Ani-la the nuns from Redna Menling /

"This pioneering study vividly portrays the nuns of the Redna Menling monastery in Dolanji (India), the headquarter of the Bön religion in exile. It focuses on the developments of the Bön in exile, the specific context in witch Bön nuns live and how the monastic tradition takes shape. It provid...

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Auteur principal: Belt, Joke van de, 1961-
Collectivité auteur: ebrary, Inc
Autres auteurs: Tijn, Evert van
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:anglais
néerlandais
Publié: Leiden : Sidestone Press, c2010.
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Table des matières:
  • Preamble : the nuns of Redna Menling
  • The Bon : a community in exile
  • Reasons to profess : what makes a young women become a nun?
  • The community of nuns : interaction with its surroundings
  • Conclusion : the nuns of Redna Menling.