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Lifting as they climb : Black women Buddhists and collective liberation / Toni Pressley-Sanon.

by Pressley-Sanon, Toni, author.

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Boulder : Shambhala, [2024]

Women in Buddhism.

Women -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism.

Buddhist women -- Biography.

9781645470762 (trade paperback) :

xvi, 305 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Preface: Seeking Sanctuary: A Personal Journey -- Introduction: How We Do -- Part I. 1. Jan Willis: Carrying on the Tradition -- 2. Bell Hooks: Being Love, Finding Home -- 3. Zenju Earthlyn Manuel: Embodying the Self, Walking with the Ancestors -- 4. Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams: Being Black, Staying Woke -- 5. Spring Washam: The Lotus in the Mud -- 6. Faith Adiele: Finding Faith -- Part II. 7. Buddhism and Black Women -- 8. The African American Autobiographical Tradition and Its Legacy -- Conclusion -- Notes.

"Lifting as They Climb is a love letter of freedom and self-expression from six Black women Buddhist teachers, conveyed through the voice of one of the many women who has benefited from their wisdom. Toni Pressley-Sanon offers rich opening and closing chapters about the emergence of Black Buddhism as part of a long history of Black liberation in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. The heart of the book is six chapters that profile the life stories of the teachers, with a particular focus on the themes that emerge from their autobiographical writings. Interweaving scholarly research with personal reflection as well as input from most of the teachers profiled, Pressley-Sanon's book embodies the growing sense of fruitful encounter between Buddhism, feminism or womanism, and Black liberation"--

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