Himalayan hermitess the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun

The Life of Orgyan Chokyi is the oldest known autobiography authored by a Tibetan woman, and thus holds a critical place in both Tibetan and Buddhist literature. In it she tells of the sufferings of her youth, the struggle to escape menial labor and become a hermitess, her dreams and visionary exper...

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Autor Principal: Schaeffer, Kurtis R.
Outros autores: Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Idioma:Undetermined
English
Publicado: New York Oxford University Press 2004
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Tóm tắt:The Life of Orgyan Chokyi is the oldest known autobiography authored by a Tibetan woman, and thus holds a critical place in both Tibetan and Buddhist literature. In it she tells of the sufferings of her youth, the struggle to escape menial labor and become a hermitess, her dreams and visionary experiences, her relationships with other nuns, the painstaking work of contemplative practice, and her hard-won social autonomy and high-mountain solitude. In process it develops a compelling vision of the relation between gender, the body, and suffering from a female Buddhist practitioner's perspective
Descrición Física:viii, 220 p.
25 cm
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index
ISBN:0195152999
9780195152999