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"BUDDHISM SAYS
SUFFERING EXISTS,

AND THERE IS A WAY

OUT OF IT BY HOW

YOU WORK WITH

YOUR MIND."

- ANNE WALDMAN

WOMEN BEATS: During the mid-
20th century women beat poets
were still a fairly marginalized
Source: Pixabay,Pexels group. According to Edward
Foster, women were ghting for
The teachings of Buddha are built their civil rights during this time
upon the foundation of the period and Diane di Prima, Lenore
Buddha-dharma’s four universal Kendal, and many other female
‘Noble Truths’: that life is Beat poets were at the forefront.
impermanent, characterized by Lounsbury comments that it has
su ering (a result of desire and been hinted within the beat
ignorance), without essence, and community “despite the talent
that enlightenment will release many female beat writers held,
karma’s bonds over that they were often “the wives”,
metempsychosis (rebirth). barely acknowledged by their male
Despite a variation in the rites and peers.”
rituals, the teachings of Buddha These women had to make a name
are the same. for themselves, had to ght
Elizabeth Wills emphasizes that against the walls and limitations
"The Buddhist view is to see things erected by the male-dominated
as they are, with intelligence and beat circle through their literary
openness and without the works and through activism.
projections of ego.” “Too many people either don’t know
There are no declarations of God, or have forgotten about the women
nor a premise to the creation of like Diane di Prima, Anne Waldman,
Earth. It is the idea of the soul, of Joanne Kyger, and Lenore Kandel,
the energy in life and the self, and without whom the movement would
the interconnectedness of all living have been impoverished, or
things that bind the teachings of impossible.” - Engaging the Senses
Buddhism.
Foundation