Biography
editTsultrim Allione was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in Bodhgaya, India by the 16th Karmapa—Rangjung Rigpe Dorje—in 1969. After more than three years living the monastic life, she made the decision to return to lay life.[1]
In 1993 she founded Tara Mandala, a community that teaches adherents Chöd meditation; she was given authorization to teach this by Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. Located near Pagosa Springs in Colorado, she offers instruction at Tara Mandala in Tantric and Dzogchen exercises. One of the unique qualities of the community is the fostering of total equality between the sexes, adhering to Allione's mission of bringing femininity to the fore of Western Buddhism.[2]
Bibliography
edit- 1984 Women of Wisdom (Routledge & Kegan Paul)
- 2008 Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict (Little, Brown and Company; release date: 2008-04-08)
Audio
edit- 2000 Buddhism in America, Vol. 1 (Sounds True)
- 2003 The Mandala of the Enlightened Feminine (Sounds True)
- 2005 Cutting Through Fear (Sounds True)
References
edit- ^ Keller, Rosemary Skinner (2006). Encyclopedia of Women and Religion in North America. Indiana University Press. pp. p. 656. ISBN 0253346851.
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