Himalayan hermitess
Subtitle: the life of a Tibetan Buddhist nun
By: Kurtis R. Schaeffer.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
Subjects: Orgyan Chokyi, 1675-1729; Buddhist nuns -- China -- Tibet -- Biography; Tibet (China) -- Religious life and customs
Genres: Biography.
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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-213) and index.