Dekyi, Who Left Home

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Baimanazhen · China Tibetology Research Center

Jue Liang · Case Western Reserve University

Andrew S. Taylor · College of St. Scholastica

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Abstract “Dekyi, Who Left Home” relates the friendship between the Tibetan writer Baimanazhen and the Buddhist nun Dekyi, who lives in a small nunnery outside Lhasa. Their relationship and understanding of Buddhism undergo a number of challenges and breakthroughs as they negotiate the tension between traditional Tibetan culture and the transformations of modern life.

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Indian and Buddhist Studies China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations South Asian Studies and Conflicts

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Published in: Religion and the Arts

Volume 30, Issue 1-2, pp. 182-190

DOI: 10.1163/15685292-03001007

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