In this episode, Sarah Richardson speaks with Vanessa Sasson, who teaches Religious Studies at <a href='http://www.marianopolis.edu/community/faculty-and-staff/'>Marianopolis College</a> in Quebec, where she also co-teaches a popular course in which students travel to Nepal.Sarah and Vanessa talk about how Vanessa got interested in the study of Buddhism, about her new novel about Yasodhara, the Buddha’s wife, and about how writing a work of fiction has changed her approach to teaching.Resources MentionedVanessa’s 2018 book, <a href='https://www.speakingtigerbooks.com/books/yasodhara/'>Yasodhara: A Novel about the Buddha’s Wife</a>, published by Speaking Tiger BooksSee show notes at <a href='http://teachingbuddhism.net/vanessa-sasson/'>http://teachingbuddhism.net/vanessa-sasson/</a>.

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