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Freda Bedi, born in 1911 in England, lived a “big” life. She attended Oxford University, where she met and married Baba Pyare Lal Bedi, who was the sixteenth direct descendant of Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion. They moved…
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In early May, 20 nuns sat at Geden Choeling Nunnery for a fourth and final round of examinations for the Geshema degree, including two nuns from Khachoe Ghakyil Ling (Kopan Nunnery) – Vens. Namdrol Phuntsok and Jangchub Gyalmo. According to…
In early May, The Yogini Project released “Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: On Becoming The First Geshema,” a video interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo. In the short interview, Geshe Wangmo – whose early contact with FPMT center Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala,…
Tibetan Nuns Project recently announced on its website the results of the third round of geshe exams for women (sometimes referred to as “geshe-ma exams”) that took place May 1-12, 2015 at Jangchub Choeling Nunnery in southern India. Two of…
On March 7, The Tibetan Wellness & Healing Center in Daly City, California and FPMT center Tse Chen Ling in San Francisco, organized and hosted the second annual workshop with Menpa (Doctor) Yangdron Kalzang on Tibetan medicine for women. In…
TAKING CARE January-March 2013 In June-July 2012, FPMT student Dr. Mary Wellhoner, an OB-GYN based in Reno, Nevada, U.S., and Marlies Bosch founder of the Dutch Foundation for Ladakhi Nuns visited Ladakh and Zanskar in India to distribute copies of…
TAKING CARE January-March 2013 By Mary Wellhoner, MD, MPH and Marlies Bosch Supported by the progressive policies of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, advanced Buddhist education for girls and women in Asia is taking a foothold…
NEPAL: ‘The Most Holy Place in the World’ January-March 2013 Ven. Jangchub Gyalmo is from Tumeli in Tsum, Nepal. She came to Kopan Nunnery in 1992 when she was 18 years old. Ven. Namdrol Phuntsok left her home in Pembo,…
April 1988 By Jampa Chodron When Shakyamuni Buddha laid out the vinaya (code of conduct governing monks and nuns) he also set up the pratimoksha vows (the vows of individual liberation) that precisely define the boundaries of acceptable behavior that…
April-June 2012 KALACHAKRA 2012 By Mary Wellhoner, MD, MPH A year-long effort to assist with health education for Buddhist nuns has culminated with distribution at the Kalachakra initiation in Bodhgaya of approximately 3,000 women’s health books in Tibetan to nuns…
November-December 1999 As president of the Tibetan Women’s Association, Rinchen Khadro was the inspiration and energy behind many of the social welfare projects to help the Tibetan refugee community in India. She organized the setting up of day-care centers, the…
ASK A LAMA October-November 2007 Featuring Venerable Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche Venerable Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche is the daughter of His Holiness Mindrolling Trichen who is head of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. She was recognized at the age of two…