Himalayan hermitess :
Schaeffer, Kurtis R.
Himalayan hermitess : the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun / Kurtis R Schaeffer - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - viii, 229 p. :
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Orgyan Chokyi spent her entire life in Dolpo, expressly forbidden to write her life story by her master. Despite being illiterate she did so anyway, after receiving divine inspiration to compose one of the most forthright and engaging spiritual autobiographies of the Tibetan literary tradition.
0195152980
Buddhist nuns--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.--China
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religious life and customs.
Himalayan hermitess : the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun / Kurtis R Schaeffer - New York : Oxford University Press, 2004. - viii, 229 p. :
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Orgyan Chokyi spent her entire life in Dolpo, expressly forbidden to write her life story by her master. Despite being illiterate she did so anyway, after receiving divine inspiration to compose one of the most forthright and engaging spiritual autobiographies of the Tibetan literary tradition.
0195152980
Buddhist nuns--Tibet Autonomous Region--Biography.--China
Tibet Autonomous Region (China)--Religious life and customs.