Ruth Denison was one of the great innovators in the early years of Buddhism in the West. In this portrait of her extraordinary life, from a youth in Nazi-dominated Germany to the center of the counterculture in the sixties and seventies, Boucher captures Denison"s distinctive voice and the journey of her remarkable spirit.
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CHAPTER ONE A Day in the Desert 1 (24) PART I The Good Girl: The German Years CHAPTER TWO First Inklings 25 (14) CHAPTER THREE War Comes 39 (12) CHAPTER FOUR Dark Journey 51 (22) PART II The "Little Immigrant": Spiritual Training in Hollywood and Asia CHAPTER FIVE She Finds Her Dream 73 (11) CHAPTER SIX The First Teacher 84 (9) CHAPTER SEVEN Pilgrimage—to the Second Teacher 93 (11) CHAPTER EIGHT Marriage and Millbrook 104 (12) CHAPTER NINE Stepping over the Edge 116 (9) CHAPTER TEN Travel and Transmission 125 (16) PART III The Teacher: The Ripening Years CHAPTER ELEVEN Beginnings 141 (14) CHAPTER TWELVE Conflict and Clarity 155 (12) CHAPTER THIRTEEN Finding Ruth 167 (5) CHAPTER FOURTEEN Inviting Women to the Dharma 172 (16) CHAPTER FIFTEEN Building the Community Together 188 (15) CHAPTER SIXTEEN A Teaching 203 (12) PART IV The Elder: Reaping the Fruits CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Impermanence 215 (12) Sources 227 (6) Notes 233 (6) Acknowledgments 239 (4) Index 243
