Daughters of wisdom Punam and uncommon heroes: Ann Cotton
(DVD)

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Daughters of Wisdom: In this breathtakingly beautiful film, director Bari Pearlman has crafted an intimate profile of the nuns of Kala Rongo, a rare Buddhist monastery for women high in a remote region of northeastern Tibet. Here 300 nuns pursue their rigorous but rewarding life with a joyful dedication, grateful not to be wives and mothers, eager to learn to read, write and develop a spiritual and intellectual life traditionally available only to men. In this poor and mostly illiterate society, educating women is considered a waste of good laborers; yet the thriving monastery of Kala Rongo is breaking this tradition, and quietly contributing to the empowerment of women in Tibetan Buddhist culture. ~ back cover

DVD ; All Region NTSC ; widescreen (16:9) presentation ; stereo