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Book: Power and Agency in the Lives of Contemporary Tibetan Nuns

Chapter: 5. Donning the Robes

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.44141

Blurb:

Despite the obstacles, my nun informants finally ended up becoming nuns. In general, there are two stages in the process: the act of leaving home in the process of renunciation and the act of receiving ordination. In the chapter, these two stages are discussed in the light of the interviews.

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