Karma lekshe tsomo biography

  • Karma Lekshe Tsomo (born 23 September ) is a Buddhist nun, scholar and social activist.
  • Karma Lekshe Tsomo is a Buddhist nun, scholar and social activist.
  • Karma Lekshe Tsomo, a specialist in Buddhist Studies, taught at USD from to and was designated Professor Emerita in

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    How did a Malibu beach girl who then moved to Hawaii and surfed the waves in Honolulu become the Mother of the "Daughters of the Buddha" (Sakyadhita)? Being teased as a teenager is rarely a trigger for life-changing serendipity, unless you're Karma Lekshe. Prior to ordaining as a Tibetan nun, her last name was "Zenn" and kids used to tease her -- "What are you, Zen Buddhist or something?" She didn't really understand the "insult", so she went to the library and checked out two books on it that would change her life. Little did those kids know that they were inadvertently sowing the seeds of a revolution in a year old religion -- Buddhism. Born in Delaware, raised in Hawaii by a "materialistic Dad" and a "Southern Baptist Mom", Karma Lekshefound her connection to spirituality while surfing the waves in Honolulu.

    In between a surfing competition in Japan, Karma Lekshe casually visited some local monasteries. Whil

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    Bio

    Karma Lekshe Tsomo is a professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of San Diego, where she teaches Buddhist Thought and Culture, Women in Buddhism, and Dying, Death, and Social Justice. She holds Ph.D. in Comparative Philosophy from the University of Hawai&#;i at Manoa, with research interests in women in Buddhism, death and dying, Buddhist feminist ethics, Buddhism and bioethics, religion and politics, Buddhist social ethics, and Buddhist transnationalism. She integrates scholarship and social activism through the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and Jamyang Foundation, an innovative education project for women in developing countries. Her publications include Women in Buddhist Traditions;Buddhist Feminisms and Femininities; Into the Jaws of Yama: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death; and numerous edited works on women in Buddhism. 

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    Venerable Tsomo is an inspiration to all Buddhists interested in living a socially conscious life a

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    Events with Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo

    Women in Tantric Buddhism – Self Paced Course
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    This fryst vatten the missing history of women in Tantric Buddhism. This course addresses the fascinating story of nuns, mothers, teachers, consorts, prophets, and disciples. Taught bygd scholar-practitioners whose groundbreaking research on women and Buddhism has changed the way we think of Buddhist history. This course will address the history of women in Buddhism, the history of yoginis and dakinis in India and Tibet, the stories of important Buddhist women, Buddhist philosophy on gender, sex, and sexuality, and the role of the consort in historical Tibet, and contemporary manifestations and s