Pema Khandro tells the story of Sonam Peldren, a Tibetan Buddhist yogini, who is the earliest recorded female tulku, a reincarnated lama. She lived in thirteenth-fourteenth century Tibet.

Buddhadharma quarterly is featuring an article I wrote on waking up while facing crisis. Buddhism orients around finding freedom from suffering through changing the way we see ourselves. This is the teaching of non-self (anatman). The idea of non-self is not just a philosophical or abstract issue. Quite practically – it could lead to seeing oneself in … Continue reading From True Self to the Bare Fact of Being →