Walking on Lotus Flowers: Buddhist Women Working, Loving and Meditating - Softcover

A portrait of twenty Buddhist women from Europe, America and Asia. Their stories show how women have managed to integrate spirituality into their everyday life. The books also contains a strong practical emphasis on how to use meditation to help us in our ordinary lives.

'Walking on Lotus Flowers' arises out of the experience of Western and Asian Women from various Buddhist traditions and all walks of life. They range from a hermit to a disc jockey and include artists, social workers, psychotherapists, nuns and professors. What they have in common is a meditation practice that has transformed their lives. This book is an inspiration not only to Buddhists but to all women and men who are seeking to integrate spirituality into their daily lives.

Martine Batchelor spent many years as a Zen Buddhist Nun in Korea. She is an internationally renowned teacher of meditation who lives in Devon, England.

“Here is wisdom and practice come alive with concrete, idiosyncratic experience – no mysticfication here and no nonsense, just the quiet excitement of liberated voices.”
JOANNA MACY, author of 'World as Lover, World as Self'

“'Walking on Lotus Flowers' brings out the devotion and spiritual insight of Buddhist women in many parts of the world. It made me aware of the immense riches of the Buddhist tradition.”
MONICA FURLONG, author of 'Merton: A Biography'

“The women and men who read this book can take great heart. Martine Batchelor has recorded unique and beautiful voices of feminine Dharma. These awakenings in the midst of snow caves, family life, arts and austerity, intimacy and celibacy, bring alive the blessings and true medicine of the Buddha.”
JACK KORNFIELD, author of 'A Path with Heart'

“Here is teaching with a difference, for it is from a woman’s point of view. Many of the teachers are remarkable nuns and their advice on practice is both creative and profound. This is a book not to be missed by any Buddhist.”
ANNE BANCROFT, author of 'Women in Search of the Sacred'