WoW Study Circle
Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine
by Thanissara As a young nun, one day I was distractedly flipping through a series of small cards that depicted, in the artistic style f...
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WoW Study Circle
- Dec 5, 2018
- 3 min
The Buddha walks into an apocalypse. We talk.
by Susan Szpakowski Inspired by our Women of Wisdom conversation about social action. Let’s just say the Buddha walks through a membrane...
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 6, 2018
- 2 min
Opening to what scares us
by Pema Chödrön When I was about six years old I received the essential bodhichitta teaching from an old woman sitting in the sun. I was...
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 6, 2018
- 3 min
Why feed our demons?
by Lama Tsultrim Allione Feeding our demons rather than fighting them might seem to contradict the conventional Western approach to what...
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 3, 2018
- 1 min
Woman's Way
by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo To me the special female quality (which of course many men have as well) is first of all a sharpness, a clarity....
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 3, 2018
- 1 min
Relating to the Guru
by Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo In Tibetan Buddhism in the West ••• “Sometimes, even if the lama is sitting in front of you, you can feel...
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WoW Study Circle
- May 3, 2018
- 1 min
The black queer Buddhist teacher who is smashing stereotypes and leading an awakening on the left
by Jack Jenkins In Think Progress Rev. angel Kyodo williams doesn’t like stereotypes. That’s not entirely surprising, since she also...
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WoW Study Circle
- Jan 3, 2018
- 2 min
Tending the Stew
by Nora Bateson I keep hearing people say we have a crisis of leadership. I agree. But the leadership required now is not old-school...
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 24, 2017
- 4 min
Consort Stories
by Susan Szpakowski In our study circle, we have been exploring the lives of women practitioners and teachers. We want to know about...
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WoW Study Circle
- Nov 3, 2017
- 2 min
What I learned living with nuns
by Rikke Braren Lauritzen A glimpse into everyday life within a contemporary Tibetan nunnery, as experienced by a Western...
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WoW Study Circle
- Oct 3, 2017
- 1 min
Mayum Kunsang Dechen
by Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche This is what I know about my mother, and what has been told to me by the people who knew her. When she was...
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WoW Study Circle
- Jan 9, 2017
- 1 min
Freda Bedi's Big Life
Mandala: What inspired you to write this book? Vicki Mackenzie: I never met Freda Bedi. It was such a shame. But from my earliest days in...
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