“This is a wise, beautiful book. Pamela tells her story with complete transparency, describing the long journey she took to give herself the same compassion that she has gifted so many others. As I was reading, I felt myself soften to the original source so lucidly described in her writing. You will, too.”

“With intimacy and immediacy Pamela weaves together her unique lived experience with wise and compassionate Buddhist teachings. She beautifully illuminates the power of the strong feminine and its essential role for us all in personal and planetary healing. In the process she shines an unflinching and much needed light on the misogyny that has characterized the tradition’s history, and presents a contemporary way of integrating the masculine and feminine into a more complete spiritual path.”

“A beautiful and courageous book. For those new to the world of meditation and for those seeking a fuller expression of how the path can unfold. Genuine, heartfelt, and deeply inspiring.”

“Pamela’s lovely memoir is as full of wisdom as it is well-written. Her spiritual journey takes us into uncharted territory, offering the intimations of a feminine approach to Buddhism. In its outlines, we begin to feel a sorely needed balance being restored.”

“This brilliant and inspiring book explores the seeming contradiction between spiritual and secular realities through the true story of one woman who navigates a deep commitment to Buddhist practice with a successful corporate life. With engaging, intimate prose, Pamela Weiss illuminates how we can move through a world of increasing complexity while maintaining our values and aspirations, challenges the relevance of androcentrism in Buddhism, and gives voice to key female Buddhist figures. ”

“In Pamela Weiss’s beautifully written and heartfelt new book, she seamlessly weaves a variety of threads: her life story, a feminist take on Buddhist teachings, ancient myth, and hard won wisdom from her spiritual path. Put together she creates a fascinating synthesis of pressing spiritual topics and personal discovery.”

“A Bigger Sky: Awakening A Fierce Feminine Buddhism offers a vision of an American Buddhism that has worked through its psychological and sociocultural bypasses. First, it articulates a feminine embodied approach to awakening as a corrective to hyper masculine transcendent narratives. Second, in confronting the structural affliction of racism it signals a shift from individual to collective liberation. Practitioners who are birthing more inclusive and integrated forms of American Buddhism will find much of inspiration here.”

“Pamela Weiss beautifully articulates the archetype of the Human Journey. But more than that, she expresses her own lived experience through Journeys into Buddhist Teachings, into Career, into Relationship, into Identity, and into the Joys and Sorrows of the only Life we have to live.”

“In A Bigger Sky, Buddhist teacher Pamela Weiss gives us an intimate account of her spiritual journey, honestly sharing both the rough waters and the wonderful, sustaining parts of the path. The profound wisdom gained is woven through her account, giving readers the benefit of her rigorous dedication. I highly recommend this engrossing account for anyone on a spiritual path”

“Brilliantly and engagingly written, Pamela Weiss’s personal journey through decades of Buddhist practice is a must read for anyone interested in a contemporary spirituality as it unfolds in the workplace, in the face of debilitating illness, in the midst of race and gender issues, and in the ongoing dynamic between personal love and spiritual vocation. A Bigger Sky is nothing short of an inspiration, especially for women seeking to challenge the status quo of religious orthodoxy.”

“A Bigger Sky is a wise, moving, exquisitely crafted book. It describes a path of intimacy which winds its way along the mountain roads of Zen practice, through lifelong illness, social histories, and awakenings to justice. Pamela Weiss shares stories of ancestral and contemporary women whose wisdom is pivotal to the relevance of the Buddhist tradition and the way to freedom for all beings. This is essential reading for Buddhists everywhere.”

“Pioneers are those who venture into unknown territory and settle. In A Bigger Sky, Pamela Weiss marries the ‘settling’ teachings of Buddhism with the unsettling truth of systemic inequality. Weaving stories of wise women—such as the Buddha’s wife and the ancient Sumerian myth of Inanna—she invites us to reflect on the universal process of descent, recovery and restoration needed on the path of awakening, and inspires us to transcend the narrow definitions that have silenced women since antiquity. This book is heart medicine for our times!”