Pema Chödrön
Pema Chödrön | |
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At the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, May 2007. | |
| Title | Bhikkhunī |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Deirdre Blomfield-Brown July 14, 1936 |
| Children | Edward Bull Arlyn Bull |
| Education | Sarah Lawrence College University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | resident teacher Gampo Abbey |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Lineage | Shambhala Buddhism |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Chögyam Trungpa Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche |
| Website | pemachodronfoundation |
Pema Chödrön (Standard Tibetan: པདྨ་ཆོས་སྒྲོན།, romanized: padma chos sgron, lit. 'lotus dharma lamp'; born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown, July 14, 1936) is an American-born Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, former acharya of Shambhala Buddhism and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chödrön has written several dozen books and audiobooks, and was principal teacher at Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia until recently. She retired in 2020.