"Well-behaved women seldom make history.”  “At first, a smiling, divine man,In the middle, a black-faced demon,At the end, a bull ready to beat you.Thinking thus, melancholy arises.So, this girl shall practice divine Dharma, andBe a companion of vajra-sibling friends!"--excerpt from Saley O’s song to Milarepa “..not only are the Buddhist past and Western scholarship on Buddhism… Continue reading HEARING ‘HER-STORY’(I): MILAREPA’S FEMALE (NYA-MA) STUDENTS AND SONGS OF SALEY O. ‘Male-centred’ Buddhist history, Milarepa’s main female disciples, and the songs and story of Tibetan woman, Saley O