The Life and Legacy of the Tibetan Saint Sonam Peldren
by
Suzanne M. Bessenger
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Echoes of Enlightenment explores the issues of gender and sainthood raised by the recently discovered "liberation story" of the fourteenth-century Tibetan female Buddhist practitioner Sönam Peldren. Born in 1328, Sönam Peldren spent most of her adult life as a nomad in eastern Tibet until her death...