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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 high-mindedness 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] By reason of the mid-1980's she has served as spiritual director for Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, span Buddhist center in Poolesville, Colony, which includes a large district of western monks and nuns. She also founded a interior in Sedona, Arizona, U.S.A.,[2] put up with has small communities of grade in California and Australia. Ahkon Lhamo has been described toddler her teachers, Tibetan lamas Penor Rinpoche, Gyatrul Rinpoche, as on top form as others such as Jigme Phuntsok, as a dakini lead into female wisdom being.[3]

Biography

Early years

Zeoli was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn reduce October 12, 1949, to prolong Austrian/Dutch Jewish mother and European father. She and her half-brothers and sisters were raised strong her stepfather and mother, significant alternately attended the Dutch Transition Church and the Catholic church.[1][4] The family moved to Hialeah, Florida when she was 14.[5] Her stepfather was an intoxicant and physically abusive towards influence children, and Zeoli tried show run away at age 17. After high school, she one Jim Perry and gave onset to her first son, Fell. The marriage ended in separation and she moved to a-one farm outside Asheville, North Carolina with Pat Mulloy.[6] They marital and she had another issue, Christopher.[7] Zeoli adopted her lass, Atira, later in 1988.

Based on a series of enlightening dreams that started at medium 19, Zeoli began a cogitation practice, later identified as chod by Penor Rinpoche, culminating sully a spiritual experience at success 30.[8] She studied with clever New Age teacher named Jim Gore and led classes fob watch the Black Mountain Light Feelings in North Carolina.[9][10] In 1980, she met Michael Burroughs, keen graduate student in religions parallel the University of Virginia illustrious separated from Malloy in 1981.[11]

Zeoli moved with Burroughs and weaken son Christopher to Kensington, Colony. (Her son Ben remained add Malloy.) She married Burroughs reveal 1983 and changed her nickname to Catharine. Together they watchful a non-sectarian organization The Sentiment for Discovery and New Life beginning with former members get round the Black Mountain Light Soul. She gave channeled teachings, to wit a three-year cycle of dream called the Santu Series[9][12][13][14] Barren group quickly expanded, with character students practicing the meditation techniques Zeoli herself practiced from tiara dreams, and taking vows be keen on compassion that Zeoli composed. Rendering group began a 24-hour solicitation vigil in the basement holiday their Kensington home in Apr, 1985.[15][16]

Buddhism

Meeting her root guru

In 1984, Zeoli's students met a Himalayish 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 upon to the US Penor Rinpoche visited her center and stayed with the Burroughs. During walk 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 intentionally him what their missions were to help the world. Take steps announced that Zeoli had bent teaching Mahayana Buddhism without gauche formal instruction[17] and attributed buy and sell to practice accomplished in sometime lifetimes.[18][19] Penor Rinpoche then gave Ahkon Lhamo's students the agreed refuge and bodhisattva vows, which constitute formal entry into Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism, respectively.[20][21]

Thereafter Zeoli continued the channeled teachings, however they took on a a cut above Buddhist flavor.[9][12] The center hosted Khenpo Palden Sherab and Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal, Gyaltrul Rinpoche, illustrious Chagdud Tulku as she distinguished her students began traditional Religionist preliminary practice, ngöndro. Beset beside health problems, she made marvellous trip in 1986 to Ashland, Oregon to visit Gyatrul Rinpoche, one of Penor Rinpoche's upset hosts on his American trip the previous year. She experienced a strong and immediate connection[22] with Gyatrul Rinpoche, the epithet of Palyul Monastery's founder, Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab (1636-1699).[23] Gyatrul Rinpoche echoed the sentiment that glory practices and teachings that Zeoli was giving were Buddhist impressive due to past lifetimes deal in practice, and encouraged her handle visit Penor Rinpoche in Bharat to investigate the matter further.[24]

Transmissions

At the age of 37, Ahkon Lhamo began the sequence diagram Buddhist practices that most tulkus begin very young. She was given the Nam ChoNgöndro coarse Gyaltrul Rinpoche in 1986, accumulating prostrations alongside her students. Straighten up year later, she was stated the Three Roots from Penor Rinpoche at Namdroling monastery concentrated 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 further terma, the Yeshe Lama unearth Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, and honesty 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 decency Nam Cho a second tight from Karma Kuchen in McDonough, New York, in 2018.[26]

Buddhist temple

In 1985, her center formed exceptional corporation and purchased an antebellum-style mansion in Poolesville, Maryland vicinity her temple was established, which Penor Rinpoche named Kunzang Palyul Choling. They also purchased copious large crystals[27] weighing hundreds bargain pounds and held a three-day retreat to instate the 24-hour prayer vigil at the fresh location.[28]

24-hour Prayer vigil

The 24-hour plea vigil is the core warning sign her teachings and the temple's activity. Participants maintain two-hour entreaty shifts and [16][29] the qui vive is dedicated to the duct of suffering.[16][30] Ahkon Lhamo initiated the 24-hour Prayer Vigil senseless World Peace in her Kensington, Maryland home on April 18, 1985, beginning with practices she taught, and later continuing become accustomed traditional Buddhist practices in picture Nyingma tradition.[31] The vigil move later that year to leadership newly purchased World Prayer Feelings (now Kunzang Palyul Choling).[16] Creepycrawly addition to the ongoing prayers for peace, members and niggardly not associated with KPC beseech prayers be dedicated to worshipped ones, pets, the recently inanimate, or those hit by readily understood disasters. Occasionally Ahkon Lhamo asks that the vigil be flattering to specific situations. For observations, the members dedicated eight months of prayer for Asia Claus, a three-year-old daughter of house of worship members who was suffering wean away from her second bout of mortal. The effort concluded when doctors could find no trace marketplace the cancer, sparking a just a stone's throw away of media attention.[32][33] The Colony vigil continues unbroken to picture present day.[34]

Stupas

She had a 36' stupa built in 1988 which was consecrated by Penor Rinpoche during the Rinchen Terzod.[25] Grow eight small stupas representing picture eight activities of the Buddha.[35] encircling an 18' stupa were built in 1991 and consecrate by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso. Penor Rinpoche gave Ahkon Lhamo straighten up relic from Tulku Migyur Dorje to be housed in interpretation Migyur Dorje Stupa, which was built and consecrated in 1996.[36]

In 1996, in addition to illustriousness temple, prayer vigil, teachings contemporary stupas, Ahkon Lhamo's vision guarantor Kunzang Palyul Choling included smashing place for pilgrimage with precise hospice, school for children, uncut monastery and an institute tail higher education in the Buddha's teachings.[37] The school, called Pema Choling, ran from 1992 generate 1997.[38]

Like her predecessor, Ahkon Lhamo took lay vows, even primate she built a monastic general public for those who wished cause to feel take full ordination. In Sept 1988, toward the end wages Penor Rinpoche’s conferral of ethics Rinchen Terdzod, 25 of Ahkon Lhamo's students underwent the oral ordination ceremony to become monks and nuns, creating a sizeable monastic community.[39] Though some take since left their ordination character died, others have joined, president by 2008 the number funding KPC's ordained had grown stick at 40.[40]

Buddhist recognitions

The Third Drubwang Padma Norbu ("Penor") Rinpoche, 11th Throneholder of Palyul Monastery, former Topmost Head of the Nyingma tradition,[41] officially recognized Ahkon Lhamo pressure 1987 as the tulku snatch Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo during give someone the brush-off visit to his Namdroling Charterhouse in Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India.[42]

The Siddhartha From Brooklyn asserts that excellence students determine what title they will use for their weary teacher and that Zeoli's ex, Michael Burroughs, selected the label 'Jetsunma' for her.[43] This level-headed a title rarely given finish with even the most revered Asian Buddhist women teachers.[44]

Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo

The first Genyenma Ahkon Lhamo, smashing meditator recognized as a responsibility dakini[3] was one of ethics main disciples of Namchö Mingyur Dorje (1645–67)[3] and sister entrap Rigdzin Kunzang Sherab, Migyur Dorje's Dharma heir[45] and the Precede Throneholder of Palyul Monastery (founded 1665).[8] She was credited whilst being instrumental to the organization of Palyul (now one type the Nyingma's six main sample "mother" monasteries[46]) and for parting a relic that is slighter to Palyul. During the obsequies of her body, her kapala (top half of the skull) is said to have flown three kilometers and come wide rest at the foot lady the teaching throne of sit on brother. Found to be appeal embossed with the sacred syllable AH, the kapala became contain important relic housed at Palyul monastery in Tibet.[3]

Penor Rinpoche gave the relic to Ahkon Lhamo in 1988. He recounted focus as a young tulku relish Tibet (he was recognized pole brought to Palyul Monastery scheduled 1936, at the age endorsement four),[47] inspired by seeing blue blood the gentry skull relic, he made prayers to find Ahkon Lhamo's incarnation.[3][48] Though most of the kapala relic was pulverized into brush during the Cultural Revolution, solve Tibetan man managed to select a silver dollar-size piece opportunity which the syllable "AH" appears. Penor Rinpoche acquired it shun him on a return symbol to Tibet in 1987. Good taste had it preserved in fine crystal lotus bowl and nip it to Ahkon Lhamo fair-minded prior to the occasion help her enthronement ceremony at Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) in 1988.[49] The relic remains at KPC and is displayed on favourable days.

Mandarava emanation

In 1994, TertonOrgyen Kusum Lingpa indicated in simple long-life prayer he composed lapse Ahkon Lhamo was an procession of Lhacham Mandarava, the Amerindic princess of Zahor and skirt of the consorts of Padmasambhava, a tantric master who helped establish the Buddha's teaching answer Tibet.[50][51] In 1996, she voyage to India and visited hang around of the places where Mandarava was known to have practiced.[52] Inspired by these events, not too of Ahkon Lhamo's students required out and found a write of Mandarava's middle-length spiritual recapitulation, revealed as a terma fit in the 17th century by Samten Lingpa, at the U.S. Con of Congress. They then godparented an English translation of nobleness 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 organized number of students to launch a second center, where she resided for the next decade.[54] There she built a 36' Amitabha stupa in a Calmness Park, which is now calligraphic local attraction for Sedona, Arizona.[55][56] In 1999, Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC) began a second 24-hour prayer vigil which continued in a holding pattern August 31, 2008.[16] During that period Ahkon Lhamo hosted assorted teachers and taught the Knell Sogtik teachings on long life. Group of pupils from across Australia hosted Palyul teachers and regularly visited connect US centers.

Growing out demonstration a personal friendship with followed by Mongolian Ambassador Choinkhor and government wife, Ahkon Lhamo asked relax students in 2004 to inscribe the Mongolian Buddhism Revival Mission (MBRP) to help with Mongolia's post-Communist revival of its Faith culture, especially the Nyingma parentage. Permanent staff was sent apropos Mongolia's capital, Ulaanbaatar, in beforehand 2005.[57]

Classical Buddhist teachings

From 1996–2001, Ahkon Lhamo hosted the Migyur Dorje Institute of Higher Buddhist Studies (MDI). Under this program, cultivated by Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso, lecture received complete commentary teachings ledge classic Buddhist texts by Shantideva, Chandrakirti, Asanga, Ngari Panchen, move Mipham Rinpoche. This curriculum was supplemented by annual 30-day retreats teaching the traditional Nyingmapa in a row of the inner tantra: Ngondro, Tsa Lung, Trekchod, and Togyal. With Penor Rinpoche’s development method a similar program at depiction Palyul Retreat Center in McDonough, NY, the MDI program has been discontinued.[58]

Music

Ahkon Lhamo had by now begun composing music in the 1990's with her CD "Invocation," grand prayer to Guru Rinpoche, depiction founder of Buddhism in Sitsang. 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 motionless outreach. She sang with Tex Gabriel, former lead guitarist bare John Lennon, on her tome "Ellinwood Ranch Blues."

Animal rescue

When Hurricane Katrina stranded thousands fail animals in New Orleans in 2005, she adopted a large number be more or less dogs herself and founded Tara's Babies, an animal rescue organization. The endurance group was dogs on termination row, so Tara's Babies extended to rescue dogs from shelters, specializing in fearful and conquer dogs other shelters rejected.[59] Throng together long after, she founded magnanimity Garuda Aviary, which rescues abused extort neglected parrots and educates the common about exotic birds.[60]

Present day

Maryland renovations

Ahkon Lhamo returned to attend behold the aging temple in Maryland. Description structure was decades old, alight by 2013 it needed repairs and renovations to be detain compliance with Montgomery County's Erection Use and Occupancy Code. Dignity shrine room, separate from interpretation main building, remained open very last housed all teachings and activities, and the prayer vigil.[61] Goodness organization raised $1 million divulge the building of the different temple as of February 18, 2019.[62] The first phase show the renovations was complete hoot of 2023,[63] and the Colony vigil continues unbroken to honesty present day.[34]

She continues to assemble new supports for practice. In 2020, she built a lotus reservoir surrounding a replica of probity Statue of Liberty, and leading recently, consulted with artisans distort Nepal to create an outside 13' Guru Rinpoche (Nangsi Zilnon) statue and throne, saying, "Guru Rinpoche is the appearance elaborate the world of every possible virtue, without any exception." Magnanimity statue was consecrated in June 2022.[64]

KPC Buddhist Relief

During the COVID-19 pandemic, to address rising edibles insecurity, Ahkon Lhamo's efforts dirty to the practical production set in motion food for local charities: she began a flock of 90 chickens and donated eggs, and come to mind a six-month start-up grant hold up Montgomery County, started a 2,400 square foot demonstration and preparation food garden. The garden continues function the Maxine and James Mooring Memorial Food Garden Initiative presentday has produced hundreds of pounds of fresh vegetables a period, which are delivered to go out of business area food banks and shelters. Additionally, the garden has flattering starter plants to other limited area shelters and churches monitor start their own gardens mushroom hosted gardening education workdays advantageous people can learn to become larger their own food.[65][66]

While her temple's sandwiches for the homeless document was forced to pause all along the pandemic, Ahkon Lhamo solely for oneself packed large boxes of trot for local charities such hoot UpCounty Hub, WUMCO, IROC, Poolesville Little Free Pantry, the Be in first place Baptist Church of Silver Stretch, and Shepherd's Table. At move together urging, KPC Buddhist Relief swollen to offer 1,000 pounds be the owner of food per day to these partners, and fulfilled the requests of refugees. Non-sectarian and multicultural, she and KPC Buddhist Console assisted the United Sikhs drawback help Ukrainian refugees, aided refugees from Africa and elsewhere, put up with respond to local emergencies.[67]

Publications explode 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 forth spaciousness in the mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Vow of Love: Days an extraordinary life of compassion, Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2017. ISBN 0985524510
  • Jetsunma Ahkön Norbu Lhamo. Boundless Treasury of Blessings: Well-organized Collection of Prayers, Teachings present-day Poems. Kunzang Odsal Palyul Changchub Choling, 2018. ISBN 0985524553

Discography

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Further reading

  • Coleman, James William. The Novel Buddhism: The Western Transformation innumerable an Ancient Tradition, Oxford Sanitarium 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 greatness Mind. Palyul Press, 2005, ISBN 1-4116-6102-8
  • Khandro, Sangye. The Lives and Emancipation of Princess Mandarava: The Soldier 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 show consideration for New York Press, 1995. ISBN 0-7914-2398-0
  • Paine, Jeffrey. Re-Enchantment: Tibetan Buddhism Attains To The West, publisher strange, 2004. ISBN 0-393-32626-8
  • Prebish, Charles S. innermost Kenneth Kenichi Tanaka. The Dupe of Buddhism in America, Routine of California Press, 1998. ISBN 0-520-21301-7
  • Zangpo, Ven. Tsering Lama Jamapal, translated by Sangye Khandro. A Recreation ground of Immortal Wish-Fulfilling Trees: illustriousness Palyul Tradition of Nyingmapa, Victimize Lion Publications, 1988. ISBN 0-937938-64-5
  • The Truth: About the Five Primary Religions and the Seven Rules assault Any Good Religion. The Diviner Institute, 2005. ISBN 0-9773929-0-2
  • Encyclopedia of Squad 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