72 min
Interview
Dharma in the Modern World - A conversation between Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo and Khenpo Rinchen
Tenzin Palmo and Khenpo Rinchen discuss in English how Buddhist practice is carried out in contemporary life.
About the teacher
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Born Diane Perry in England in 1943, Tenzin Palmo travelled to India in 1964 and became one of the first Western women to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun. Between 1976 and 1988 she lived in solitary retreat in a remote Himalayan cave, an experience later told in the biography Cave in the Snow. In 2000 she founded Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh to give women in the Drukpa Kagyu lineage the same education traditionally reserved for monks.
She retired from public teaching in April 2022 and no longer gives talks, tours, or appears on calls. Her books, including Cave in the Snow and The Heroic Heart, along with archived teachings, remain the way to encounter her work.
Talks & videos
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57 min
Talk
Women, Wisdom and Practice - Barre Center for Buddhist Studies - October 21st, 2023
A talk for the Barre Center for Buddhist Studies on the place of women practitioners in the Buddhist tradition.
55 min
Talk
Lojong / Mind Training - Clear Mountain Monastery - December 18th, 2024
Tenzin Palmo explains the lojong mind-training tradition in a session hosted by Clear Mountain Monastery.
69 min
Talk
Days of Miracles - Tushita Meditation Centre - February 26th, 2026
A teaching given at Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamkot on the Buddhist observance known as the Days of Miracles.
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: The Revival of the Togdenma Lineage of Accomplished Yoginis
Olivia Clementine interviews Tenzin Palmo about her effort to re-establish the togdenma lineage of women yogic practitioners.
From the podcast Love & Liberation with Olivia Clementine
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Ep. 513 – Practicing Paramitas with Tenzin Palmo
Raghu Markus talks with Tenzin Palmo about working with the six paramitas in ordinary daily life.
From the podcast Mindrolling with Raghu Markus
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo: Emptiness, Dzogchen, and Women in Buddhism
Wisdom Publications interviews Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo about emptiness, Dzogchen practice and the position of women in Tibetan Buddhism.
From the podcast The Wisdom Podcast
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A Deeply Healthy Kind of Perfectionism | Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Dan Harris interviews Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo about her twelve years of retreat in a Himalayan cave and about effort in practice.
From the podcast 10% Happier with Dan Harris
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