And as a leading Buddhist nun, did you face any difficulties in adjusting to Lumbini?

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The most recent, by a Buddhist nun, 76-year-old Jakucho Setouchi, came out in ten volumes, the final one in 1998.

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At 30, she met and married a German doctor but left him, amicably she says, to become a Buddhist nun and pursue enlightenment in India.

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Founded in 1966 by Cheng Yen, a Buddhist nun from central Taiwan, Tzu-Chi and its lotus symbol have become a reassuring sight throughout the earthquake zone.

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