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Description   Features The Wise Woman Who Talked Back to God The Ancient Buddhist tale of the Seven Wise Sisters has Zen Teacher Bonnie Myotai Treace thinking about the koan of gender. How American Women Are Changing Buddhism American Women are taking Buddhism away from its patriarchal past, participating confidently as practitioners, teachers, and leaders. The job is not finished, says Rita M. Gross, one of Buddhism's leading feminist thinkers, but the role of American Buddhist women is unprecedented and may change Buddhism forever. Women's Liberation Whether they call it soul, spirit, atman or buddhanature, all the major religions say that men and women have the same essential nature. Yet in practice these religions are dominated by men, and women are often not held as equals. Our panel discusses the realities, hopes, and struggles of women in three of the world's major religions. Just to Be Alive Is Enough There is no greater gift than to be grateful for our lives, says Zen teacher Blanche Hartman, and gratitude leads naturally to generosity, because we want to share this gift with others. Death Don't Have No Mercy A memoir of a mother's death by Mariana Caplan. Dr. King's Refrigerator Looking for a late night snack, the young Martin Luther King, Jr., discovers instead the truth of interdependence. A short story by Charles Johnson. The Classical Monk Arthur Braverman returns to the park where Sodo Yokoyama, "the Leaf-flute Zen Master," sat and led a classical Zen life in the midst of modern Japan's speed and stress. Other Stories No Real Winners Winning and losing is a mug's game, says Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche. All gain ends in loss anyway, and trying to achieve victory over others is unpleasant and delusional. Creative Conflict Barry Boyce on how a seventy-six-year-old Japanese jazz pianist taught him the proper balance between conflict and harmony. Books Nightmare, Big Sleep, or Great Awakening? David Guy reviews Peaceful Death, Joyful Rebirth by Tulku Thondup; Graceful Exits by Sushila Blackman; and Unattended Sorrow by Stephen Levine. Running on Emptiness Bill McKibben reviews Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes and The Runner's High by Garth Battista.

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