Title: Himalayan hermitess
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.
Subjects: Biography, Buddhist nuns, Religious life and customs, Tibet autonomous region (china), religion, Buddhist monasticism and religious orders, Nonnes bouddhistes, Biographies, Vie religieuse, Boeddhisme, Kluizenaars
Places: China, Tibet, Tibet (China)
People: Orgyan Chokyi (1675-1729)