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Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo

April 12, 2024

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo (born October 12, 1949; born Alyce Louise Zeoli) is a tulku within the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She gained international attention when she, a Western woman, was enthroned as a reincarnated lama.[1] Since the mid-1980's she has served as spiritual director for Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, a Buddhist center in Poolesville, Maryland, which includes a large community of western monks and nuns. She also founded a center in Sedona, Arizona, U.S.A.,[2] and has small communities of students in California and Australia. Ahkon Lhamo has been described by her teachers, Tibetan lamas Penor Rinpoche, Gyatrul Rinpoche, as well as others such as Jigme Phuntsok, as a dakini or female wisdom being.[3]

Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
1988 Enthronement With Dakini Crown
Personal
Born
Alyce Louise Zeoli

(1949-10-12) October 12, 1949 (age 74)
Brooklyn, New York
ReligionTibetan Buddhism
NationalityAmerican
SchoolVajrayana Nyingma
LineagePalyul
Other namesCatharine Burroughs
OccupationLama
Senior posting
TeacherHH Drubwang Pedma Norbu Rinpoche
Based inPoolesville, Maryland
ReincarnationGenyenma Ahkon Lhamo
Websitehttp://tara.org

Biography edit

Early years edit

Zeoli was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn on October 12, 1949, to an Austrian/Dutch Jewish mother and Italian father. She and her half-brothers and sisters were raised by her stepfather and mother, and alternately attended the Dutch Reform Church and the Catholic church.[1][4] The family moved to Hialeah, Florida when she was 14.[5] Her stepfather was an alcoholic and physically abusive towards the children, and Zeoli tried to run away at age 17. After high school, she married Jim Perry and gave birth to her first son, Ben. The marriage ended in divorce and she moved to a farm outside Asheville, North Carolina with Pat Mulloy.[6] They married and she had another son, Christopher.[7] Zeoli adopted her daughter, Atira, later in 1988.

Based on a series of instructive dreams that started at age 19, Zeoli began a meditation practice, later identified as chod by Penor Rinpoche, culminating in a spiritual experience at age 30.[8] She studied with a New Age teacher named Jim Gore and led classes at the Black Mountain Light Center in North Carolina.[9][10] In 1980, she met Michael Burroughs, a graduate student in religions at the University of Virginia and separated from Malloy in 1981.[11]

Zeoli moved with Burroughs and her son Christopher to Kensington, Maryland. (Her son Ben remained with Malloy.) She married Burroughs in 1983 and changed her name to Catharine. Together they formed a non-sectarian organization The Center for Discovery and New Life beginning with former members from the Black Mountain Light Center. She gave channeled teachings, specifically a three-year cycle of teachings called the Santu Series[9][12][13][14] Her group quickly expanded, with the students practicing the meditation techniques Zeoli herself practiced from her dreams, and taking vows of compassion that Zeoli composed. The group began a 24-hour prayer vigil in the basement of their Kensington home in April, 1985.[15][16]

Buddhism edit

Meeting her root guru edit

In 1984, Zeoli's students met a Tibetan man named Kunzang, Penor Rinpoche's main lay attendant, who was selling rugs to support Namdroling Monastery.[9] The students sponsored seventy Namdroling monks.[15] A few months later, on his first visit to the US Penor Rinpoche visited her center and stayed with the Burroughs. During that week, he interviewed Ahkon Lhamo's students, as well as Ahkon Lhamo herself, about what was being taught and what they were practicing.[17] The students asked him what their missions were to help the world. He announced that Zeoli had been teaching Mahayana Buddhism without any formal instruction[17] and attributed it to practice accomplished in previous lifetimes.[18][19] Penor Rinpoche then gave Ahkon Lhamo's students the traditional refuge and bodhisattva vows, which constitute formal entry into Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism, respectively.[20][21]

Thereafter Zeoli continued the channeled teachings, but they took on a more Buddhist flavor.[9][12] The center hosted Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Gyaltrul Rinpoche, and Chagdud Tulku as she and her students began traditional Buddhist preliminary practice, ngöndro. Beset by health problems, she made a trip in 1986 to Ashland, Oregon to visit Gyatrul Rinpoche, one of Penor Rinpoche's other hosts on his American tour the previous year. She formed a strong and immediate connection[22] with Gyatrul Rinpoche, the incarnation of Palyul Monastery's founder, Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab (1636-1699).[23] Gyatrul Rinpoche echoed the sentiment that the practices and teachings that Zeoli was giving were Buddhist and due to past lifetimes of practice, and encouraged her to visit Penor Rinpoche in India to investigate the matter further.[24]

Transmissions edit

At the age of 37, Ahkon Lhamo began the sequence of Buddhist practices that most tulkus begin very young. She was given the Nam Cho Ngöndro by Gyaltrul Rinpoche in 1986, accumulating prostrations alongside her students. A year later, she was given the Three Roots from Penor Rinpoche at Namdroling monastery in India.

She received the Rinchen Terzod from Penor Rinpoche, Nam Cho Tsa Lung from Gyaltrul Rinpoche, Nyingthik Yabshi and Ratna Lingpa from Yangthang Rinpoche, Jigmed Phuntsok's Gurkukma Vajrakilaya and other terma, the Yeshe Lama from Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, and the Nam Cho cycle of empowerments from Penor Rinpoche, which were hosted at Kunzang Palyul Choling from 1988 through 1996. She traveled to receive the Kama transmission at Tashi Choling in Ashland, Oregon, in 1988,[25] and the Nam Cho a second time from Karma Kuchen in McDonough, New York, in 2018.[26]

Buddhist temple edit

In 1985, her center formed a corporation and purchased an antebellum-style mansion in Poolesville, Maryland where her temple was established, which Penor Rinpoche named Kunzang Palyul Choling. They also purchased numerous large crystals[27] weighing hundreds of pounds and held a three-day retreat to instate the 24-hour prayer vigil at the new location.[28]

24-hour Prayer vigil edit

The 24-hour prayer vigil is the core of her teachings and the temple's activity. Participants maintain two-hour prayer shifts and [16][29] the vigil is dedicated to the end of suffering.[16][30] Ahkon Lhamo initiated the 24-hour Prayer Vigil for World Peace in her Kensington, Maryland home on April 18, 1985, beginning with practices she taught, and later continuing with traditional Buddhist practices in the Nyingma tradition.[31] The vigil relocated later that year to the newly purchased World Prayer Center (now Kunzang Palyul Choling).[16] In addition to the ongoing prayers for peace, members and individuals not associated with KPC request prayers be dedicated to loved ones, pets, the recently deceased, or those hit by natural disasters. Occasionally Ahkon Lhamo asks that the vigil be dedicated to specific situations. For example, the members dedicated eight months of prayer for Asia Claus, a three-year-old daughter of temple members who was suffering from her second bout of cancer. The effort concluded when doctors could find no trace of the cancer, sparking a round of media attention.[32][33] The Maryland vigil continues unbroken to the present day.[34]

Stupas edit

She had a 36' stupa built in 1988 which was consecrated by Penor Rinpoche during the Rinchen Terzod.[25] Then eight small stupas representing the eight activities of the Buddha.[35] encircling an 18' stupa were built in 1991 and consecrated by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso. Penor Rinpoche gave Ahkon Lhamo a relic from Tulku Migyur Dorje to be housed in the Migyur Dorje Stupa, which was built and consecrated in 1996.[36]

In 1996, in addition to the temple, prayer vigil, teachings and stupas, Ahkon Lhamo's vision for Kunzang Palyul Choling included a place for pilgrimage with a hospice, school for children, a monastery and an institute for higher education in the Buddha's teachings.[37] The school, called Pema Choling, ran from 1992 to 1997.[38]

Monastic community edit

Like her predecessor, Ahkon Lhamo took lay vows, even as she built a monastic community for those who wished to take full ordination. In September 1988, toward the end of Penor Rinpoche’s conferral of the Rinchen Terdzod, 25 of Ahkon Lhamo's students underwent the traditional ordination ceremony to become monks and nuns, creating a large monastic community.[39] Though some have since left their ordination or died, others have joined, and by 2008 the number of KPC's ordained had grown to 40.[40]

Buddhist recognitions edit

The Third Drubwang Padma Norbu ("Penor") Rinpoche, 11th Throneholder of Palyul Monastery, former Supreme Head of the Nyingma tradition,[41] officially recognized Ahkon Lhamo in 1987 as the tulku of Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo during her visit to his Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India.[42]

The Buddha From Brooklyn asserts that the students determine what title they will use for their own teacher and that Zeoli's ex-husband, Michael Burroughs, selected the title 'Jetsunma' for her.[43] This is a title rarely given to even the most revered Tibetan Buddhist women teachers.[44]

Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo edit

The first Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo, a meditator recognized as a wisdom dakini[3] was one of the main disciples of Namchö Mingyur Dorje (1645–67)[3] and sister of Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, Migyur Dorje's Dharma heir[45] and the First Throneholder of Palyul Monastery (founded 1665).[8] She was credited as being instrumental to the founding of Palyul (now one of the Nyingma's six main or "mother" monasteries[46]) and for leaving a relic that is important to Palyul. During the cremation of her body, her kapala (top half of the skull) is said to have flown three kilometers and come to rest at the foot of the teaching throne of her brother. Found to be miraculously embossed with the sacred syllable AH, the kapala became an important relic housed at Palyul monastery in Tibet.[3]

Penor Rinpoche gave the relic to Ahkon Lhamo in 1988. He recounted that as a young tulku in Tibet (he was recognized and brought to Palyul Monastery in 1936, at the age of four),[47] inspired by seeing the skull relic, he made prayers to find Ahkon Lhamo's incarnation.[3][48] Though most of the kapala relic was pulverized into dust during the Cultural Revolution, one Tibetan man managed to save a silver dollar-size piece on which the syllable "AH" appears. Penor Rinpoche acquired it from him on a return trip to Tibet in 1987. He had it preserved in a crystal lotus bowl and presented it to Ahkon Lhamo just prior to the occasion of her enthronement ceremony at Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) in 1988.[49] The relic remains at KPC and is displayed on auspicious days.

Mandarava emanation edit

In 1994, Terton Orgyen Kusum Lingpa indicated in a long-life prayer he composed that Ahkon Lhamo was an emanation of Lhacham Mandarava, the Indian princess of Zahor and one of the consorts of Padmasambhava, a tantric master who helped establish the Buddha's teaching in Tibet.[50][51] In 1996, she traveled to India and visited many of the places where Mandarava was known to have practiced.[52] Inspired by these events, several of Ahkon Lhamo's students sought out and found a copy of Mandarava's middle-length spiritual biography, revealed as a terma in the 17th century by Samten Lingpa, at the U.S. Library of Congress. They then sponsored an English translation of the text, published as The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava in 1998.[53]

Expansion edit

Arizona, Australia, and Mongolia edit

In the late 90's Ahkon Lhamo moved to Arizona with a number of students to start a second center, where she resided for the next decade.[54] There she built a 36' Amitabha stupa in a Peace Park, which is now a local attraction for Sedona, Arizona.[55][56] In 1999, Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) began a second 24-hour prayer vigil which continued until August 31, 2008.[16] During this period Ahkon Lhamo hosted various teachers and taught the Chime Sogtik teachings on long life. Students from across Australia hosted Palyul teachers and regularly visited her US centers.

Growing out of a personal friendship with then Mongolian Ambassador Choinkhor and his wife, Ahkon Lhamo asked her students in 2004 to create the Mongolian Buddhism Revival Project (MBRP) to help with Mongolia's post-Communist revival of its Buddhist culture, especially the Nyingma lineage. Permanent staff was sent to Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, in early 2005.[57]

Classical Buddhist teachings edit

From 1996–2001, Ahkon Lhamo hosted the Migyur Dorje Institute of Higher Buddhist Studies (MDI). Under this program, taught by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, students received complete commentary teachings on classic Buddhist texts by Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Asanga, Ngari Panchen, and Mipham Rinpoche. This curriculum was supplemented by annual 30-day retreats teaching the traditional Nyingmapa sequence of the inner tantra: Ngondro, Tsa Lung, Trekchod, and Togyal. With Penor Rinpoche’s development of a similar program at the Palyul Retreat Center in McDonough, NY, the MDI program has been discontinued.[58]

Music edit

Ahkon Lhamo had already begun composing music in the 1990's with her CD "Invocation," a prayer to Guru Rinpoche, the founder of Buddhism in Tibet. In Sedona, she experimented and combined mantra, Tibetan instruments, and popular musical styles on her albums "Revolution of Compassion," "Delog," and "Trilogy" as a form of passive outreach. She sang with Tex Gabriel, former lead guitarist for John Lennon, on her album "Ellinwood Ranch Blues."

Animal rescue edit

When Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands of animals in New Orleans in 2005, she adopted a large number of dogs herself and founded Tara's Babies, an animal rescue organization. The target group was dogs on death row, so Tara's Babies continued to rescue dogs from shelters, specializing in fearful and other dogs other shelters rejected.[59] Not long after, she founded the Garuda Aviary, which rescues abused and neglected parrots and educates the public about exotic birds.[60]

Present day edit

Maryland renovations edit

Ahkon Lhamo returned to attend to the aging temple in Maryland. The structure was decades old, and by 2013 it needed repairs and renovations to be in compliance with Montgomery County's Building Use and Occupancy Code. The shrine room, separate from the main building, remained open and housed all teachings and activities, and the prayer vigil.[61] The organization raised $1 million for the building of the new temple as of February 18, 2019.[62] The first phase of the renovations was complete as of 2023,[63] and the Maryland vigil continues unbroken to the present day.[34]

She continues to build new supports for practice. In 2020, she built a lotus pond surrounding a replica of the Statue of Liberty, and most recently, consulted with artisans in Nepal to create an outdoor 13' Guru Rinpoche (Nangsi Zilnon) statue and throne, saying, "Guru Rinpoche is the appearance in the world of every conceivable virtue, without any exception." The statue was consecrated in June 2022.[64]

Charitable works edit

During the COVID-19 pandemic, to address rising food insecurity, Ahkon Lhamo's efforts turned to the practical production of food for local charities: she began a flock of 90 chickens and donated eggs, and with a six-month start-up grant from Montgomery County, started a 2,400 square foot demonstration and production food garden. The garden continues through the Maxine and James Cable Memorial Food Garden Initiative and has produced hundreds of pounds of fresh vegetables a year, which are delivered to local area food banks and shelters. Additionally, the garden has donated starter plants to other local area shelters and churches to start their own gardens and hosted gardening education workdays so people can learn to grow their own food.[65]

Publications and podcasts edit

  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Buddhism for Beginners podcast, Ahkön Norbu Lhamo.[66]
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. The Practice of Generosity, publisher unknown, Ahkön Norbu Lhamo, 1991.
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Stabilizing the Mind: A meditational technique to develop spaciousness in the mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Vow of Love: Living an extraordinary life of compassion, Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2017. ISBN 0985524510
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Boundless Treasury of Blessings: A Collection of Prayers, Teachings and Poems. Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2018. ISBN 0985524553

Discography edit

  • Invocation (cassette). Sky Dancer. 1992.[67]
  • Revolution of Compassion (CD). CD Baby. 2007.[citation needed]{{
  • Delog (CD). CD Baby. 2007.[citation needed]
  • Ellinwood Ranch Blues (CD). CD Baby. 2008.[68]

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b Stevens, William K. (1988-10-26). "U.S. Woman Is Named Reborn Buddhist Saint". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  2. ^ Kunzang Palyul Chöling
  3. ^ a b c d e Zangpo, Ven. Tsering Lama Jampal. A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa, Snow Lion Publications, pg 186
  4. ^ Mackenzie, pg 59
  5. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 40
  6. ^ Mackenzie, Reborn in the West, p. 61
  7. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 38-44
  8. ^ Mackenzie, Reborn in the West, p. 61-5
  9. ^ a b c d Blythe, pg 111 [dubious – discuss]
  10. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 44
  11. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 49
  12. ^ a b Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 54
  13. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 91
  14. ^ Pico Iyer, "The Price of Faith," Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2000, pg 81
  15. ^ a b Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 55
  16. ^ a b c d e Rasicot, Julie (2005-09-08). "For 20 Years, an Unbroken Chain of Prayer". Washington Post. p. GZ05. Retrieved 2008-07-28.
  17. ^ a b Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 57
  18. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 57-8
  19. ^ Mackenzie, Reborn in the West, p. 72
  20. ^ What is Enlightenment magazine, Fall-Winter 1999
  21. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 58
  22. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 107
  23. ^ Ven. Gyatrul Rinpoche 2008-12-29 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 107-8
  25. ^ a b "Rinchen Terzod Empowerments and More from Penor Rinpoche". Snow Lion. 1988.
  26. ^ "Schedule of Wangs". Palyul Retreat Center. 2018.
  27. ^ . Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2008-04-03.
  28. ^ Nyingma.com. Kunzang Palyul Chöling 2020-10-14 at the Wayback Machine, Feb 16, 2007
  29. ^ Iyer, pg 84
  30. ^ Sherrill, Martha. "Tough Town, Sad Times. So Why Are These People Smiling?" The Washington Post, May 17, 1995
  31. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 363-4
  32. ^ Hansen, Nate. "All she wants for Christmas is life" Red Rock News, December 16, 2005
  33. ^ Hansen, Nate. "'Pilar' of life, Asia Claus recovers from cancer" Red Rock News, June 2, 2006
  34. ^ a b Hirsch, Arthur. "World unrest fuels Buddhist vigil" Baltimore Sun, June 21, 2004
  35. ^ Mackenzie, pg 86
  36. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 122-8
  37. ^ Mackenzie, pg 87
  38. ^ "Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia". tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2024-03-01.
  39. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 66, 142-45, 158-66
  40. ^ Pico Iyer, "The Price of Faith," Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2000
  41. ^ Sherrill. The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 7
  42. ^ "American-born Woman Tulku Enthroned," Vajradhatu Sun, October/November 1988
  43. ^ Sherrill, Martha (2000). The Buddha From Brooklyn. University of Virginia: Random House. pp. 149–51. ISBN 9780679452751.
  44. ^ Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America, Indiana University Press
  45. ^ Zangpo. A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa, pg 62
  46. ^ Zangpo. A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa, pg 9
  47. ^ Zangpo. A Garland of Immortal Wish-fulfilling Trees: The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa, pg 121
  48. ^ Sherrill. The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 135
  49. ^ Mackenzie, Vicki. "Reborn in the West" Marlowe & Company 1996 1st ed, pg 76
  50. ^ Sherrill, Martha. "The Buddha from Poolesville," Washington Post, Apr 16, 2000
  51. ^ Johnson, Allie. "Trouble in Shangri-La," Kansas City - News, Apr 22, 2004
  52. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 313
  53. ^ Chonam, Lama and Khandro, Sangye. "The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava, The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava" Wisdom Publications 1998, Translator's Preface, pg x
  54. ^ Rowe, Eleanor. "Gyaltrul Rinpoche to Teach at KPC in Sedona, Arizona" "Snow Lion", 2001, pg 5
  55. ^ Ahmed, Ameema. "Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park," "Arizona Highways", Arizona Department of Transportation, State of Arizona, 2022
  56. ^ "KPC Ceremonies To Dedicate Stupa" Red Rock News, July 14, 2004
  57. ^ . Way Back Machine. Archived from the original on 2008-10-07. Retrieved 24 December 2018.
  58. ^ Sherrill, The Buddha From Brooklyn, pg 336-7
  59. ^ Hudson, Alan R., "Rim County Gazette", Sept. 9, 2010
  60. ^ Blitz, Matt. "Pretty Bird, Pretty Big Responsibility. What It’s Like To Care For Parrots In Washington." WAMU, Mar 14, 2019
  61. ^ "Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Poolesville Closes for Renovations". Patch. 3 April 2013. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  62. ^ "KPC Capital Campaign". Tara.org. Retrieved February 26, 2019.[permanent dead link]
  63. ^ "Tidbits: KPC Treating Its Own Wastewater" Monocacy Monacle, page 8, April 28, 2023
  64. ^ Zhu, Christine. "Buddhist temple in Poolesville unveils new statue" Bethesda Magazine, June 15, 2022.
  65. ^ "KPC Buddhist Temple Grows Food to Share and Teaches Other to Do So" Monocacy Monacle, page 8, September 24, 2021
  66. ^ "Buddhism for Beginners". Apple Podcasts. 7 March 2023.
  67. ^ Invocation at Discogs
  68. ^ Ellinwood Ranch Blues at Discogs

References edit

  • Brace, Eric. "Limelight," Washington Post, Feb 23, 1992
  • Blythe, Will. "Bad Karma," Mirabella Magazine, 1998.
  • Cohen, Andrew. "What's the Relationship Between Emptiness and Beautiful Nails?", What is Enlightenment Magazine, Fall/Winter 1990
  • Iyer, Pico. "The Price of Faith," Tricycle: The Buddhist Review, Summer 2000.
  • MacKenzie, Vicki. Reborn in the West. Da Capo Press, 1996, ISBN 0-7225-3443-4
  • Oldenburg, Dan. "The Unexpected Incarnation," The Washington Post, Sep 26, 1988
  • Sherrill, Martha. The Buddha from Brooklyn, Random House 2000, ISBN 0-679-45275-3
  • Sherrill, Martha. "The Buddha from Poolesville," Washington Post, Apr 16, 2000
  • Sherrill, Martha. "Tough Town, Sad Times. So Why Are These People Smiling?" The Washington Post, May 17, 1995
  • Sherrill, Martha. "Where the Lamas Let Their Hair Down Peace, Love & Squirting Cameras At a Joyful Buddhist Barbecue," Washington Post, Jun 5, 1995
  • Sherrill, Martha. "Women of the Year," Ms Magazine, January/February 1989 Vol. XVII Nos. 7 & 8.
  • Zhu, Christine. "Buddhist temple in Poolesville unveils new statue," Bethesda Magazine, June 15, 2022.

Further reading edit

  • Coleman, James William. The New Buddhism: The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition, Oxford University Press, 2002. ISBN 0-19-515241-7
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. The Practice of Generosity, publisher unknown, Ahkön Norbu Lhamo, 1991.
  • Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo. Stabilizing the Mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Khandro, Sangye. The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava: The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava, Wisdom Publications, 1998. ISBN 0-86171-144-0; ISBN 978-0-86171-144-4
  • Morreale, Don. The Complete Guide to Buddhist America, Shambhala, 1998. ISBN 1-57062-270-1
  • Miller, Timothy. America's Alternative Religions, State University of New York Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2398-0
  • Paine, Jeffrey. Re-Enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Comes To The West, publisher unknown, 2004. ISBN 0-393-32626-8
  • Prebish, Charles S. and Kenneth Kenichi Tanaka. The Faces of Buddhism in America, University of California Press, 1998. ISBN 0-520-21301-7
  • Zangpo, Ven. Tsering Lama Jamapal, translated by Sangye Khandro. A Garden of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees: the Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa, Snow Lion Publications, 1988. ISBN 0-937938-64-5
  • The Truth: About the Five Primary Religions and the Seven Rules of Any Good Religion. The Oracle Institute, 2005. ISBN 0-9773929-0-2
  • Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America. Edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Marie Cantlon, Indiana University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-253-34688-6

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The neutrality of this article is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please do not remove this message until conditions to do so are met December 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo born October 12 1949 born Alyce Louise Zeoli is a tulku within the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism She gained international attention when she a Western woman was enthroned as a reincarnated lama 1 Since the mid 1980 s she has served as spiritual director for Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling a Buddhist center in Poolesville Maryland which includes a large community of western monks and nuns She also founded a center in Sedona Arizona U S A 2 and has small communities of students in California and Australia Ahkon Lhamo has been described by her teachers Tibetan lamas Penor Rinpoche Gyatrul Rinpoche as well as others such as Jigme Phuntsok as a dakini or female wisdom being 3 Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo1988 Enthronement With Dakini CrownPersonalBornAlyce Louise Zeoli 1949 10 12 October 12 1949 age 74 Brooklyn New YorkReligionTibetan BuddhismNationalityAmericanSchoolVajrayana NyingmaLineagePalyulOther namesCatharine BurroughsOccupationLamaSenior postingTeacherHH Drubwang Pedma Norbu RinpocheBased inPoolesville MarylandReincarnationGenyenma Ahkon LhamoWebsitehttp tara org Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early years 2 Buddhism 2 1 Meeting her root guru 2 2 Transmissions 2 3 Buddhist temple 2 3 1 24 hour Prayer vigil 2 3 2 Stupas 2 3 3 Monastic community 3 Buddhist recognitions 3 1 Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo 3 2 Mandarava emanation 4 Expansion 4 1 Arizona Australia and Mongolia 4 2 Classical Buddhist teachings 4 3 Music 4 4 Animal rescue 5 Present day 5 1 Maryland renovations 5 2 Charitable works 6 Publications and podcasts 7 Discography 8 See also 9 Footnotes 10 References 11 Further readingBiography editEarly years edit Zeoli was born in Canarsie Brooklyn on October 12 1949 to an Austrian Dutch Jewish mother and Italian father She and her half brothers and sisters were raised by her stepfather and mother and alternately attended the Dutch Reform Church and the Catholic church 1 4 The family moved to Hialeah Florida when she was 14 5 Her stepfather was an alcoholic and physically abusive towards the children and Zeoli tried to run away at age 17 After high school she married Jim Perry and gave birth to her first son Ben The marriage ended in divorce and she moved to a farm outside Asheville North Carolina with Pat Mulloy 6 They married and she had another son Christopher 7 Zeoli adopted her daughter Atira later in 1988 Based on a series of instructive dreams that started at age 19 Zeoli began a meditation practice later identified as chod by Penor Rinpoche culminating in a spiritual experience at age 30 8 She studied with a New Age teacher named Jim Gore and led classes at the Black Mountain Light Center in North Carolina 9 10 In 1980 she met Michael Burroughs a graduate student in religions at the University of Virginia and separated from Malloy in 1981 11 Zeoli moved with Burroughs and her son Christopher to Kensington Maryland Her son Ben remained with Malloy She married Burroughs in 1983 and changed her name to Catharine Together they formed a non sectarian organization The Center for Discovery and New Life beginning with former members from the Black Mountain Light Center She gave channeled teachings specifically a three year cycle of teachings called the Santu Series 9 12 13 14 Her group quickly expanded with the students practicing the meditation techniques Zeoli herself practiced from her dreams and taking vows of compassion that Zeoli composed The group began a 24 hour prayer vigil in the basement of their Kensington home in April 1985 15 16 Buddhism editMeeting her root guru edit In 1984 Zeoli s students met a Tibetan man named Kunzang Penor Rinpoche s main lay attendant who was selling rugs to support Namdroling Monastery 9 The students sponsored seventy Namdroling monks 15 A few months later on his first visit to the US Penor Rinpoche visited her center and stayed with the Burroughs During that week he interviewed Ahkon Lhamo s students as well as Ahkon Lhamo herself about what was being taught and what they were practicing 17 The students asked him what their missions were to help the world He announced that Zeoli had been teaching Mahayana Buddhism without any formal instruction 17 and attributed it to practice accomplished in previous lifetimes 18 19 Penor Rinpoche then gave Ahkon Lhamo s students the traditional refuge and bodhisattva vows which constitute formal entry into Hinayana and Mahayana Buddhism respectively 20 21 Thereafter Zeoli continued the channeled teachings but they took on a more Buddhist flavor 9 12 The center hosted Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Gyaltrul Rinpoche and Chagdud Tulku as she and her students began traditional Buddhist preliminary practice ngondro Beset by health problems she made a trip in 1986 to Ashland Oregon to visit Gyatrul Rinpoche one of Penor Rinpoche s other hosts on his American tour the previous year She formed a strong and immediate connection 22 with Gyatrul Rinpoche the incarnation of Palyul Monastery s founder Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab 1636 1699 23 Gyatrul Rinpoche echoed the sentiment that the practices and teachings that Zeoli was giving were Buddhist and due to past lifetimes of practice and encouraged her to visit Penor Rinpoche in India to investigate the matter further 24 Transmissions edit At the age of 37 Ahkon Lhamo began the sequence of Buddhist practices that most tulkus begin very young She was given the Nam Cho Ngondro by Gyaltrul Rinpoche in 1986 accumulating prostrations alongside her students A year later she was given the Three Roots from Penor Rinpoche at Namdroling monastery in India She received the Rinchen Terzod from Penor Rinpoche Nam Cho Tsa Lung from Gyaltrul Rinpoche Nyingthik Yabshi and Ratna Lingpa from Yangthang Rinpoche Jigmed Phuntsok s Gurkukma Vajrakilaya and other terma the Yeshe Lama from Orgyen Kusum Lingpa and the Nam Cho cycle of empowerments from Penor Rinpoche which were hosted at Kunzang Palyul Choling from 1988 through 1996 She traveled to receive the Kama transmission at Tashi Choling in Ashland Oregon in 1988 25 and the Nam Cho a second time from Karma Kuchen in McDonough New York in 2018 26 Buddhist temple edit In 1985 her center formed a corporation and purchased an antebellum style mansion in Poolesville Maryland where her temple was established which Penor Rinpoche named Kunzang Palyul Choling They also purchased numerous large crystals 27 weighing hundreds of pounds and held a three day retreat to instate the 24 hour prayer vigil at the new location 28 24 hour Prayer vigil edit The 24 hour prayer vigil is the core of her teachings and the temple s activity Participants maintain two hour prayer shifts and 16 29 the vigil is dedicated to the end of suffering 16 30 Ahkon Lhamo initiated the 24 hour Prayer Vigil for World Peace in her Kensington Maryland home on April 18 1985 beginning with practices she taught and later continuing with traditional Buddhist practices in the Nyingma tradition 31 The vigil relocated later that year to the newly purchased World Prayer Center now Kunzang Palyul Choling 16 In addition to the ongoing prayers for peace members and individuals not associated with KPC request prayers be dedicated to loved ones pets the recently deceased or those hit by natural disasters Occasionally Ahkon Lhamo asks that the vigil be dedicated to specific situations For example the members dedicated eight months of prayer for Asia Claus a three year old daughter of temple members who was suffering from her second bout of cancer The effort concluded when doctors could find no trace of the cancer sparking a round of media attention 32 33 The Maryland vigil continues unbroken to the present day 34 Stupas edit She had a 36 stupa built in 1988 which was consecrated by Penor Rinpoche during the Rinchen Terzod 25 Then eight small stupas representing the eight activities of the Buddha 35 encircling an 18 stupa were built in 1991 and consecrated by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Penor Rinpoche gave Ahkon Lhamo a relic from Tulku Migyur Dorje to be housed in the Migyur Dorje Stupa which was built and consecrated in 1996 36 In 1996 in addition to the temple prayer vigil teachings and stupas Ahkon Lhamo s vision for Kunzang Palyul Choling included a place for pilgrimage with a hospice school for children a monastery and an institute for higher education in the Buddha s teachings 37 The school called Pema Choling ran from 1992 to 1997 38 Monastic community edit Like her predecessor Ahkon Lhamo took lay vows even as she built a monastic community for those who wished to take full ordination In September 1988 toward the end of Penor Rinpoche s conferral of the Rinchen Terdzod 25 of Ahkon Lhamo s students underwent the traditional ordination ceremony to become monks and nuns creating a large monastic community 39 Though some have since left their ordination or died others have joined and by 2008 the number of KPC s ordained had grown to 40 40 Buddhist recognitions editThe Third Drubwang Padma Norbu Penor Rinpoche 11th Throneholder of Palyul Monastery former Supreme Head of the Nyingma tradition 41 officially recognized Ahkon Lhamo in 1987 as the tulku of Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo during her visit to his Namdroling Monastery in Bylakuppe Karnataka India 42 The Buddha From Brooklyn asserts that the students determine what title they will use for their own teacher and that Zeoli s ex husband Michael Burroughs selected the title Jetsunma for her 43 This is a title rarely given to even the most revered Tibetan Buddhist women teachers 44 Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo edit The first Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo a meditator recognized as a wisdom dakini 3 was one of the main disciples of Namcho Mingyur Dorje 1645 67 3 and sister of Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab Migyur Dorje s Dharma heir 45 and the First Throneholder of Palyul Monastery founded 1665 8 She was credited as being instrumental to the founding of Palyul now one of the Nyingma s six main or mother monasteries 46 and for leaving a relic that is important to Palyul During the cremation of her body her kapala top half of the skull is said to have flown three kilometers and come to rest at the foot of the teaching throne of her brother Found to be miraculously embossed with the sacred syllable AH the kapala became an important relic housed at Palyul monastery in Tibet 3 Penor Rinpoche gave the relic to Ahkon Lhamo in 1988 He recounted that as a young tulku in Tibet he was recognized and brought to Palyul Monastery in 1936 at the age of four 47 inspired by seeing the skull relic he made prayers to find Ahkon Lhamo s incarnation 3 48 Though most of the kapala relic was pulverized into dust during the Cultural Revolution one Tibetan man managed to save a silver dollar size piece on which the syllable AH appears Penor Rinpoche acquired it from him on a return trip to Tibet in 1987 He had it preserved in a crystal lotus bowl and presented it to Ahkon Lhamo just prior to the occasion of her enthronement ceremony at Kunzang Palyul Choling KPC in 1988 49 The relic remains at KPC and is displayed on auspicious days Mandarava emanation edit In 1994 Terton Orgyen Kusum Lingpa indicated in a long life prayer he composed that Ahkon Lhamo was an emanation of Lhacham Mandarava the Indian princess of Zahor and one of the consorts of Padmasambhava a tantric master who helped establish the Buddha s teaching in Tibet 50 51 In 1996 she traveled to India and visited many of the places where Mandarava was known to have practiced 52 Inspired by these events several of Ahkon Lhamo s students sought out and found a copy of Mandarava s middle length spiritual biography revealed as a terma in the 17th century by Samten Lingpa at the U S Library of Congress They then sponsored an English translation of the text published as The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava in 1998 53 Expansion editArizona Australia and Mongolia edit In the late 90 s Ahkon Lhamo moved to Arizona with a number of students to start a second center where she resided for the next decade 54 There she built a 36 Amitabha stupa in a Peace Park which is now a local attraction for Sedona Arizona 55 56 In 1999 Kunzang Palyul Choling KPC began a second 24 hour prayer vigil which continued until August 31 2008 16 During this period Ahkon Lhamo hosted various teachers and taught the Chime Sogtik teachings on long life Students from across Australia hosted Palyul teachers and regularly visited her US centers Growing out of a personal friendship with then Mongolian Ambassador Choinkhor and his wife Ahkon Lhamo asked her students in 2004 to create the Mongolian Buddhism Revival Project MBRP to help with Mongolia s post Communist revival of its Buddhist culture especially the Nyingma lineage Permanent staff was sent to Mongolia s capital Ulaanbaatar in early 2005 57 Classical Buddhist teachings edit From 1996 2001 Ahkon Lhamo hosted the Migyur Dorje Institute of Higher Buddhist Studies MDI Under this program taught by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso students received complete commentary teachings on classic Buddhist texts by Shantideva Chandrakirti Asanga Ngari Panchen and Mipham Rinpoche This curriculum was supplemented by annual 30 day retreats teaching the traditional Nyingmapa sequence of the inner tantra Ngondro Tsa Lung Trekchod and Togyal With Penor Rinpoche s development of a similar program at the Palyul Retreat Center in McDonough NY the MDI program has been discontinued 58 Music edit Ahkon Lhamo had already begun composing music in the 1990 s with her CD Invocation a prayer to Guru Rinpoche the founder of Buddhism in Tibet In Sedona she experimented and combined mantra Tibetan instruments and popular musical styles on her albums Revolution of Compassion Delog and Trilogy as a form of passive outreach She sang with Tex Gabriel former lead guitarist for John Lennon on her album Ellinwood Ranch Blues Animal rescue edit When Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands of animals in New Orleans in 2005 she adopted a large number of dogs herself and founded Tara s Babies an animal rescue organization The target group was dogs on death row so Tara s Babies continued to rescue dogs from shelters specializing in fearful and other dogs other shelters rejected 59 Not long after she founded the Garuda Aviary which rescues abused and neglected parrots and educates the public about exotic birds 60 Present day editMaryland renovations edit Ahkon Lhamo returned to attend to the aging temple in Maryland The structure was decades old and by 2013 it needed repairs and renovations to be in compliance with Montgomery County s Building Use and Occupancy Code The shrine room separate from the main building remained open and housed all teachings and activities and the prayer vigil 61 The organization raised 1 million for the building of the new temple as of February 18 2019 62 The first phase of the renovations was complete as of 2023 63 and the Maryland vigil continues unbroken to the present day 34 She continues to build new supports for practice In 2020 she built a lotus pond surrounding a replica of the Statue of Liberty and most recently consulted with artisans in Nepal to create an outdoor 13 Guru Rinpoche Nangsi Zilnon statue and throne saying Guru Rinpoche is the appearance in the world of every conceivable virtue without any exception The statue was consecrated in June 2022 64 Charitable works edit During the COVID 19 pandemic to address rising food insecurity Ahkon Lhamo s efforts turned to the practical production of food for local charities she began a flock of 90 chickens and donated eggs and with a six month start up grant from Montgomery County started a 2 400 square foot demonstration and production food garden The garden continues through the Maxine and James Cable Memorial Food Garden Initiative and has produced hundreds of pounds of fresh vegetables a year which are delivered to local area food banks and shelters Additionally the garden has donated starter plants to other local area shelters and churches to start their own gardens and hosted gardening education workdays so people can learn to grow their own food 65 Publications and podcasts editJetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo Buddhism for Beginners podcast Ahkon Norbu Lhamo 66 Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo The Practice of Generosity publisher unknown Ahkon Norbu Lhamo 1991 Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo Stabilizing the Mind A meditational technique to develop spaciousness in the mind Palyul Press 2005 ISBN 1 4116 6102 8 Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo Vow of Love Living an extraordinary life of compassion Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling 2017 ISBN 0985524510 Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo Boundless Treasury of Blessings A Collection of Prayers Teachings and Poems Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling 2018 ISBN 0985524553Discography editInvocation cassette Sky Dancer 1992 67 Revolution of Compassion CD CD Baby 2007 citation needed Delog CD CD Baby 2007 citation needed Ellinwood Ranch Blues CD CD Baby 2008 68 See also editNgagmo Vajrayogini YidamFootnotes edit a b Stevens William K 1988 10 26 U S Woman Is Named Reborn Buddhist Saint New York Times Retrieved 2008 07 26 Kunzang Palyul Choling a b c d e Zangpo Ven Tsering Lama Jampal A Garland of Immortal Wish fulfilling Trees The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa Snow Lion Publications pg 186 Mackenzie pg 59 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 40 Mackenzie Reborn in the West p 61 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 38 44 Mackenzie Reborn in the West p 61 5 a b c d Blythe pg 111 dubious discuss Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 44 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 49 a b Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 54 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 91 Pico Iyer The Price of Faith Tricycle The Buddhist Review Summer 2000 pg 81 a b Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 55 a b c d e Rasicot Julie 2005 09 08 For 20 Years an Unbroken Chain of Prayer Washington Post p GZ05 Retrieved 2008 07 28 a b Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 57 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 57 8 Mackenzie Reborn in the West p 72 What is Enlightenment magazine Fall Winter 1999 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 58 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 107 Ven Gyatrul Rinpoche Archived 2008 12 29 at the Wayback Machine Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 107 8 a b Rinchen Terzod Empowerments and More from Penor Rinpoche Snow Lion 1988 Schedule of Wangs Palyul Retreat Center 2018 Crystals at Ahkon Lhamo s center in Maryland Archived from the original on 2016 03 03 Retrieved 2008 04 03 Nyingma com Kunzang Palyul Choling Archived 2020 10 14 at the Wayback Machine Feb 16 2007 Iyer pg 84 Sherrill Martha Tough Town Sad Times So Why Are These People Smiling The Washington Post May 17 1995 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 363 4 Hansen Nate All she wants for Christmas is life Red Rock News December 16 2005 Hansen Nate Pilar of life Asia Claus recovers from cancer Red Rock News June 2 2006 a b Hirsch Arthur World unrest fuels Buddhist vigil Baltimore Sun June 21 2004 Mackenzie pg 86 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 122 8 Mackenzie pg 87 Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia com Retrieved 2024 03 01 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 66 142 45 158 66 Pico Iyer The Price of Faith Tricycle The Buddhist Review Summer 2000 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 7 American born Woman Tulku Enthroned Vajradhatu Sun October November 1988 Sherrill Martha 2000 The Buddha From Brooklyn University of Virginia Random House pp 149 51 ISBN 9780679452751 Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America Indiana University Press Zangpo A Garland of Immortal Wish fulfilling Trees The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa pg 62 Zangpo A Garland of Immortal Wish fulfilling Trees The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa pg 9 Zangpo A Garland of Immortal Wish fulfilling Trees The Palyul Tradition of the Nyingmapa pg 121 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 135 Mackenzie Vicki Reborn in the West Marlowe amp Company 1996 1st ed pg 76 Sherrill Martha The Buddha from Poolesville Washington Post Apr 16 2000 Johnson Allie Trouble in Shangri La Kansas City News Apr 22 2004 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 313 Chonam Lama and Khandro Sangye The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava Wisdom Publications 1998 Translator s Preface pg x Rowe Eleanor Gyaltrul Rinpoche to Teach at KPC in Sedona Arizona Snow Lion 2001 pg 5 Ahmed Ameema Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park Arizona Highways Arizona Department of Transportation State of Arizona 2022 KPC Ceremonies To Dedicate Stupa Red Rock News July 14 2004 Sedona Buddhists Send Monk to Mongolia Way Back Machine Archived from the original on 2008 10 07 Retrieved 24 December 2018 Sherrill The Buddha From Brooklyn pg 336 7 Hudson Alan R Rim County Gazette Sept 9 2010 Blitz Matt Pretty Bird Pretty Big Responsibility What It s Like To Care For Parrots In Washington WAMU Mar 14 2019 Tibetan Buddhist Temple in Poolesville Closes for Renovations Patch 3 April 2013 Retrieved 23 February 2019 KPC Capital Campaign Tara org Retrieved February 26 2019 permanent dead link Tidbits KPC Treating Its Own Wastewater Monocacy Monacle page 8 April 28 2023 Zhu Christine Buddhist temple in Poolesville unveils new statue Bethesda Magazine June 15 2022 KPC Buddhist Temple Grows Food to Share and Teaches Other to Do So Monocacy Monacle page 8 September 24 2021 Buddhism for Beginners Apple Podcasts 7 March 2023 Invocation at Discogs Ellinwood Ranch Blues at DiscogsReferences editBrace Eric Limelight Washington Post Feb 23 1992 Blythe Will Bad Karma Mirabella Magazine 1998 Cohen Andrew What s the Relationship Between Emptiness and Beautiful Nails What is Enlightenment Magazine Fall Winter 1990 Iyer Pico The Price of Faith Tricycle The Buddhist Review Summer 2000 MacKenzie Vicki Reborn in the West Da Capo Press 1996 ISBN 0 7225 3443 4 Oldenburg Dan The Unexpected Incarnation The Washington Post Sep 26 1988 Sherrill Martha The Buddha from Brooklyn Random House 2000 ISBN 0 679 45275 3 Sherrill Martha The Buddha from Poolesville Washington Post Apr 16 2000 Sherrill Martha Tough Town Sad Times So Why Are These People Smiling The Washington Post May 17 1995 Sherrill Martha Where the Lamas Let Their Hair Down Peace Love amp Squirting Cameras At a Joyful Buddhist Barbecue Washington Post Jun 5 1995 Sherrill Martha Women of the Year Ms Magazine January February 1989 Vol XVII Nos 7 amp 8 Zhu Christine Buddhist temple in Poolesville unveils new statue Bethesda Magazine June 15 2022 Further reading editColeman James William The New Buddhism The Western Transformation of an Ancient Tradition Oxford University Press 2002 ISBN 0 19 515241 7 Jetsunma Ahkon Norbu Lhamo The Practice of Generosity publisher unknown Ahkon Norbu Lhamo 1991 Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo Stabilizing the Mind Palyul Press 2005 ISBN 1 4116 6102 8 Khandro Sangye The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava The Indian Consort of Padmasambhava Wisdom Publications 1998 ISBN 0 86171 144 0 ISBN 978 0 86171 144 4 Morreale Don The Complete Guide to Buddhist America Shambhala 1998 ISBN 1 57062 270 1 Miller Timothy America s Alternative Religions State University of New York Press 1995 ISBN 0 7914 2398 0 Paine Jeffrey Re Enchantment Tibetan Buddhism Comes To The West publisher unknown 2004 ISBN 0 393 32626 8 Prebish Charles S and Kenneth Kenichi Tanaka The Faces of Buddhism in America University of California Press 1998 ISBN 0 520 21301 7 Zangpo Ven Tsering Lama Jamapal translated by Sangye Khandro A Garden of Immortal Wish Fulfilling Trees the Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa Snow Lion Publications 1988 ISBN 0 937938 64 5 The Truth About the Five Primary Religions and the Seven Rules of Any Good Religion The Oracle Institute 2005 ISBN 0 9773929 0 2 Encyclopedia of Women And Religion in North America Edited by Rosemary Skinner Keller Rosemary Radford Ruether and Marie Cantlon Indiana University Press 2006 ISBN 0 253 34688 6 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo amp oldid 1217322181, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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