The Author: Masatoshi Ueki received his M.A. in physics from the University of Kyushu in Japan. He simultaneously studied Indian Buddhist thought and Sanskrit under Dr. Hajime Nakamura, Professor Emeritus of University of Tokyo, at the Eastern Institute. He is a member of the Japan P.E.N. Club and the Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies. He won the Oriental Philosophy Culture Prize. He has also written A Study on Sanju-Hiden-sho - Quest for Buddhist Humanism; The Spirit of Dialogue in Buddhism; and Mother Teresa and the Spirit of Bodhisattva.
This is a well-documented and timely book on the subject of gender equality. It seeks its source and answers in the Buddha's teachings and the string of hermeneutic texts, such as the Lotus Sutra, that...make it abundantly clear that the central goal of Buddhism - nirvana or the attainment of enlightened experience - is free and open to all, regardless of race, nationality, gender, psychological state, or social status. To be exposed to the gender-free nature of Buddhist teachings is quite significant in leading one on to take up the challenge of understanding and intimating with other great Buddhist doctrines. One would, for example, come to know that human relationship is at bottom a unique dynamic experience of impermanence, emptiness, nonobjective nature of self, mutually arising phenomenon, and compassion of all. (Kenneth K. Inada, State University of New York at Buffalo)
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