“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” “Other women merely speak of longing for Dharma She has faith from the core of the heart! Other women have faith in ornaments and decoration, She has longing for the essence of the three times, absent of good and bad. My reasoning is inferior but determination is huge!” —Yeshe Tsogyel’s… Continue reading WOMEN’S STORIES AND VOICES: YESHE TSOGYEL, SALEY-O and RECHUNGMA. International Women’s Day, March 8 2025
Tag: Girl’s Lament by Saley O
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
"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