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Waking Up to Patriarchy

By Lion's Roar Staff — 2016

You might think being a nun is very difficult and restrictive, but for them, ironically, it’s actually freedom from the alternative, which would be to get married, have a child every other year, work in the fields, work in the home, take care of their aged families, often while married to someone who drinks and comes back and beats them. - Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo

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Turning The Wheel: American Women Creating the New Buddhism

Examines the influence of American Buddhist women on Buddhist spiritual practice and discusses current issues involving politics and family life.

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The Lives of Buddha - Prof. Jan Willis

Jan Willis at the Centro Budista Ganden Shedrub Ling, San Juan, Puerto Rico. The introduction to this talk is in Spanish. Jan Willis speaks in English.

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Three Principal Aspects of the Path with Dr. Jan Willis

Dr. Jan Willis takes questions about working with afflictions, extending love to all beings, and the importance and kindness of the spiritual mentor.

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02 Three Principal Aspects of the Path with Dr. Jan Willis: The Life of Tsongkhapa 05-20-17

Dr. Jan Willis shares the life story of the author of 'The Three Principal Aspects of the Path', the 14th century Tibetan scholar-yogi Lama Tsongkhapa.

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All Out of Faith: Southern Women on Spirituality

All Out of Faith gives voice to southern women writers who represent a broad spectrum of faiths, Catholic to Baptist, Jewish to Buddhist, and points in between. These essays and stories reveal that southern culture has always reserved a special place for strong women of passion.

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Dreaming Me: Black, Baptist, and Buddhist—One Woman's Spiritual Journey

Jan Willis is not Baptist or Buddhist. She is simply both. Dreaming Me is the story of her life, as a child growing up in the Jim Crow South, dealing with racism in an Ivy League college, and becoming involved with the Black Panther Party.

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Female Empowerment