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  2. Nhất Chi Mai - Wikipedia

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    Nhất Chi Mai (February 20, 1934 – May 16, 1967), born Phan Thị Mai and legally named Thích nữ Diệu Huỳnh, was a Buddhist nun who killed herself in an act of self-immolation in Saigon on May 16, 1967, in protest at the Vietnam War.

  3. Yifa - Wikipedia

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    Yifa (Chinese: 依法, born 1959) is a Taiwanese lawyer, theologian, and writer who is the founder of the Woodenfish Foundation.She is a nun ordained in 1979 by Fo Guang Shan, a Buddhist organization in Taiwan.

  4. Hōjō Masako - Wikipedia

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    Buddhist nun, politician In this Japanese name , the surname is Hōjō . Hōjō Masako ( 北条 政子 , 1157 – August 16, 1225) was a Japanese politician who exercised significant power in the early years of the Kamakura period , which was reflected by her contemporary sobriquet of the "nun shogun".

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    This year, Amazon is offering deals on hundreds of books (including for Kindle), from bestsellers to viral sensations. To help with your search, we’ve identified 19 buzzy books to add to your ...

  6. Lady Nijō - Wikipedia

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    She was a concubine of Emperor Go-Fukakusa from 1271 to 1283, and later became a Buddhist nun. [1] After years of travelling, around 1304–07 she wrote a memoir, Towazugatari ("An Unasked-For Tale", commonly translated into English as The Confessions of Lady Nijō ), the work for which she is known today, and which is also the only substantial ...

  7. Tenzin Palmo - Wikipedia

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    Her life was profiled in the book Cave in the Snow by Vicki Mackenzie (ISBN 1-58234-045-5). Tenzin Palmo released a book containing some of her teachings: Reflections On A Mountain Lake: Teachings on Practical Buddhism (ISBN 1-55939-175-8). Three Teachings is a compilation of talks given by Tenzin Palmo in Singapore, in 1998.

  8. Marilyn Silverstone - Wikipedia

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    Shechen Monastery in 2016. Silverstone's conversion to Buddhist nun was said to have begun when she was a teenager suffering from the mumps. [3] She later explained that during this conventional childhood illness, she read Secret Tibet by Fosco Maraini and she said the book provided a key she long carried in her subconscious.

  9. Emma Slade - Wikipedia

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    First Western woman to become a Buddhist nun in Bhutan Emma Slade , also known as Ani Pema Deki (born 16 July 1966), is a British yoga and meditation instructor, author, and charity founder best known for becoming the first Western woman to become a Buddhist nun in Bhutan .