The Heart of the Lotus: A Buddhist Perspective on Women´s inner and outer Liberation. Translated from the German into English by Jane Anhold

Sylvia Wetzel, born 1949, experiments with paths to outer and inner, political and psychological liberation since 1968 and is practicing Buddhism since 1977. With her critical approach to and creative interpretation of European culture and gender issues the author and Buddhist meditation teacher is one of the pioneers of Buddhism in Europe since the mid-eighties