The Hidden Lamp: Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women PDF
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Wisdom Publications 199 Elm Street Somerville, MA 02144 USA www.wisdompubs.org ©2013 Susan Moon ©2013 Florence Caplow All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photography, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system or technologies now known or later developed, without permission in writing from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Hidden Lamp : Stories from Twenty-Five Centuries of Awakened Women / Compiled and Edited by Zenshin Florence Caplow and Reigetsu Susan Moon ; Foreword by Zoketsu Norman Fischer. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-86171-659-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Buddhist women. 2. Women in Buddhism. 3. Religious life— Buddhism. I. Caplow, Florence, 1964– editor of compilation, writer of added commentary. II. Moon, Susan, 1942– editor of compilation, writer of added commentary. 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Table of Contents Foreword by Zoketsu Norman Fischer Introduction Suggestions for How to Practice with The Hidden Lamp Stories and Reflections I. CLAPPING HER HANDS AND LAUGHING: STORIES OF SEEKING AND AWAKENING The Old Woman of Mount Wutai • Nancy Brown Hedgpeth Anoja Seeks the Self • Sandy Boucher Joko Beck and the Thought of Enlightenment • Peg Syverson The Old Woman and the Pure Land • Emila Heller Manseong’s No Cultivation • Barbara Rhodes Bhadda-Kundalakesa Cannot Answer • Beth Kanji Goldring Chiyono’s No Water, No Moon • Merle Kodo Boyd Ohashi Awakens in a Brothel • Judith Randall Seven Wise Women in the Charnel Ground • Bonnie Myotai Treace Asan’s Rooster • Susan Murphy The Old Woman’s Enlightenment • Shinge Roko Sherry Chayat Qiyuan Gives Birth • Sunya Kjolhede Chen’s Mountain Flowers • Joanna Macy Ganji’s Family • Angie Boissevain The Woman Lets It Be • Tamara Myoho Gabrysch Awakening While Cooking • Viveka Chen The Woman in Samadhi • Natalie Goldberg / Miriam Sagan Yu Uses Her Full Strength • Kokyo Meg Porter Alexander The Flower Hall on Buddha’s Birthday • Amala Wrightson Sonin’s Shadeless Tree • Anita Feng Linji Meets the Old Woman Driving the Ox • Myokaku Jane Schneider Jiyu-Kennett’s Not Bigger, Not Smaller • Heila Downey Jiaoan’s Sand in the Eye • Zenki Mary Mocine Punnika and the Brahman’s Purification • Diana Winston Nyozen’s Pale Moon of Dawn • Kuya Minogue II. BRING ME A MUSTARD SEED: BEING HUMAN The Old Woman Burns Down the Hermitage • Zenkei Blanche Hartman Zhaozhou’s Deeply Secret Mind • Ikushin Dana Velden Miaozong’s Dharma Interview • Hoka Chris Fortin Zhaozhou and the Old Woman’s Obstacles • Diane Eshin Rizzetto Eshun’s Deep Thing • Karen Sundheim Ryonen Scars Her Face • Wendy Egyoku Nakao Vasumitra Teaches Freedom from Passion • Anne Seisen Saunders Zongchi and Bodhidharma’s Flesh • Shosan Victoria Austin The Zen Mirror of Tokeiji • Zenju Earthlyn Manuel Yoshihime’s “Look, Look!” • Judith Simmer-Brown The Old Woman, Zhaozhou, and the Tiger • Chi Kwang Sunim Shotaku’s Paper Sword • Nancy Mujo Baker Dipa Ma’s Fearless Daughters • Amita Schmidt Maylie Scott Meets Loneliness • Diane Musho Hamilton Yasodhara’s Path • Byakuren Judith Ragir Bhadda Kapilani and Mahakassapa • Jacqueline Mandell Ikkyu and Kannon’s Messenger • Mushim Patricia Ikeda Senjo and Her Soul Are Separated • Eijun Linda Ruth Cutts Iron Grindstone Liu’s Feast • Pat Enkyo O’Hara The Old Woman Recognizes Mazu • Eido Frances Carney Satsujo Overthrows Hakuin • Caitriona Reed The Old Woman Steals Zhaozhou’s Bamboo Shoots • Furyu Nancy Schroeder The Old Woman’s Relatives • Zenshin Florence Caplow Kisagotami’s Mustard Seed • Christina Feldman Satsujo Weeps • Reigetsu Susan Moon Ziyong’s Last Teaching • Myoshin Kate McCandless Lingzhao Goes First • Catherine Genno Pagès Yuanji Knocks the Body Down • Melissa Myozen Blacker Anne Aitken’s “Get On and Go” • Nancy Genshin Gabrysch Permanence and Impermanence • Hilary Richards Patacara’s Presence of Mind • Anna Prajna Douglas Asan’s Dewdrop • Tonen Sara O’Connor III. WHY DO YOU CALL YOURSELF A WOMAN? WORDS IN THE MIDST OF WORDLESSNESS The Goddess’s Transformations • Jan Chozen Bays Soma Rebukes Mara • Barbara Joshin O’Hara Ziyong’s Ship of Compassion • Daijaku Judith Kinst Tara’s Vow • Rita M. Gross Dogen Sets the Record Straight • Sobun Katherine Thanas Mahapajapati Opens the Door • Thanissara Changjingjin’s No Obstructions • Myokei Lynda Caine-Barrett Moshan’s Mountain Summit • Shinshu Roberts Miaozong’s Disappointment • Ursula Jarand The Naga Princess’s Enlightenment • Anne Carolyn Klein Rigzin Drolma Ziyong’s Earth • Eva Myonen Marko Kongshi’s Bathhouse • Sallie Jiko Tisdale Asan Claps Both Hands • Laurie Schley Senauke Dongshan and the Old Woman’s Water Buckets • Mitra Bishop Satsujo Sits on the Lotus Sutra • Rachel Mansfield-Howlett The Old Woman’s Rice Cakes • Joan Halifax Ling’s Question • Jo Potter Kakuzan Shido’s Dagger • Laura del Valle The Old Woman and Naropa • Karma Lekshe Tsomo Lingzhao’s Shining Grasses • Jisho Warner Qiyuan and the Lotus Sutra • Stephanie Kaza Dieu Nhan’s Without Words • Eileen Kiera Shiji Doesn’t Take Off Her Hat • Judith Roitman Miaodao’s Falling into the Hole • Gyokujun Layla Smith Bockhorst Miaoxin’s Banner • Myoan Grace Schireson IV. I SAW YOU FALL DOWN SO I’M HELPING: THE PATH OF PRACTICE Lingzhao’s Helping • Joan Sutherland Faxiang’s Recognition • Misha Shungen Merrill Sujata’s Offering • Vimalasara, aka Valerie Mason-John Laywoman Pang’s Merit • Amy Hollowell
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