Vicki Mackenzie Guides

Freedom Fighter | An Excerpt from The Revolutionary Life of Freda Bedi

British Feminist, Indian Nationalist, Buddhist Nun She was the first Western woman to become a Tibetan Buddhist nun—but that pioneering ordination was really just one in a life full of revolutionary acts. Freda Bedi (1911–1977) broke the rules of gender, race, and religion—in many cases before it was thought that the rules were ready to [...]