A 60,000-mile odyssey in search of Buddhist nuns—hailed as “inspiring and necessary” (Kirkus), “ambitious” (Tricycle), and “compelling” (Financial

Buddhism began to take root in the West at just the same time that women’s voices were arising to find expression here—after millennia of being relegated to

Women Buddhist renunciates from East & West talk candidly about their lives.

A brief meeting with a Buddhist nun in India made a deep impression on Christine Toomey. It sent her on a two-year, 60,000-mile odyssey to learn more about the

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