The Committee of Western Bhikshunis
Venerable Thubten Chodron 
Tibetan Tradition 
Sep 18, 2006 
The Committee of Western Bhikshunis was formed in the autumn of 2005, after His Holiness the Dalai Lama told Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen that the Western bhikshunis should be more involved in helping to establish the bhikshuni ordination in the Tibetan tradition. The members remained in contact via email and met in March 2006 at Sravasti Abbey in the USA, to research the manner of giving bhikshuni ordination and to prepare a paper which was circulated at the meeting of vinaya experts in Dharamsala in May 2006.
Members
- Venerable Bhikshuni Tenzin Palmo, India
(Getsul ordination in 1964, Gelongma ordination in Hongkong 1973)
Details: Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery (the official Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo website)
Address: Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery, Vill. Lower Mut, PO Padhiarkhar via Taragarh, Distt. Kangra, H.P. 176081, India
Ph: +91-1894-242617, Mobile +91-9816134032 - Venerable Bhikshuni Pema Chodron, Resident teacher/ director (abbess) of Gampo Abbey, USA
(Getsul ordination 1974, Gelongma ordination in Hongkong 1981)
Details: Pema Chodron biography
Address: c/o Gampo Abbey, 1533 Pleasant Bay Road, Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia B0E 2P0, Canada (until the end of March) - Venerable Bhikshuni Karma Lekshe Tsomo, President of Sakyadhita International, Assistant Professor in San Diego, USA
(Getsul ordination 1977, Gelongma ordination in Korea and Taiwan 1982)
Details: Karma Lekshe Tsomo page, USD
Address: Theology & Religious Studies, University of San Diego, 5889 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492, USA
Ph: (619) 260-4600, Fax: (619) 260-2260. - Venerable Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron, USA
(Getsul ordination 1977, Gelongma ordination 1986)
Details: Bhikshuni Thubten Chodron site
Address: Ven. Thubten Chodron, Sravasti Abbey, 692 Country Lane, Newport WA 99156, USA
Ph: (509) 447-5549 (fax for the Abbey is the same as the phone, but you have to call first so that they can turn on the fax machine) - Venerable Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen, Tibetan Centre Hamburg
(Getsul ordination 1981, Gelongma ordination 1985)
Details: Jampa Tsedroen site
Address: c/o Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Hermann-Balk-Str.106, D-22147 Hamburg, Germany
Ph: +49-172-900-8989, Fax 49-89-1488-153529) - Venerable Reverend Ani Kunga Chodron, Secretary/Treasurer at Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple, Seat of His Holiness Sakya Trizin in the U.S. and Assistant Professorial Lecturer at The George Washington University Department of Religion
(Getsul ordination 1987)
Address: 354 Prelude Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20901 USA
Ph: (301) 906-3378
Email: Tsechen Kunchab Ling Temple
Advisors
- Venerable Bhikshuni Heng-ching Shih, Professor of Philosophy at Taiwan National University
(Gelongma ordination 1975 in San Francisco)
Details on her work: Buddhist Digital Library and Museum and Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies
Address: 14-5F, 16, Lane 167, Cheng-kung Road, Nei-hu, Taipei 11457, Taiwan
Ph: 886-2-2790-4120, fax number: 2793-3447 - Venerable Bhikshuni Wu-yin, Vinaya Master
Details: Ven. Bhikshuni Wu-yin site
Address 1: Hsiang-kuang Temple, 49-1 Hsi-chou, Nei-pu Tsun, Chu-chi Hsiang, Chia-yi County, TAIWAN 604
Address 2 (different transliteration): 49-1 Xizhou, Nei-pu, Zhu-qi; Jia-Yi Xian Taiwan 604
Email: Ven. Bhikshuni Wu-yin
Venerable Thubten Chodron
Venerable Chodron emphasizes the practical application of Buddha’s teachings in our daily lives and is especially skilled at explaining them in ways easily understood and practiced by Westerners. She is well known for her warm, humorous, and lucid teachings. She was ordained as a Buddhist nun in 1977 by Kyabje Ling Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India, and in 1986 she received bhikshuni (full) ordination in Taiwan. Read her full bio.
