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The First Free Women: Book Launch and Reading

When

Sunday, February 9, 2020 7:00PM - 8:30PM

Where

New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care

Phone: (212) 677-1087
119 West 23rd Street, #401
New York, NY
10011
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Event Details

The First Free Women: Book Launch and Reading

with readings by Marie Howe, Victoria Redel, Tenku Ruff and Sebene Selassie

Sunday, February 9th, 2020 from 7:00pm-8:30pm


Join us for an inspired evening of women’s voices, poetry filled with Buddhist teachings and community. Composed around the Buddha’s lifetime, the Therigatha (Verses of the Elder Nuns) contains poems by the first Buddhist women. Here you’ll find princesses and courtesans, tired wives of arranged marriages and the desperately in love, those born into limitless wealth and those born with nothing at all. Their voices are all here.

Matty Weingast revives this ancient collection with a contemporary and radical adaptation that remains true to the essence of each poem and highlights the struggles and doubts, as well as the strength, perseverance, and profound compassion, embodied by these courageous women.

Event Registration

Ticket Type Price
Program Registration (includes a copy of the book)
$25.00
  • We are sorry but this program has reached capacity. To request to be put on a waiting list, please contact the NYZCCC office at 212-677-1087. 

Hosted By

New York Zen Center for Contemplative Care