Tenzin Palmo’s spiritual journey is tied up with women’s rights. The Venerable Tenzin Palmo, the daughter of a fishmonger from London’s East End, has become a Buddhist legend and a champion for ...

Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo, born in England, has devoted her life to attaining enlightenment in a female form — at one stage spending years isolated in a cave in the Himalayas to follow the rigorous path ...

Imagine leaving your home (let’s say England) for a life in India at age 20, making a vow to attain enlightenment “in the female form — no matter how many lifetimes it takes.” You just imagined you ...

Imagine a life without Wi-Fi, books, music or even companions, but just your mind for company. The horror, the horror. Alone without any external stimulation might be torture for most of us, but not ...

Growing up as a third-generation Tibetan refugee in Dharamshala, India, Tenzin Palmo attended a Tibetan boarding school where the playground was a vital community hub for students to gather and build ...

More than 500 people attended a recent lecture at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) with Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. The lecture, titled “Into the Heart of Life,” was part of FAU’s Peace ...

We all need a daily dose of time alone, says Tibetan Buddhist nun Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo who is in Australia to host a series of public conversations with comedian Magda Szubanzki on how to enjoy ...

Palmo (Reflections on a Mountain Lake) offers essays based on her talks, focused on the application of the dharma%E2%80%94Buddhist teachings%E2%80%94to daily life ...

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