Schaeffer K. Himalayan hermitess: The life of a Tibetan buddhist nun. - Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. - viii, 220 p. - Biliogr.: p.201-213. - Ind.: p.215-220. - ISBN 978-0-19-515299-9  Место хранения:   033 | Бурятский научный центр | Улан-Удэ | Центральная научная библиотека

Contents

Introduction .................................................... 3 Part I. The Buddhist Himalaya of Orgyan Chokyi 1. The Religious World of the Hermitess ........................ 15 Buddhism in Dolpo around the Year 1700 ...................... 15 Hard Times in Buddhist Himalaya ............................. 19 The Career of Orgyan Tenzin ................................. 23 The Trials of Tenzin Repa ................................... 26 Lamas, Hermits, and Patrons ................................. 31 Religious Women in Dolpo .................................... 34 2. The Life of the Hermitess ................................... 45 The Life of Orgyan Chokyi ................................... 46 Lives of Saints, Lives of Women ............................. 49 Writing the Life of Orgyan Chokyi ........................... 53 A Tibetan Folk Heroine ...................................... 59 An Indian Nun's Fast ........................................ 62 A Female Mentor ............................................. 66 3. Sorrow and Joy .............................................. 69 Sorrow and Society .......................................... 69 Tears of a Saint ............................................ 76 Tears of a Hermitess ........................................ 81 Joy and Solitude ............................................ 83 4. Women, Men, Suffering ....................................... 91 Women and Samsara in Tibetan Lives .......................... 91 Suffering Society ........................................... 96 Suffering Sexual Difference ................................. 98 5. Religious Practice ......................................... 105 Body, Speech, and Mind ..................................... 105 Fasting .................................................... 107 Pilgrimage ................................................. 110 Meditation ................................................. 113 Visions .................................................... 117 Relics ..................................................... 123 Part II. The Life of Orgyan Chokyi Introduction .................................................. 131 One. Sufferings of Youth ...................................... 133 Two. Herding Goats ............................................ 137 Three. Herding Horses ......................................... 141 Four. Looking at Mind ......................................... 147 Five. Pilgrimage to Kathmandu ................................. 155 Six. In the Kitchen ........................................... 157 Seven. Leaving the Bustle ..................................... 163 Eight. Solitude and Joy ....................................... 169 Nine. Religious Commitment .................................... 175 Ten. Death and Impermanence ................................... 181 Appendix: Characters in the Life of Orgyan Chokyi ............. 185 Notes ......................................................... 187 Bibliography .................................................. 201 Tibetan References ............................................ 201 Other References .............................................. 206 Index ......................................................... 215