Adds new voices to the feminist conversation and brings a rich variety of diverse approaches to Buddhist women's identities, "the feminine," and Buddhist feminism.Silver Medalist, 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Religion (EasternWestern) Category This groundbreaking book explores Buddhist thought and culture, from multiple Buddhist perspectives, as sources for feminist reflection and social action. Too often, when writers apply terms such as "woman," "femininity," and "feminism" to Buddhist texts and contexts, they begin with models of feminist thinking that foreground questions and concerns arising from Western experience. This oversight has led to many facile assumptions, denials, and oversimplifications that ignore women's diverse social and historical contexts.