Based on presentations at a conference held at Smith College in Northampton, Mass., Apr. 7-10, 2005

What does Buddhist practice mean to American women? / Susanne Mrozik -- North American Buddhist women in the international context / Karma Lekshe Tsomo -- Moving beyond gender / Bell Hooks -- Buddhism and creativity / Jane Hirshfield, Meredith Monk, Pat Enkyō O'Hara (moderator) -- Women changing Buddhism : feminist perspectives / Bell Hooks, Sharon Suh, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Susanne Mrozik (moderator) -- Just power / Helen Tworkov -- Engaged Buddhism / Virginia Straus Benson, Diana Lion, Eve Marko, Hilda Ryūmon Gutiérrez Baldoquín (moderator) -- A Jewish woman and Buddhism / Sheila Peltz Weinberg -- Race, ethnicity, and class / Hilda Ryūmon Gutiérrez Baldoquín, Sharon Suh, Arinna Weisman, Carolyn Jacobs (moderator) -- Fashioning new selves : the experiences of Taiwanese Buddhist women / Carolyn Chen -- Growing up Buddhist / Alice Unno -- Women dharma teachers' forum / Thubten Chodron ... [et al.]