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Phoolko Aankhama (Nepali: फूलको आँखामा) is an autobiography by singer and writer Ani Choying Dolma. [1] It was published on April 21, 2008. Ani Choying Dolma is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin.
Ani Choying Drolma (born 4 June 1972), also known as Choying Dolma and Ani Choying (Ani, "nun", is an honorific), is a Nepalese Buddhist nun of Tibetan origin and musician from the Nagi Gompa nunnery in Nepal. She is known in Nepal and throughout the world for bringing many Tibetan Buddhist chants and feast songs to mainstream audiences. She is ...
Jakucho Setouchi [n 1] (15 May 1922 – 9 November 2021; born Harumi Mitani), [n 2] formerly known as Harumi Setouchi, [n 3] [1] was a Japanese Buddhist nun, writer, and activist. Setouchi wrote a best-selling translation of The Tale of Genji and over 400 fictional biographical and historical novels.
Safeguarding the Heart: A Buddhist Response to Suffering and September 11 [8] The Origins of Buddhist Monastic Codes in China: An Annotated Translation and Study of the Chanyuan Qinggui [ 9 ] Yifa has also co-authored Benedict's Dharma: Buddhists Reflect On the Role of St. Benedict , along with Norman Fischer , Joseph Goldstein , Judith Simmer ...
Merle Kodo Boyd (1944–2022) was an American Zen Buddhist nun. She was the first African-American woman to receive Dharma transmission in Zen Buddhism, as a Dharma heir of Wendy Egyoku Nakao in the White Plum Asanga. [1]
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.
Buddhist texts relate that Uppalavanna attained enlightenment less than two weeks after ordaining as a bhikkhuni. [1] [5] Shortly after becoming a nun it was Uppalavanna's turn to prepare the observance hall. While the other nuns were out, she lit a lamp and started sweeping the hall in accordance with her duties.
Szczepanski, Beth (2012). The Instrumental Music of Wutaishan's Buddhist Monasteries: Social and Ritual Contexts.Ashgate Publishing. p. 150. ISBN 9781409495239. "Pop sensation Li Na became a Buddhist nun in 1997, purportedly as a result of a traumatic romantic breakup, and immediately thereafter released a hugely popular CD of Buddhist chant.