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Sandy Boucher

About Sandy Boucher

Sandy Boucher is a writer, teacher and editor with twenty years’ experience of Buddhist meditation. She is the author of seven books, including Discovering Kwan Yin, Opening the Lotus and Turning the Wheel. This article is adapted from her book, Hidden Spring: A Buddhist Woman Confronts Her Life-Threatening Illness, published by Wisdom Publications.

Writing the Ruth Denison Story

by Sandy Boucher| April 11, 2016

Writing the Ruth Denison Story
Ruth Denison.Ruth Denison. Photo courtesy of the author.

Sandy Boucher gives a candid account of the tangles and revelations in chronicling the life of teacher Ruth Denison, who died in February 2015.

Making Our Way: On Women and Buddhism

by Sandy Boucher, Grace Schireson, Christina Feldman, Rita M. Gross and Lama Palden Drolma| March 1, 2016

Making Our Way: On Women and Buddhism
Women in Buddhism Buddhadharma Christina Feldman Grace Scierson Lama Palden Drolma Rita GrossPhotos: Jesse A. Jiryu Davis

Grace Schireson, Christina Feldman, Rita Gross, and Lama Palden Drolma discuss how women are defining new roles as Buddhist leaders, teachers, and practitioners.

Woman to Woman

by Sandy Boucher| February 26, 2015

Woman to Woman
Sandy Boucher Ruth Denison Dhamma Dena Lion's Roar BuddhismSandy Boucher.

Sandy Boucher on her life as a student of Ruth Denison at Dhamma Dena.

A Complicated Burden

by Sandy Boucher| March 20, 2012

A Complicated Burden

There was nothing Sandy Boucher could have done to prevent the tragedy. This is a meditation on living with what cannot be undone.

A Practice Center Sampler

by Erik Fraser Storlie, Sandy Boucher, Michael Stroud, Don Morreale, Roger Guest and Joel Weishaus| March 1, 2002

A Practice Center Sampler
Photo by Aditi Basu.

Varieties of meditational experiences by Don Morreale, Michael Stroud, Sandy Boucher, Roger Guest, Joel Weishaus and Erik Storlie.

A Year in the Whirlwind

by Sandy Boucher| July 1, 1998

A Year in the Whirlwind

“I am not a spiritually gifted person, but my years of practice and study gave me an understanding of the task ahead.”

The Dance of Gender: A Woman’s Guide to American Buddhism

by Sandy Boucher| July 1, 1997

The Dance of Gender: A Woman’s Guide to American Buddhism

Author Sandy Boucher introduces the American Buddhist scene—its issues, weaknesses and strengths—to women interested in taking up Buddhist practice. Buddhism has traditionally been a male-dominated religion. That characteristic extends both to most temples or centers in Asia and to those founded by Asian immigrants, which tend to be headed by male teachers. Buddhist centers that […]

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