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  Daughters of Emptiness: Poems by Buddhist Nuns of China (Paperback) By (author) Beata Grant

  

  

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  Short Description for Daughters of Emptiness Beata Grant renders a great service by recovering and translating the enchanting verse -- by turns assertive, observant, devout -- of forty-eight nuns from sixteen centuries of imperial China. This selection of poems, along with brief biographical accounts that accompany them, affords readers a glimpse into the extraordinary diversity and sometimes startling richness of these women's lives. "Daugh
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  • Publisher: Wisdom Publications,U.S.
  • Published: 01 December 2003
  • Format: Paperback 256 pages
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  • Categories: Poetry | Poetry By Individual Poets | Poetry Anthologies (various Poets) | Literary Studies: General | Oriental & Indian Philosophy | Buddhism | Other Non-Christian Religions
  • ISBN 13: 9780861713622 ISBN 10: 0861713621
  • Sales rank: 868,922

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• The author has performed a great service in recovering and translating the enchanting poems and talks of twenty nuns from the period 1600 to 1850.