Sandy Boucher on the dharma of friendship, grief, and macaroni.
Writing the Ruth Denison Story
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
Photos: Jesse A. Jiryu DavisGrace 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
Sandy Boucher.Sandy Boucher on her life as a student of Ruth Denison at Dhamma Dena.
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
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
“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
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 […]







