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Thubten Chodron (德林 — De Lin), born Cheryl Greene, is an American Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States. [2] Chodron is a central figure in the reinstatement of the Bhikshuni (Tib. Gelongma ...
Griffitharia thibetica (康藏花楸), [1] the Tibetan whitebeam, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to south western China and the Himalayas. Growing to 20 m (66 ft) tall by 15 m (49 ft) broad, it is a substantial deciduous tree. Like other whitebeams, the undersides of the leaves are white, giving a dramatic effect ...
Clerodendrum paniculatum, [3] the pagoda flower, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Clerodendrum and family Lamiaceae.It is native to tropical Asia and Papuasia (southern China including Taiwan, Indochina, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Borneo, Sulawesi, Sumatra, Philippines, Bismarck Archipelago), Fiji, and French Polynesia.
Achi Chökyi Drölma (Wylie: a phyi chos kyi sgrol ma) is the Dharma Protector (Dharmapāla) of the Drikung Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.Achi Chokyi Drolma is the grandmother of Jigten Sumgön, the founder of Drikung Kagyu.
Sravasti Abbey, the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for Western nuns and monks in the U.S., was established in Washington State by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron in 2003. Whilst practicing in the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, Sravasti Abbey monastics ordain in the Dharmaguptaka Vinaya. [1]
A. Abies chensiensis; Abies delavayi; Abies densa; Abies forrestii; Abies pindrow; Abies spectabilis; Abies squamata; Acer acuminatum; Acer oligocarpum; Acer sikkimense
Close-up of a C. quadriloculare flower. The following description is based on the one by Yuan et alii (2010) and applies to only the monophyletic circumscription of Clerodendrum. [2] Clerodendrum is a genus of small trees, shrubs, lianas, and subherbaceous perennials. Leaves decussate or whorled, never spiny as in some close relatives.
To see a fully awakened person, a Buddha, is so rare that it is like seeing an udumbara flower. In the Tu Hieu Monastery in Hue, there is a scroll which says: "The udumbara flower, although fallen from the stem, is still fragrant." Just as the fragrance of the udumbara flower cannot be destroyed, our capacity for enlightenment is always present.