Book Review: Elisabeth A. Benard’s The Sakya Jetsunmas: The Hidden World of Tibetan Female Lamas | Buddhistdoor https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/book-review-elisabeth-a-benards-the-sakya-jetsunmas-the-hidden-world-of-tibetan-female-lamas#.YJp_wxlWZ34.sinaweibo
The lives of the Tibetan Sakya jetsunmas ( ‘venerable women ’) are concealed, not by intention but simply by omission. Writing an account of a woman’s life mattered less than recording the details of a man’s life. Most Tibetans are unaware of the Sakya jetsunmas , and no scholar of Tibetan studies has written about them. This is the first book that chronicles their extraordinary lives. (9)