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Himalayan Hermitess: the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun / Kurtis R. Schaeffer.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2004.Description: viii, 220 pISBN:
  • 0-19-515298-0
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • EB271
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

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