The First Free Women:  Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns

The First Free Women: Poems of the Early Buddhist Nuns

Author
Matty WeingastBhikkhuni Anandabodhi
Publisher
Shambhala
Language
English
Year
2020
Page
101
ISBN
9780834842687
File Type
epub
File Size
2.3 MiB

An Ancient Collection Reimagined Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the Therigatha (“Verses of the Elder Nuns”) contains the poems of the first Buddhist women: princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. The original authors of the Therigatha were women from every kind of background, but they all shared a deep-seated desire for awakening and liberation.   In The First Free Women, Matty Weingast has reimagined this ancient collection and created a contemporary and radical adaptation that takes the essence of each poem and highlights the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.

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