quoted from email sent by PMT:
Dear Friends of Poh Ming Tse Temple,
Venerable Tenzin Palmo will be coming by PMT to
do a Dharma Sharing this coming week. Below a brief introduction of
Venerable and the schedule for the program.
At the age of 20, Venerable Tenzin Palmo left her
home in London for India to pursue her spiritual path. There she
met her guru, His Eminence the 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche and became one
of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun.
In 1976, seeking more seclusion and better conditions for practice
she found a cave in the Himalayan Valley of Lahaul where she lived
for 12 years, the last three in strict retreat. In 2000, she
founded the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery to give young nuns of the
Drukpa Kagyu Lineage the opportunity to realize their intellectual
and spiritual potential.
In February 2008 Tenzin Palmo was given the rare
title of Jetsunma, which
means Venerable Master, by His Holiness the 12th Gualwang Drukpa,
Head of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage in recognition of her spiritual
achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of
female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism.
Tenzin Palmo spends most of the year at Dongyu
Gatsal Ling Nunnery and occasionaly tours to give teachings and
raise funds for the ongoing needs of the DGL nuns and Nunnery. To
find out more about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo's 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.
Date: Thursday, 13 May
2010
Time: 7.00pm to 8.30pm
Venue: Poh Ming Tse Temple
Number of students: 80
Please call 6466 0785 or email to [email protected] to
register.
Strictly by registration only
as the seats are limited and please
be present on that day. If you are unsure of your
schedule, please do not register and give the
opportunity to someone else who likes to attend.
With Metta,
Min, Lim Sin Mian
林勋慜
Program
Executive
Poh Ming Tse
Temple
Tel: 6466 0785
Fax: 6467 7810
www.pmt.org.sg