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In The Saffron Road, Toomey follows in the footsteps of earlier generations of Buddhist nuns to trace the routes by which the philosophy has spread from a solitary order in a remote area of India in the 5th century BC, via 1950s San Francisco where Zen was popularised by the Beat generation, to the globally-renowned practitioners of mindfulness of today. Beginning her journey in the Himalayas, close to the birthplace of the Buddha, Toomey travels from Nepal, to India, through Burma, Japan and on to North America and Europe, along the way visiting contemporary nunneries to meet the women who practise there. Amongst those she talks to are a group of "kung fu" nuns, an acclaimed novelist, a princess, a concert violinist, a former BBC journalist, and a one-time Washington political aide. Through these conversations, the daily reality of the Buddhist existence is gradually revealed, together with the diverse spiritual paths leading these women towards nirvana.

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Book category Books in English Humanities Religion & beliefs Aspects of religion (non-Christian)

• Full title: Saffron Road
• Subtitle: A Journey with Buddha's Daughters
• Author: Christine Toomey
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384
• EAN: 9781846274930
• ISBN: 1846274931
• ID: 02820599
• Publisher: Granta Books
• Weight: 318 g
• Dimensions: 199 × 129 × 28 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. April 2016

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