Book 2004

Himalayan Hermitess

2 readers

Publisher: Oxford University Press
Language: English
Published: 2004

Biography
Buddhist nuns
Religious life and customs
Nonnes bouddhistes
Biographies
Vie religieuse
Boeddhisme
Kluizenaars

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.