Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Questions & Answers (Online)

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March 4, 2025 @ 3:00 pm (IST)

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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo was born in England in 1943, sailed to India in 1964 to pursue her spiritual path and soon after met her guru and became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun.

From the age of 33 to 45 she lived for 12 years in a remote Himalayan Cave, developing the profound store of wisdom and compassion that she expresses in her teachings.

Her retreat ended in 1988 and after 24 years in India, she returned to Europe to stay with friends in Assisi, Italy. There she rediscovered her western roots and started to accept requests to teach.

For the last 20 years Jetsunma has focused on establishing Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery. Today, DGL is fully completed and provides educational and spiritual instruction to over 100 nuns.

In 2008, Tenzin Palmo was given the rare title of Jetsunma, which means Venerable Master, by His Holiness Gyalwang Drukpa, in recognition of her spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism.

To find out more about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s truly remarkable life, read Vicki Mackenzie’s biography Cave in the Snow published by Bloomsbury, and see the Cave in the Snow DVD directed by Liz Thompson and narrated by Rachel Ward.

A brief biography and more information on Jetsunma’s work is available on her website.

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