Tibetan Buddhism has not only been carried on by monks and nuns but also yogis, yoginis and many other leaders who fall outside the “lay monastic” divide. Recalling the history of Buddhist women requires including the surprisingly diverse roles that women have played in Tibetan Buddhist history.

This is the story of Dalai Lama’s mother, Diki Tsering. “It was both faith and fate that propelled me into my unbelievable life as the mother of the Dalai Lama…”