Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 ...
Pema Chödrön (པདྨ་ཆོས་སྒྲོན། padma chos sgron “lotus dharma lamp”; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism [1] and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.
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]
Thubten Chodron, an American Tibetan Buddhist nun and a central figure in reinstating the Bhikshuni Thubten Choekyi Nyima, 9th Panchen Lama (1883–1937), the 9th Panchen Lama of Tibet Thubten Gyatso (Australian monk) , one of the first Westerners to become a monk in the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism
An American Gelug bhiksuni, Thubten Chodron, is the founder and abbess of Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western bhiksunis (fully ordained female monastics) and bhikkus (fully ordained male monastics) in the United States. [70]
Lojong (Tibetan: བློ་སྦྱོང་, Wylie: blo sbyong, 'mind training') is a contemplative practice in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition which makes use of various lists of aphorisms or slogans which are used for contemplative practice. [1] The practice involves refining and purifying one's motivations and attitudes.
Sravasti Abbey is the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery for Western monks and nuns in the U.S., established in Washington State by Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron in 2003. It is situated on 300 acres of forest and meadows, 11 miles (18 km) outside of Newport, Washington, near the Idaho state line.