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

Testimonials from parents describe the positive changes in their children since the start of meditation practice. Their children: * became calmer, kinder, and m

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

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/FAULKER AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed author of The Swimmers and When the Emperor Was Divine tells the story of a group of young wo

Edited by Vanessa R. Sasson, Little Buddhas brings together a wide range of scholarship and expertise to address the question of what role children have played