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Himalayan hermitess

the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun

By Kurtis R. Schaeffer

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Publish Date

2004

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Language

eng

Pages

220

Description:

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.