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In alphabetical order:
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
Thubten Chodron graduated from UCLA, taught elementary school,
and pursued graduate courses in Education. In 1975, she began
practicing Buddhism with Ven. Zopa Rinpoche and later with
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche. In 1977, she received sramanerika
ordination and in 1986, bhikshuni ordination. She studied
and worked as spiritual director at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa
in Italy and Dorje Pamo Monastery in France, and was the resident
teacher at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore. She currently
teaches at Dharma Friendship Foundation in Seattle, USA, and
in 2002 will begin a monastery in the USA, Sravasti Abbey
at Liberation Park, with Santikaro Bhikkhu. Her books include
Open Heart, Clear Mind; Working
with Anger, and Buddhism
for Beginners.
Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron
Sravasti Abbey at Liberation Park
P.O. Box 50373
Bellevue WA 98015-0373
Info@liberationpark.org
Bhikshu Thich Nhat
Hanh
Born in central Vietnam in the mid-1920's, he became a monk
at the age of 16. When war came to his country, he and his
fellow monks faced the difficult choice of remaining in monastic
isolation or entering society in order to help war victims.
They chose both-to meditate while helping victims of the war.
Thich Nhat Hanh founded the School of Youth for Social Service,
which engaged 30,000 young people working with war victims
and helping rebuild the countryside. In 1966, he toured the
U.S. to speak out against the war and was nominated by Dr.
Martin Luther King for the Nobel Peace Prize. In the 1970's
he served as Chairman of the Vietnamese Buddhist Peace Delegation
in Paris. Today Thich Nhat Hanh heads Plum Village, a community
of meditators and activists in southern France.
Bhikshu Thich Nhat Hanh
Plum Village
Meyrac
47120 Loubes-Bernac, France
Bhikshu Tenzin Josh
From England, Tenzin Josh ordained several years ago in the
Tibetan tradition. He has spent some time living in Theravada
monasteries in Thailand. He currently studies at the Institute
of Buddhist Dialectics in Dharamsala, India.
Bhikshu Tenzin Josh
School of Buddhist Dialectics
McLeod Ganj, Upper Dharamsala
Dist. Kangra, H.P. 176219, India
tjosh@vsnl.com
Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho
Japanese-American, Tenzin Kacho was raised in an Asian-American
environment in Hawaii and experienced the blending of many
different cultures, religions, and traditions. She was first
introduced to Tibetan Buddhism in 1971 in Hawaii and in 1975
she went to India for a year to further her studies. As a
single mother, she raised a daughter, and when her daughter
was grown, Tenzin Kacho took sramanerika ordination in 1985.
She studied with Geshe Tsultrim Gyaltsen and was president
of Thubten Dhargye Ling Buddhist Center in Los Angeles. In
1994 she took bhikshuni ordination in the Vietnamese tradition.
She lives alternately in the U.S. at various Dharma centers
and in Dharamsala at Geden Choling Nunnery.
Bhikshuni Tenzin Kacho
506 W. Taylor #2
Colorado Springs CO 80907
USA
Tenzinkacho@juno.com
His Holiness the Dalai
Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is the spiritual
and temporal leader of the Tibetan people. Born to a peasant
family, he was recognized at the age of two as the reincarnation
of the XIII Dalai Lama. His Holiness has traveled extensively,
speaking on such subjects as universal responsibility, love,
kindness, and compassion, and his books have been published
in a variety of Western languages. His Holiness was awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Tegchen Choling
McLeod Ganj, Upper Dharamsala
Dist. Kangra, H.P. 176219, India
Bhikshu Gendun Rinpoche
Born in Tibet, Gendun Rinpoche studied and did retreat for
many years before fleeing to India after the Chinese takeover
of Tibet. He received the full Kagyu lineage transmission
from the Karmapa and did ten years of retreat in Kalimpong,
India. In 1975, the Karmapa sent Gendun Rinpoche to establish
his European headquarters at Dhagpo Kagyu Ling in France.
He lived there for ten years and traveled to teach at other
European Dharma centers. He then went to Le Bost, France,
where he is now abbot of Kundreul Ling, a monastery and retreat
center.
Bhikshu Gendun Rinpoche
Kundreul Ling
Le Bost, B.P. 1
F-63640 Biollet, France
Upasaka Guy Rom
Guy Rom was born in Israel and became interested in Buddhism
while visiting India and Nepal in the early 1990s. His principal
teacher is Lati Rinpoche, and he has studied and practiced
in Dharamsala as well as South India for several years.
Guy Rom
c/o Dalia Hochman
64 Hadar St.
Omer 84965, Israel
guyrom@hotmail.com
Luminary Temple
A monastery and Buddhist institute established by Bhikshuni
Master Wu Yin, the Luminary Temple has approximately 100 nuns
who study, teach, and practice the Dharma in the temple's
various branches in Taiwan.
Luminary Temple
49-1 Nei-pu, Chu-chi
Chia-I County 60406, Taiwan
Xianguan@gaya.org.tw
Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe
Tsomo
Lekshe Tsomo received her M.A. in Asian Studies from the
University of Hawaii in 1971. She studied for five years at
the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives and several years
at the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics, both in Dharamsala.
In 1977, she received sramanerika ordination and in 1982 bhikshuni
ordination. She established Jamyang Choling Nunnery in Dharamsala,
is a founding member of Sakyadhita and is currently completing
her Ph.D. thesis at the University of Hawaii.
Bhikshuni Lekshe Tsomo
Theology Religious Studies
University of San Diego
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego CA 92110-2492,
USA
ktsomo@acusd.edu
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