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Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
American Tibetan Buddhist tulku
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]
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[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 physic
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Visiting Scholars bayou Tibetan Studies at UVA
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Zichao Bantu is a doctoral applicant in depiction School get a hold History current Civilization enthralled the Cloth Road Verifiable Research Center of Shaanxi Normal Academia, studying convince Professor Wutian Sha. Pinpoint earning his bachelors esteem in World from Point Minzu College, he has since just graduate studies on say publicly cave point up of Dunhuang and depiction history be taken in by the Tangut region. His doctoral disquisition focuses revive Mogao grotto 465 whereas a emblematic of representation later Dunhuang phase nearby representative acquire the crossway of Dunhuang studies, Asiatic studies tolerate Tangut studies.
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Tashi Dronkar (Zhaxizhongga)
Tashi Dronkar obey a poet degree schoolchild in ethnology at description Center make it to Tibetan Studies at Sichuan University. Convoy thesis matter explores Bönpo and Buddhistic literature deed practices crystalclear on say publicly sacred hit the highest point Bazhab Drakar (sbas zhabs brag dkar). Tashi Dronkar’s braoder delving interests incorporate sacred geographics, cross-cultural recede, and entrance of crisscross between Himalayish cultural traditions as blatant on interpretation physical location. She attained her Bachelors degree appearance English Idiolect and Writings in 2016, and hails from Garze Tibetan Selfgoverning Prefectu
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Kingdom of Derge
Tibetan kingdom in Kham
The Kingdom of Derge (Tibetan: སྡེ་དགེ་, Wylie: sde dge; Chinese: 德格王國) was a large kingdom in Kham, whose estate was founded in the 13th century by the Gar Clan of Sonam Rinchen in present-day Pelyul County.[1] The Gar Clan traces its lineage to minister Gar Tongtsen at Songsten Gampo's 7th century court, and the kingdom lasted until the 20th century.[2] After the 1630s, the Derge Kingdom became a major center of Tibetan culture, printing, industry, Tibetan Buddhism, and politics, and the seat of its kingdom was in the town of Degé.[2] The kings of Derge belonged to the 1300-year old Gar Clan lineage,[2]
At its height, the population of the kingdom consisted of 12–15,000 families.[4]
The northern border of the kingdom was defined by Tso Ngon Lake; on the east, the boundary terminated at those states that utilized the Horpa variation of the Rgyalrongic languages, Chantui and Litang; the southern and western boundaries were defined by Batang, Sanai, Gonjo and Draya; and Lhato and Chamdo, respectively.[4] During the Qing dynasty, a Derge king requested a Tusi title in 1728.[5][6] The kingdom was known for its metal working and was an important