Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun by Kurtis R. Schaeffer

Himalayan Hermitess: The Life of a Tibetan Buddhist Nun

Kurtis R. Schaeffer

232 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history informative reflective slow-paced
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Himalayan Hermitess is a vivid account of the life and times of a Buddhist nun living on the borderlands of Tibetan culture. Orgyan Chokyi (1675-1729) spent her life in Dolpo, the highest inhabited region of the Nepal Himalayas. Illiterate and exp...

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