Pema Chödrön

Pema Chödrön (born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown on July 14, 1936) is an American, Tibetan Buddhist. She is an ordained nun, acharya and disciple of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche. Chodron has written several books and is the director of the Gampo Abbey in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Early life and education

Chödrön was born Deirdre Blomfield-Brown in 1936 in New York City. She attended Miss Porter's School in Farmington, Connecticut and grew up on a New Jersey farm with an older brother and sister. She obtained a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s in elementary education from the University of California, Berkeley.

Career

Chödrön began studying with Lama Chime Rinpoche during frequent trips to London over a period of several years. While in the US she studied with Trungpa Rinpoche in San Francisco. In 1974, she became a novice Buddhist nun under Rangjung Rigpe Dorje the sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa. In Hong Kong in 1981 she became the first American in the Vajrayana tradition to became a fully ordained nun or bhikṣuṇī.

Pema Dorji

Pema Dorji (born 5 July 1985) is a Bhutanese international footballer. He made his first appearance for the Bhutan national football team in 2005.

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