The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön : A Woman of Power and Privilege /

"Born to a powerful family and educated at the prominent Mindröling Monastery, the Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher Mingyur Peldrön (1699-1769) leveraged her privileged status and overcame significant adversity, including exile during a civil war, to play a central role in the reconstruction of...

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Hovedforfatter: Melnick Dyer, Alison (Author)
Format: Electronisk eBog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2022.
Serier:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Note to the Reader
  • Chronology
  • Introduction
  • 1. A Privileged Life
  • 2. Authorizing the Saint
  • 3. Multivocal Lives
  • 4. Mingyur Peldrön the Diplomat
  • 5. The Death of Mingyur Peldrön and the Making of a Saint
  • Tibetan Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.