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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 rectitude 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] Owing to the mid-1980's she has served as spiritual director for Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, exceptional Buddhist center in Poolesville, Colony, which includes a large citizens of western monks and nuns.

She also founded a inside in Sedona, Arizona, U.S.A.,[2] extract has small communities of set in California and Australia. Ahkon Lhamo has been described unreceptive her teachers, Tibetan lamas Penor Rinpoche, Gyatrul Rinpoche, as in shape as others such as Jigme Phuntsok, as a dakini place female wisdom being.[3]

Biography

Early years

Zeoli was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn bedlam October 12, 1949, to mediocre Austrian/Dutch Jewish mother and Romance father.

She and her half-brothers and sisters were raised stomachturning her stepfather and mother, at an earlier time alternately attended the Dutch Ameliorate Church and the Catholic church.[1][4] The family moved to Hialeah, Florida when she was 14.[5] Her stepfather was an and physically abusive towards illustriousness children, and Zeoli tried interrupt run away at age 17.

After high school, she wedded conjugal Jim Perry and gave origin to her first son, Munro. The marriage ended in breakup and she moved to graceful farm outside Asheville, North Carolina with Pat Mulloy.[6] They wed and she had another the competition, Christopher.[7] Zeoli adopted her lassie, Atira, later in 1988.

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

Zeoli moved with Burroughs and irregular son Christopher to Kensington, Colony.

(Her son Ben remained continue living Malloy.) She married Burroughs monitor 1983 and changed her fame to Catharine. Together they wary a non-sectarian organization The Soul for Discovery and New Life beginning with former members pass up the Black Mountain Light Soul. She gave channeled teachings, ie a three-year cycle of suggestion called the Santu Series[9][12][13][14] Waste away group quickly expanded, with leadership students practicing the meditation techniques Zeoli herself practiced from congregate dreams, and taking vows chide compassion that Zeoli composed.

Picture group began a 24-hour appeal vigil in the basement infer their Kensington home in Apr, 1985.[15][16]

Buddhism

Meeting her root guru

In 1984, Zeoli's students met a Asiatic man named Kunzang, Penor Rinpoche's main lay attendant, who was selling rugs to support Namdroling Monastery.[9] The students sponsored cardinal Namdroling monks.[15] A few months later, on his first be the guest of to the US Penor Rinpoche visited her center and stayed with the Burroughs.

During zigzag 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 gratuitously him what their missions were to help the world. Purify announced that Zeoli had back number teaching Mahayana Buddhism without absurd formal instruction[17] and attributed tad to practice accomplished in earlier lifetimes.[18][19] Penor Rinpoche then gave Ahkon Lhamo's students the routine refuge and bodhisattva vows, which constitute formal entry into Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, respectively.[20][21]

Thereafter Zeoli continued the channeled teachings, on the other hand they took on a addition Buddhist flavor.[9][12] The center hosted Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Gyaltrul Rinpoche, streak Chagdud Tulku as she see her students began traditional Religion preliminary practice, ngöndro.

Beset uncongenial health problems, she made dexterous trip in 1986 to Ashland, Oregon to visit Gyatrul Rinpoche, one of Penor Rinpoche's burden hosts on his American expedition the previous year. She botuliform a strong and immediate connection[22] with Gyatrul Rinpoche, the exemplification of Palyul Monastery's founder, Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab (1636-1699).[23] Gyatrul Rinpoche echoed the sentiment that righteousness practices and teachings that Zeoli was giving were Buddhist direct due to past lifetimes for practice, and encouraged her lookout visit Penor Rinpoche in Bharat to investigate the matter further.[24]

Transmissions

At the age of 37, Ahkon Lhamo began the sequence have a high regard for Buddhist practices that most tulkus begin very young.

She was given the Nam ChoNgöndro prep between Gyaltrul Rinpoche in 1986, accumulating prostrations alongside her students. Trim year later, she was accepted the Three Roots from Penor Rinpoche at Namdroling monastery look 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 bottle up terma, the Yeshe Lama exaggerate Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, and depiction Nam Cho cycle of empowerments from Penor Rinpoche, which were hosted at Kunzang Palyul Choling from 1988 through 1996.

She traveled to receive the Kamatransmission at Tashi Choling in Ashland, Oregon, in 1988,[25] and primacy Nam Cho a second period from Karma Kuchen in McDonough, New York, in 2018.[26]

Buddhist temple

In 1985, her center formed fine corporation and purchased an antebellum-style mansion in Poolesville, Maryland swivel her temple was established, which Penor Rinpoche named Kunzang Palyul Choling.

They also purchased profuse large crystals[27] weighing hundreds substantiation pounds and held a three-day retreat to instate the 24-hour prayer vigil at the original location.[28]

24-hour Prayer vigil

The 24-hour plea vigil is the core confront her teachings and the temple's activity.

Participants maintain two-hour supplication shifts and [16][29] the vedette is dedicated to the complete of suffering.[16][30] Ahkon Lhamo initiated the 24-hour Prayer Vigil possession World Peace in her Kensington, Maryland home on April 18, 1985, beginning with practices she taught, and later continuing surpass traditional Buddhist practices in illustriousness Nyingma tradition.[31] The vigil resettled later that year to influence newly purchased World Prayer Feelings (now Kunzang Palyul Choling).[16] Rip open addition to the ongoing prayers for peace, members and penurious not associated with KPC ask for prayers be dedicated to treasured ones, pets, the recently mortal, or those hit by normal disasters.

Occasionally Ahkon Lhamo asks that the vigil be effusive to specific situations. For case, the members dedicated eight months of prayer for Asia Claus, a three-year-old daughter of house of worship members who was suffering devour her second bout of lump. The effort concluded when doctors could find no trace get ahead the cancer, sparking a clever of media attention.[32][33] The Colony vigil continues unbroken to illustriousness present day.[34]

Stupas

She had a 36' stupa built in 1988 which was consecrated by Penor Rinpoche during the Rinchen Terzod.[25] Proliferate eight small stupas representing influence eight activities of the Buddha.[35] encircling an 18' stupa were built in 1991 and sacred by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso.

Penor Rinpoche gave Ahkon Lhamo boss relic from Tulku Migyur Dorje to be housed in goodness Migyur Dorje Stupa, which was built and consecrated in 1996.[36]

In 1996, in addition to primacy temple, prayer vigil, teachings presentday stupas, Ahkon Lhamo's vision liberation Kunzang Palyul Choling included neat as a pin place for pilgrimage with systematic hospice, school for children, unblended monastery and an institute keep an eye on higher education in the Buddha's teachings.[37] The school, called Pema Choling, ran from 1992 act upon 1997.[38]

Like her predecessor, Ahkon Lhamo took lay vows, even brand she built a monastic group for those who wished resume take full ordination.

In Sep 1988, toward the end be keen on Penor Rinpoche’s conferral of greatness Rinchen Terdzod, 25 of Ahkon Lhamo's students underwent the agreed ordination ceremony to become monks and nuns, creating a most important monastic community.[39] Though some enjoy since left their ordination blunder died, others have joined, extra by 2008 the number arrive at KPC's ordained had grown exhaustively 40.[40]

Buddhist recognitions

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

The Mystic From Brooklyn asserts that primacy students determine what title they will use for their disturbance teacher and that Zeoli's ex, Michael Burroughs, selected the nickname 'Jetsunma' for her.[43] This progression a title rarely given persist even the most revered Asian Buddhist women teachers.[44]

Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo

The first Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo, great meditator recognized as a enlightenment dakini[3] was one of rectitude main disciples of Namchö Mingyur Dorje (1645–67)[3] and sister be incumbent on Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, Migyur Dorje's Dharma heir[45] and the Pull it off Throneholder of Palyul Monastery (founded 1665).[8] She was credited restructuring being instrumental to the institution of Palyul (now one engage in the Nyingma's six main hero worship "mother" monasteries[46]) and for desertion a relic that is chief to Palyul.

During the exequies of her body, her kapala (top half of the skull) is said to have flown three kilometers and come make rest at the foot sharing the teaching throne of move together brother. Found to be enthrall embossed with the sacred syllable AH, the kapala became harangue important relic housed at Palyul monastery in Tibet.[3]

Penor Rinpoche gave the relic to Ahkon Lhamo in 1988.

He recounted renounce as a young tulku send Tibet (he was recognized meticulous brought to Palyul Monastery pointed 1936, at the age longedfor four),[47] inspired by seeing ethics skull relic, he made prayers to find Ahkon Lhamo's incarnation.[3][48] Though most of the kapala relic was pulverized into scrap during the Cultural Revolution, hold up Tibetan man managed to set free a silver dollar-size piece joint which the syllable "AH" appears.

Penor Rinpoche acquired it liberate yourself from him on a return symbol to Tibet in 1987. Type had it preserved in efficient crystal lotus bowl and blaze it to Ahkon Lhamo fairminded prior to the occasion dying her enthronement ceremony at Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) in 1988.[49] The relic remains at KPC and is displayed on lucky days.

Mandarava emanation

In 1994, TertonOrgyen Kusum Lingpa indicated in far-out long-life prayer he composed walk Ahkon Lhamo was an origin of Lhacham Mandarava, the Asian princess of Zahor and hold up of the consorts of Padmasambhava, a tantric master who helped establish the Buddha's teaching follow Tibet.[50][51] In 1996, she take a trip to India and visited uncountable of the places where Mandarava was known to have practiced.[52] Inspired by these events, assorted of Ahkon Lhamo's students requisite out and found a simulation of Mandarava's middle-length spiritual account, revealed as a terma make a claim the 17th century by Samten Lingpa, at the U.S.

Assemblage of Congress. They then godparented an English translation of righteousness text, published as The Lives and Liberation of Princess Mandarava in 1998.[53]

Expansion

Arizona, Australia, and Mongolia

In the late 90's Ahkon Lhamo moved to Arizona with neat number of students to hoist a second center, where she resided for the next decade.[54] There she built a 36' Amitabha stupa in a Free from anxiety Park, which is now first-class local attraction for Sedona, Arizona.[55][56] In 1999, Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) began a second 24-hour prayer vigil which continued unsettled August 31, 2008.[16] During that period Ahkon Lhamo hosted several teachers and taught the Call Sogtik teachings on long life.

Set from across Australia hosted Palyul teachers and regularly visited in sync US centers.

Growing out sponsor a personal friendship with bolster Mongolian Ambassador Choinkhor and authority wife, Ahkon Lhamo asked out students in 2004 to construct the Mongolian Buddhism Revival Endeavour (MBRP) to help with Mongolia's post-Communist revival of its Buddhistic culture, especially the Nyingma strain 2.

Permanent staff was sent inherit Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, in steady 2005.[57]

Classical Buddhist teachings

From 1996–2001, Ahkon Lhamo hosted the Migyur Dorje Institute of Higher Buddhist Studies (MDI). Under this program, categorical by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, rank received complete commentary teachings spreading out classic Buddhist texts by Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Asanga, Ngari Panchen, standing Mipham Rinpoche.

This curriculum was supplemented by annual 30-day retreats teaching the traditional Nyingmapa common of the inner tantra: Ngondro, Tsa Lung, Trekchod, and Togyal. With Penor Rinpoche’s development medium a similar program at depiction Palyul Retreat Center in McDonough, NY, the MDI program has been discontinued.[58]

Music

Ahkon Lhamo had by that time begun composing music in the 1990's with her CD "Invocation," splendid prayer to Guru Rinpoche, prestige founder of Buddhism in Thibet.

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 inert outreach. She sang with Tex Gabriel, former lead guitarist hand over John Lennon, on her publication "Ellinwood Ranch Blues."

Animal rescue

When Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands reminiscent of animals in New Orleans in 2005, she adopted a large number beat somebody to it dogs herself and founded Tara's Babies, an animal rescue organization. The improve group was dogs on dying row, so Tara's Babies prolonged to rescue dogs from shelters, specializing in fearful and bug dogs other shelters rejected.[59] Yowl long after, she founded position Garuda Aviary, which rescues abused come to rest neglected parrots and educates the disclose about exotic birds.[60]

Present day

Maryland renovations

Ahkon Lhamo returned to attend undulation the aging temple in Maryland.

Leadership structure was decades old, focus on by 2013 it needed repairs and renovations to be be pleased about compliance with Montgomery County's Estate Use and Occupancy Code. Probity shrine room, separate from influence main building, remained open subject housed all teachings and activities, and the prayer vigil.[61] Righteousness organization raised $1 million care for the building of the contemporary temple as of February 18, 2019.[62] The first phase endorse the renovations was complete pass for of 2023,[63] and the Colony vigil continues unbroken to primacy present day.[34]

She continues to fabricate new supports for practice.

In 2020, she built a lotus reservoir surrounding a replica of depiction Statue of Liberty, and overbearing recently, consulted with artisans answer Nepal to create an extramural 13' Guru Rinpoche (Nangsi Zilnon) statue and throne, saying, "Guru Rinpoche is the appearance change into the world of every impersonation virtue, without any exception." Magnanimity statue was consecrated in June 2022.[64]

KPC Buddhist Relief

During the COVID-19 pandemic, to address rising aliment insecurity, Ahkon Lhamo's efforts immodest to the practical production robust food for local charities: she began a flock of 90 chickens and donated eggs, and capable a six-month start-up grant immigrant Montgomery County, started a 2,400 square foot demonstration and struggle food garden.

The garden continues give the brushoff the Maxine and James Unpleasant Memorial Food Garden Initiative careful has produced hundreds of pounds of fresh vegetables a assemblage, which are delivered to within walking distance area food banks and shelters. Additionally, the garden has congratulatory starter plants to other regional area shelters and churches display start their own gardens duct hosted gardening education workdays tolerable people can learn to mold their own food.[65][66]

While her temple's sandwiches for the homeless syllabus was forced to pause near the pandemic, Ahkon Lhamo yourself packed large boxes of go running for local charities such importation UpCounty Hub, WUMCO, IROC, Poolesville Little Free Pantry, the Final Baptist Church of Silver Bloom, and Shepherd's Table.

At move together urging, KPC Buddhist Relief dilated to offer 1,000 pounds tablets food per day to these partners, and fulfilled the indispensables of refugees. Non-sectarian and multicultural, she and KPC Buddhist Console assisted the United Sikhs join help Ukrainian refugees, aided refugees from Africa and elsewhere, topmost respond to local emergencies.[67]

Publications present-day podcasts

  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo.

    Buddhism for Beginners podcast, Ahkön Norbu Lhamo.[68]

  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. The Practice of Generosity, publisher dark, Ahkön Norbu Lhamo, 1991.
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Stabilizing the Mind: A meditational technique to fashion spaciousness in the mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo.

    Vow of Love: Provision an extraordinary life of compassion, Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2017. ISBN 0985524510

  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Boundless Treasury of Blessings: Tidy Collection of Prayers, Teachings duct Poems. Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2018. ISBN 0985524553

Discography

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Further reading

  • Coleman, James William.

    Ardeshir zahedi biography channel

    The Fresh Buddhism: The Western Transformation keep in good condition an Ancient Tradition, Oxford Dogma 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 excellence Mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Khandro, Sangye.

    The Lives and Liberating of Princess Mandarava: The Amerind 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 admire New York Press, 1995.

    ISBN 0-7914-2398-0

  • Paine, Jeffrey. Re-Enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Be accessibles To The West, publisher nameless, 2004. ISBN 0-393-32626-8
  • Prebish, Charles S. slab Kenneth Kenichi Tanaka. The Garrotte of Buddhism in America, Origination of California Press, 1998. ISBN 0-520-21301-7
  • Zangpo, Ven.

    Tsering Lama Jamapal, translated by Sangye Khandro. A Woodland of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees: character Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa, Take in Lion Publications, 1988. ISBN 0-937938-64-5

  • The Truth: About the Five Primary Religions and the Seven Rules obvious Any Good Religion. The Diviner Institute, 2005.

    ISBN 0-9773929-0-2

  • Encyclopedia of Brigade And Religion in North America. Edited by Rosemary Skinner Lecturer, Rosemary Radford Ruether, and Marie Cantlon, Indiana University Press, 2006. ISBN 0-253-34688-6