Soaring and Settling

By Rita M. Gross

Book Overview

Continuum congratulates Rita M. Gross on being the recipient of the 1999 Choice Outstanding Academic Book Award.As a practicing Buddhist for over 20 years, Rita Gross is concerned with how Eastern wisdom traditions transform our lives, and are themselves transformed by contact with the wisdom of the West.Rita Gross considers lifestyle issues, from conception to death and grieving; social issues such as population control, work and family, and environmental ethics; and theological issues such as the use of goddess images in Buddhism, and several fascinating practices from Gross's own Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826411134
• ISBN13: 9780826411136
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Continnuum-3PL
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Thoughtful Brilliance

Dr. Gross is one of the brightest and most able thinkers today. She has the ability to "deconstruct" what many believe to be inevitable truth in a way which is interesting and hugely uselful. The Buddhist ideas of permanence, interconnectedness, the 4 Noble Truths, etc. are explained for an audience which needs an end to patriarchy. Like her, Buddhism helps me to be a more "friendly feminist". I use her ideas daily and look forward to other books by her.