Tsadra Foundation and the Buddhist Digital Resource Center
出版地
US [美國]
資料類型
期刊論文=Journal Article
使用語言
英文=English
關鍵詞
Tsedrön Kyi; Buddhist nuns; translation; contemporary Tibetan literature; Tibetan women; Tibetan women writers; social critique
摘要
In the novella “Lonely Soul” (ཁེར་རྐྱང་གི་རྣམ་ཤེས།), Tsedrön Kyi (ཚེ་སྒྲོན་སྐྱིད།) chronicles the everyday life of a Tibetan nun and her companions at retreat hermitages and on pilgrimage. This is a meandering tale, narrated in episodic fashion, much like the lives of the nuns themselves who wander from place to place eking out a subsistence without institutional support or ample patronage. A leading Tibetan woman writer today, Tsedrön Kyi is brilliant at portraying the banality and humor of everyday predicaments that beset renunciants, as well as the passing observations of human failings and the resulting disappointment of the nun Salé Drölma, who is both protagonist and narrator. To analyze this novella, we draw from Sianne Ngai’s work, Ugly Feelings, regarding the aesthetic evocation of dysphoric affect, as well as conversations with Tsedrön Kyi about the marginalization of Buddhist nuns in Tibetan society. This essay introduces “Lonely Soul” and discusses its narrative style, affective contours, and poignant depiction of the liminality of Buddhist nuns in Tibet, followed by a translation of its first two chapters.
Abstract 45 Tibetan Women Writers Today 46 The Banality of Nun’s Lives 49 Liminality and Tibetan Nuns 51 Dysphoric Affect in “Lonely Soul” 54 The Human and Nonhuman World of Retreat 56 Conclusion 58 Lonely Soul, by Tsedrön Kyi, Translated by Somtso Bhum 59 Chapter One: Miracles at Dzokchen Hermitage 59 1. My Retreat Partner 59 2. The Versatile Jangchup Drölma 59 3. Since Traphap Arrived 61 4. The Tall and Dark Nomad Woman 62 5. A Fragment of Impermanence 63 6. These Worldly Human Beings 64 Chapter Two: Life in Padma Dzong 65 1. Travel Companion by Karma 65 2. The Devout People 67 3. All Kinds of Discursive Thoughts 67 4. An Irrevocable Disaster 69 5. Companion in Joy and Sorrow 69 Bibliography 71 Tibetan Language Works 71 English Language Works 71
