Publication

2015 - Wisdom Publications, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

32,250 words, Guess

Page Count

129 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10161429125X
  • ISBN-139781614291497
  • ISBN-101614291497
  • ISBN-139781614291251
  • Library of Congress Control Number2014020585
and 5 more
  • OCLC Control Number883148213
  • Better World Books9781614291251
  • Better World Books9781614291497
  • Better World BooksO9-BOL-654
  • Open LibraryOL26888192M

Classifications

  • DDC294.3/37
  • LCCBQ4570.S6 M45 2015
  • LCCBQ4570.S6M45 2015

Description

In The Way of Tenderness, Zen priest Zenju Earthlyn Manuel brings Buddhist philosophies of emptiness and appearance to bear on race, sexuality, and gender, using wisdom forged through personal experience and practice to rethink problems of identity and privilege. Manuel brings her own experiences as a lesbian black woman into conversation with Buddhism to square our ultimately empty nature with superficial perspectives of everyday life. Her hard-won insights reveal that dry wisdom alone is not sufficient to heal the wounds of the marginalized; an effective practice must embrace the tenderness found where conventional reality and emptiness intersect. Only warmth and compassion can cure hatred and heal the damage it wreaks within us. --Publisher

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