Description: Himalayan Hermitess : The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun, Paperback by Schaeffer, Kurtis R., ISBN 0195152999, ISBN-13 9780195152999, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Himalayan Hermitess is a vivid account of the life and times of a Buddhist nun living on the borderlands of Tibetan culture. Orgyan Chokyi (1) spent her life in Dolpo, the highest inhabited region of the Nepal Himalayas. Illiterate and expressly forbidden by her master to write her own
life story, Orgyan Chokyi received divine inspiration, defied tradition, and composed one of the most engaging autobiographies of the Tibetan literary tradition.
The Life of Orgyan Chokyi is the oldest known autobiography authored by a Tibetan woman, and thus holds a critical place in both Tibetan and Buddhist literature. In it she tells of the sufferings of her youth, the struggle to escape menial labor and become a hermitess, her dreams and visionary
experiences, her relationships with other nuns, the painstaking work of contemplative practice, and her hard-won social autonomy and high-mountain solitude. In process it develops a compelling vision of the relation between gender, the body, and suffering from a female Buddhist practitioners
perspective.
Part One of Himalayan Hermitess presents a religious history of Orgyan Chokyis Himalayan world, the Life of Orgyan Chokyi as a work of literature, its portrayal of sorrow and joy, its perspectives on suffering and gender, as well as the diverse religious practices found throughout the work. Part
Two offers a full translation of the Life of Orgyan Chokyi. Based almost entirely upon Tibetan documents never before translated, Himalayan Hermitess is an accessible introduction to Buddhism in the premodern Himalayas.
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Book Title: Himalayan Hermitess : the Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun
Number of Pages: 232 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 2004
Topic: Buddhism / General (See Also Philosophy / Buddhist), Buddhism / Rituals & Practice, Eastern
Genre: Religion
Item Weight: 13.1 Oz
Item Length: 6.1 in
Author: Kurtis R. Schaeffer
Item Width: 9.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
