Women In Tibet
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Author | : Janet Gyatso |
Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : 9780231130981 |
Collection of historical, literary, ethographical essays about the history - Women in traditional Tibet - and present situation of women in Tibet - Modern Tibetan Women, offering data and reflection on certain topics, like the lives of individual women. Based on texts, anthropological data, literature, newspaper articles, fieldwork and oral history.
Author | : Janice Dean Willis |
Publisher | : Snow Lion Publications, Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : |
Brings to the fore the voices of the major Western women scholars of Tibetan Buddhism...an outstanding resource.--Pacific Sun
Author | : Canyon Sam |
Publisher | : University of Washington Press |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2011-02-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0295800062 |
Through a lyrical narrative of her journey to Tibet in 2007, activist Canyon Sam contemplates modern history from the perspective of Tibetan women. Traveling on China's new "Sky Train," she celebrates Tibetan New Year with the Lhasa family whom she'd befriended decades earlier and concludes an oral-history project with women elders. As she uncovers stories of Tibetan women's courage, resourcefulness, and spiritual strength in the face of loss and hardship since the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950, and observes the changes wrought by the controversial new rail line in the futuristic "new Lhasa," Sam comes to embrace her own capacity for letting go, for faith, and for acceptance. Her glimpse of Tibet's past through the lens of the women - a visionary educator, a freedom fighter, a gulag survivor, and a child bride - affords her a unique perspective on the state of Tibetan culture today - in Tibet, in exile, and in the widening Tibetan diaspora. Gracefully connecting the women's poignant histories to larger cultural, political, and spiritual themes, the author comes full circle, finding wisdom and wholeness even as she acknowledges Tibet's irreversible changes.
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Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Women |
ISBN | : 9787801024022 |
Author | : Luree Miller |
Publisher | : Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 1984-10-31 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 159485386X |
* An astonishing tale of perseverance * Wonderful insight into 19th century Tibet * A moving tale of adventure and discovery In the late 1800's, when women were bound by both cumbersome clothing and strict Victorian morals, a small band of astonishing women explorers burst forth to claim the adventurous life. What drew the five profiled in this book -- three British, one American, one French -- was Tibet, then the ultimate in exploration. Nina Mazuchelli organized a small expedition, urging the party on when they were lost on a glacier. Annie Taylor, a reckless, romantic missionary in China, knew her life was in danger the moment she crossed into Tibet. Esabella Bird Bishop, sickly while at home, was always robust on her adventures; she was nearly 60 when she went to Tibet. Fanny Bullock Workman plowed her way up Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, saying any woman could do so. Alexandra David-Neel, at 56, trekked for eight months through tropical lowlands and snow-covered passes with only a backpack and a begging bowl. Even by today's standards these women's accomplishments are remarkable.
Author | : Michaela Haas |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 2013-04-09 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0834828375 |
Pema Chödrön, Joan Halifax, and ten other female Tibetan Buddhist teachers share inspiring personal stories, revealing how we can embody Buddhist wisdom and overcome everyday challenges What drives a young London librarian to board a ship to India, meditate in a remote cave by herself for twelve years, and then build a flourishing nunnery in the Himalayas? How does a surfer girl from Malibu become the head of the main international organization for Buddhist women? Why does the daughter of a music executive in Santa Monica dream so vividly of peacocks one night that she chases these images to Nepal, where she finds the love of her life in an unconventional young Tibetan master? The women featured in Dakini Power—contemporary teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, both Asians and Westerners, who teach in the West—have been universally recognized as accomplished practitioners and brilliant teachers whose life stories demonstrate their immense determination and bravery. Meeting them in this book, readers will be inspired to let go of old fears, explore new paths, and lead the lives they envision. Featured here are: Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche (This Precious Life) Dagmola Sakya (Princess in the Land of Snows) Jetsun Tenzin Palmo/Diane Perry (Into the Heart of Life) Pema Chödrön/Deirdre Blomfield-Brown (When Things Fall Apart; Start Where You Are) Khandro Tsering Chödron (late aunt of Sogyal Rinpoche, author of The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying) Thubten Chodron/Cherry Greene (Buddhism for Beginners; Taming the Mind) Karma Lekshe Tsomo/Patricia Zenn (Buddhism Through American Women ’s Eyes) Chagdud Khadro/Jane Dedman (P ’howa Commentary; Life in Relation to Death) Sangye Khandro/Nanci Gay Gustafson (Meditation, Transformation, and Dream Yoga) Roshi Joan Halifax (Being with Dying) Lama Tsultrim Allione/Joan Rousmanière Ewing (Women of Wisdom; Feeding Your Demons) Elizabeth Mattis-Namgyel (The Power of an Open Question)
Author | : Tsultrim Allione |
Publisher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 340 |
Release | : 1988-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780140190724 |
By gathering together the rich and vivid biographies of six Tibetan female mystics, and by describing her own experiences as a Tibetan Buddhist nun, the author provides an inspirational account of women who have attained enlightenment and liberation in a variety of difficult situations.
Author | : Elisabeth A. Benard |
Publisher | : Shambhala Publications |
Total Pages | : 321 |
Release | : 2022-03-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0834844257 |
An exploration of an extraordinary group of female meditation masters from the Buddhist tradition in Tibet whose determination and accomplishments can serve as a great example for meditators the world over. Among Tibetan spiritual biographies there are many life stories of exceptional male wisdom-holders or vidyādharas. But biographies of religious women are few. This book focuses on the hidden world of the great female spiritual adepts who were born into a prominent lineage of the Sakya school of Tibetan Buddhism. For centuries, this family of wisdom holders has been committed to helping others alleviate their suffering and develop a strong dedication to spiritual practice.
Author | : Carol Devine |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 118 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
Genre | : Buddhist nuns |
ISBN | : 9780969693802 |
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Author | : Adhe Tapontsang |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-11-12 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0861716728 |
When Adhe Tapontsang--or Ama (Mother) Adhe, as she is affectionately known--left Tibet in 1987, she was allowed to do so on the condition that she remain silent about her twenty-seven years in Chinese prisons. Yet she made a promise to herself and to the many that did not survive: she would not let the truth about China's occupation go unheard or unchallenged. The Voice That Remembers is an engrossing firsthand account of Ama Adhe's mission and a record of a crucial time in modern Tibetan history. It will forever change how you think about Tibet, about China, and about our shared capacity for survival.