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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Huvudskapare: Belt, Joke van de, 1961-
Institutionell skapare: ebrary, Inc
Övriga skapare: Tijn, Evert van
Materialtyp: Elektronisk E-bok
Språk:engelska
nederländska
Publicerad: Leiden : Sidestone Press, c2010.
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Innehållsförteckning:
  • 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.