[Buddha-l] Martine Batchelor--4 books so far

Curt Steinmetz curt at cola.iges.org
Tue May 4 12:03:47 MDT 2010


I actually own multiple copies of both her "Principles of Zen" and her 
"Women on the Buddhist Path", which I lend out to people.

Her "Women In Korean Zen" is an extraordinary book. It is truly one of 
the great masterworks of spiritual biography -- ever.

Curt

JKirkpatrick wrote:
> While some of us have praised Stephen Batchelor's ideas and
> critiques of Buddhist textual versions of Buddhism as ordinarily
> known and as practised, his insightful and former Korean Son nun,
> and later wife Martine Batchelor, and her accomplishments, are
> rarely noticed on this list. 
>
> That's a serious lack:  she is very worth encountering. I drew on
> the amazon.com book descriptions here. I plan to add all four of
> these books to my shelf.
> Joanna
>   



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