gyong |
| Series title: | Women and Gender in Religion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8156-0842-4 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2006 |
| Publisher: | Syracuse University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $14.95 |
Book Description:
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A narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this book, the author 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 misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues.
A narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this book, the author 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 misunderstandings inevitable between a French woman and her Korean colleagues.