A prominent Buddhist scholar and practitioner challenges women and men to free themselves from the prison of gender roles.
RITA M. GROSS (1943-2015) was Professor Emerita of Comparative Studies in Religion at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. An important figure in the study of women in religion in general, she was also a Vajrayana Buddhist practitioner and teacher, appointed a lopon by Mindrolling Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche. She is the author, coauthor, or editor of eleven books, including her classic Buddhism after Patriarchy- A Feminist History, Analysis, and Reconstruction of Buddhism.
“Rita Gross offers readers an amazing example of a lifelong,
ongoing commitment to feminist thinking and practice. Her visionary
insistence that the path to ending patriarchal domination must lead
us beyond gender is a revolutionary paradigm shift, one that can
lead to greater freedom for everyone.”—bell hooks
“In terma (treasure) traditions, texts appear in the
world, mysteriously, at the precise moment when they will have the
greatest benefit. Rita Gross’s posthumously published
book, Buddhism beyond Gender—set to be released by Shambhala
Publications at a time when clarity around gender is needed more
than ever—may be just such a treasure.”—Lion’s Roar
"In Buddhism Beyond Gender, Rita Gross provides her final and most
candid assessment of the state of gender dynamics within
Buddhism... This book feels as much as a scholarly culmination
as it does a call to arms."—Canadian Journal of Buddhist
Studies
“The Buddhist scriptures tell us that we are neither male nor
female—that gender is an illusion, and that clinging to it just
brings suffering. In this, her last book, Rita Gross, one of the
founding figures in the feminist study of religion, explains why
this is so. One of the few academics to speak from an insider’s
perspective, Professor Gross devoted most of her life to
challenging the structures of patriarchy and oppression in the
Buddhist tradition—to ‘repairing’ the tradition and making it more
just. Buddhism beyond Gender is Rita Gross at her very best: clear,
direct, insightful, and uncompromising. The book is not just an
important contribution to Buddhism and gender studies, it is a
practical guidebook on how to see through the fictions of gender
identity and free oneself from the prison of gender roles so as to
lead a more liberated life.”—José Ignacio Cabezón, Dalai Lama
Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara
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