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Alexandra David-Neel: One Woman's Journey from Sikkim to Forbidden Tibet
Content:	Documentary Film
Available From:	Films for the Humanities and Sciences
Media Type:	Videocassette DVD
Release Date:	1998, 1992
Audience:	Higher Education High School
Running Time:	52 min.
Physical Description:	1 videocassette (52 min.): col.; 1/2 in. 1 videodisc (51 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Author:	a film by Jeanne Mascolo de Filippis and Antoine de Maximy
Subject:	Philosophy and Religion Gender and Women's Studies
Subheading:	Buddhism Women
Region:	East Asia East/West Relations
Country:	Tibet

Documents the life of the first woman to be granted the title of Lama in Tibet, including her two years as a hermit in the Himalayas and her secret pilgrimage to the holy city of Llasa, forbidden to foreigners. In an emotional ceremony, Neel's companion in her old age returns a golden Buddha, a gift from the Dalai Lama, to a monastery in Tibet.

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