List of Illustrations Foreword, by Marilyn Strathern Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I 1. The World of Chokyi Dronma 2. The Life of Chokyi Dronma 3. The Manuscript and Its Enigmas 4. Princess, Nun, Yogini Part II Translation of the Biography of the Venerable Chokyi Dronma Part III 5. Succession and Spiritual Lineages: Meaning and Mysteries of Chokyi Dronma's Reincarnation 6. "Lady of the Lake": The Dorje Phagmo at Samding 7. Dorje Phagmo in the Twentieth Century: Embodied Divinity and Government Cadre 8. The Living Tradition and the Legacy of the Princess Epilogue Twin Reincarnation Line and Tentative Chronology The Families of Chokyi Dronma Notes Bibliography Index
"A fascinating account of the women who constituted the most famous of all female incarnation lineages in Tibet, perhaps the most intriguing series of women in recent Tibetan history." -- Robert Barnett, director, Modern Tibetan Studies Program, Columbia University, and author of Lhasa: Streets with Memories "A stunning contribution to our knowledge about women in Tibetan Buddhism. This book also has a great deal to tell us more generally about how to study the role of women in religious institutions, literature, and society. It contains a superb translation of a rare biography of Samding Dorje Phagmo, and also provides fascinating information about the legacy of her lineage in modern Tibet and China. Most of all, the book is outstanding for its thoughtful reflections upon issues of gender, writing, and power, and for its ability to relate medieval Tibetan matters to contemporary theoretical reflection in anthropology, history, and literature." -- Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies, Harvard Divinity School, and author of Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary
Hildegard Diemberger is director of the Tibetan Studies Programme at the Mongolia and Inner Asia Studies Unit, Department of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, and is a research associate of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and of the Italian Ev-K2-CNR committee. She has published extensively on the anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayan regions and, with Pasang Wangdu, has co-authored the translations of the Shel dkar chos 'byung and the dBa' bzhed.
"Exhibits that rare combination of meticulous historical research and lively prose in recounting a tale that is sure to intrigue readers." -- Holly Gayley, Buddhadharma
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