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Ani-la [electronic resource] : the nuns from Redna Menling / Joke van de Belt ; [translation Evert van Tijn].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Dutch Publication details: Leiden : Sidestone Press, c2010.Description: 94 p. : col. ill., col. mapSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 294.36520820954 22
LOC classification:
  • BQ7984.2 .B45 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Preamble : the nuns of Redna Menling -- The Bon : a community in exile -- Reasons to profess : what makes a young women become a nun? -- The community of nuns : interaction with its surroundings -- Conclusion : the nuns of Redna Menling.
Summary: "This pioneering study vividly portrays the nuns of the Redna Menling monastery in Dolanji (India), the headquarter of the Bön religion in exile. It focuses on the developments of the Bön in exile, the specific context in witch Bön nuns live and how the monastic tradition takes shape. It provides interesting insights into the monastic community in exile, the historic context of the Bön religion as well as the personal motives to become a nun"--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94).

Preamble : the nuns of Redna Menling -- The Bon : a community in exile -- Reasons to profess : what makes a young women become a nun? -- The community of nuns : interaction with its surroundings -- Conclusion : the nuns of Redna Menling.

"This pioneering study vividly portrays the nuns of the Redna Menling monastery in Dolanji (India), the headquarter of the Bön religion in exile. It focuses on the developments of the Bön in exile, the specific context in witch Bön nuns live and how the monastic tradition takes shape. It provides interesting insights into the monastic community in exile, the historic context of the Bön religion as well as the personal motives to become a nun"--Publisher's website.

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