The hidden lamp

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This revolutionary book brings together many teaching stories that have been hidden for centuries and unknown until this volume. These stories are extraordinary expressions of freedom and fearlessness, relevant to men and women of any time and place. In these pages we encounter nuns, laypeople practicing with their families, famous teachers honored by emperors, and old women selling tea on the side of the road. Each story is accompanied by a reflection from a contemporary teacher—personal responses that help bring the old stories to life for today’s readers—and concludes with a final meditation for the reader, a question from the editors intended to stimulate further reflection and inquiry. These are the voices of the female predecessors of every contemporary Buddhist.