Poems of the First Buddhist Women African / African-American Studies especially in stopping hearts

especially in stopping hearts

It is deeply informed by Flint’s personal queer experiences

a celebration of the beauty and mystery of being alive in a world in which we are part of everything

stripped of illustrations

Poems of the First Buddhist Women African / African-American Studies especially in stopping heartsThe TherXXXXgth is one of the oldest surviving literatures by women, composed more than two millennia ago and originally collected as part of the Pali canon of Buddhist scripture. These poems were written by some of the first Buddhist women therXXXXs honored for their religious achievements. Through imaginative verses about truth and freedom, the women recount their lives before ordination and their joy at attaining liberation from samsara. Poems of