01402nam a2200277Ia 4500 TVU_12819 210423s9999 xx 000 0 und d 0195152999 9780195152999 eng 294.3657 K521 Schaeffer, Kurtis R. Himalayan hermitess the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun Kurtis R. Schaeffer New York Oxford University Press 2004 viii, 220 p. 25 cm Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index 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 Buddhist nuns; Tibet Autonomous Region (China); Orgyan Chokyi Kurtis R. Schaeffer Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Trà Vinh