Quote of the day
A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality.
Martine Batchelor

Born: 1953 (age 72)
Bio: Martine Batchelor, a former Jogye Buddhist nun, is the author of several books on Buddhism currently residing in France. She and her husband, Stephen Batchelor, work mostly in the United Kingdom and occasionally in the United States.
Known for:
- Meditation for life (1996)
- The Spirit of the Buddha (2010)
- Women in Korean Zen
- Women On The Buddhist Path (2002)







