Chapter 1 What Is Buddhism, and What Is Buddhism in the Insight Meditation Community (IMC)?

Chapter 2 Womanism and the Absence of Explicit Black Buddhist Lesbian—Black Christian Straight Interdependence in Foundational Womanist Theological Scholarship

Chapter 3 The Spiritual Practices and Experiences of African-American Buddhist Lesbians in the IMC

Chapter 4 Self, No Self, and the Paradoxes of Self and No Self Preservation

Chapter 5 African-American Women Buddhist Dharma Teachers and Writers on Self and No Self

Chapter 6 Object Relations in East and West: Self, No Self, the Abhidhamma, and W.R.D. Fairbairn

Chapter 8 Conclusions and Counseling Recommendations