- Ruth Denison
Ruth Denison (born 1922) was the first
Buddhist teacher in theUnited States to lead an all-women's retreat for Buddhist meditation and instruction. Her center, Dhamma Dena Desert Vipassana Center is located in theMojave Desert , inJoshua Tree ,California . She was also a teacher at theInsight Meditation Society inBarre, Massachusetts . She sometimes teaches atSpirit Rock Meditation Center inWoodacre , California.After spending her youth in
Germany she immigrated to theUnited States . In the 1960s and 1970s she was part of the alternative and counterculture scene.She is one of four Westerners who have received permission to teach from Burmese master
U Ba Khin , a layperson known for a particular method of awareness practice, called "Vipassana", in which the meditator closely observes bodily sensations.Bibliography
* Dancing in the Dharma by
Sandy Boucher (Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 2005. hardcover, $25.95 ISBN 0-8070-7318-0)
* Meetings with Remarkable Women: Buddhist Teachers in America by Lenore Friedman (Boston, MA: Shambhala, Revised and Updated Edition, 2000 ISBN 1-5706-2474-7)External links
* http://www.sandyboucher.net/dancing.htm
* [http://fr.dharma.org/ij/archives/1997a/ruth.htm Bowing to Life Deeply: An Interview with Ruth Denison]
* [http://www.thedhamma.com/whos_who.htm Who's Who in Buddhism (Ruth Denison)]
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