“This book represents the culmination of Rita Gross’s many years of serious practice, reflection, academic study, and scholarship. Rita really dug in! Here she generously shares her innermost thoughts, passions, and struggles in what has become the last memoir of one fiercely dedicated to the Buddhist women’s movement.”

—ELIZABETH MATTIS NAMGYEL, author of The Power of an Open Question and The Logic of Faith

“In this final book, Rita M. Gross’s insights into both the Buddha’s classical teachings on identification, self and no-self, and the present-day challenges of gender roles in Western Buddhism shine through. Useful to Buddhist practitioners, students of gender roles in religion, those working for gender equality, and anyone interested in the process of Buddhism’s assimilation in the West, Buddhism beyond Gender contains thought-provoking material to further any discussion of these.”

—SHARON SALZBERG, author of Lovingkindness and Real Love