From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche (birth name Tsering Paldrön, born in 1967 in Kalimpong, India) is a female Tibetan Buddhist lama. The daughter of His Holiness the late Mindrolling Trichen. Khandro Rinpoche was, at the age of two, recognized by Rangjung Rigpe Dorje the 16th Karmapa as the re-incarnation of the Great Dakini of Tsurphu, Khandro Ugyen Tsomo, who was one of the most well known female masters of her time.[1]. Her name is in fact her title, Khandro meaning Dakini and Rinpoche being an honorific usually reserved for Tulkus (willfully incarnate lamas) which reads "precious one."
The Venerable Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche is a teacher in both the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. She speaks fluent English, Tibetan, and Hindi dialects and has completed a western education from St. Joseph's Convent, Wynberg Allen, and St. Mary's Convent, all in India. Rinpoche has been teaching in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia since 1987. She has established and heads the Samten Tse Retreat Center in Mussoorie, India, and she is resident teacher at Lotus Garden Retreat Center in Virginia, USA. She is also actively involved with the administration of Mindroling Monastery in Dehradun, India.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
- This Precious Life: Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on the Path to Enlightenment, Shambhala Publications (2003), ISBN 1590301749
[edit] References
- ^ a b Khandro Rinpoche's biography at her own web site
[edit] External links
