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Women in Korean Zen: Lives and Practices (Women and Gender in Religion) (1st Edition) by Martine Batchelor, Son'gyong Sunim Hardcover, 123 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-8156-0842-X / 081560842X ISBN-13: 978-0-8156-0842-4 / 9780815608424 A rare and vivid narrative of a Buddhist nun's training and spiritual awakening. In this engagingly written account, Martine Batchelor relays the challenges a new ordinand faces in adapting to Buddhist monastic life: the spicy food, the rigorous daily schedule, the distinctive clothes and undergarme |