The Hidden Lamp

Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women

Zenshin Florence Caplow, Reigetsu Susan Moon, Zenshin Florence Caplow, Reigetsu Susan Moon

• Publisher: Wisdom Publications
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780861716593
• eBook ISBN:
  9781614291336
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Literary Essays

The Hidden Lamp is a collection of one hundred koans and stories of Buddhist women from the time of the Buddha to the present day. This revolutionary book brings together many teaching stories that were hidden for centuries, unknown until this volume. These stories are extraordinary expressions of freedom and fearlessness, relevant for men and women of any time or place. In these pages we meet nuns, laywomen practicing with their families, famous teachers honored by emperors, and old women selling tea on the side of the road.Each story is accompanied by a reflection by a contemporary woman teacher--personal responses that help bring the old stories alive for readers today--and concluded by a final meditation for the reader, a question from the editors meant to spark further rumination and inquiry. These are the voices of the women ancestors of every contemporary Buddhist.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• Publisher’s Acknowledgment
• Introduction
• Suggestions for How to Practice with The Hidden Lamp
• I. Clapping Her Hands and Laughing: Stories of Seeking and Awakening
• II. Bring Me a Mustard Seed: Being Human
• III. Why Do You Call Yourself a Woman? Words in the Midst of Wordlessness
• IV. I Saw You Fall Down So I’m Helping: The Path of Practice
• Acknowledgments
• Glossary and Background Information
• Sources and Translations of Koans
• Permissions and Copyrights
• Bibliography
• About the Contributors
• Index
• About the Editors
• Also Available from Wisdom Publications
• About Wisdom Publications
• Copyright