01258nam a22002057a 4500 OSt 20260910152211.0 260910b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d AACR2 English 294.3657092 Dyer, Alison Melnick The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön: A Woman of Power and Privilege/ Alison Melnick Dyer. Seattle : University of Washington Press, 2022. 242 pages : 1 table ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. The Tibetan Nun Mingyur Peldrön: A Woman of Power and Privilege presents the life of Mingyur Peldrön (1699–1769), a Tibetan Buddhist nun and teacher from a powerful religious family. The book examines how she used her education, social position, and religious authority to overcome challenges, including exile during civil war, and to help rebuild her religious community. It also explores women’s leadership, gender, privilege, religious authority, and the history of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the relationship between the Nyingma and Geluk traditions. Buddhist nuns Tibet Biography. Yoginis Tibet Biography. Lamas Tibet Biography. ddc BK 18959 18959 0 0 ddc 0 0 REF LCL LCL REF 2026-09-10 0 294.3657092 D988lt 2022 09387 2026-09-10 15:21:56 001 2026-09-10 REF