Tag: Tibet
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Ani Pachen – Brave Tibetan Buddhist nun and warrior
Ani Pachen wanted to spend her life in simplicity and quiet contemplation in a Buddhist monastery in Tibet. Instead, she became a resistance fighter against the Chinese invaders in the 1950s,…
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Alexandra David-Neel – Tibetan Pilgrim, Scholar, and Rebel
If you wanted Alexandra David-Neel to do something, all you had to do was tell her she couldn’t do it. At 5 years old, she ran away from home, scratched…
