Jetsun Dechen Wangmo (c.1925 - 2011) was a

Tibetan Buddhist Tibetan Buddhism (also referred to as Indo-Tibetan Buddhism, Lamaism, Lamaistic Buddhism, Himalayan Buddhism, and Northern Buddhism) is the form of Buddhism practiced in Tibet and Bhutan, where it is the dominant religion. It is also in majo ...

Family

Wangmo was the daughter of a noble family which was said to be descended from the legendary King Gaesar of Ling. She was

Minling Khenchen Rinpoche According to Tibetan Buddhism the IXth Minling Khenchen Rinpoche is the successive reincarnation of the Minling Kenrab lineage, co-administrator of Mindrolling Monastery and Head Abbot In-Charge of Ngagyur Nyingma College in India, Vajrayana ma ...

's mother and the aunt of the 11th Mindrolling Trichen Rinpoche, the 11th throne holder of Mindrolling. She was the sister of Jetsun Tsewang Lhamo,Mindrolling
/ref> and in 1982 they and others left Tibet for Mindrolling monastery in India, a

Vajrayana Vajrayāna ( sa, वज्रयान, "thunderbolt vehicle", "diamond vehicle", or "indestructible vehicle"), along with Mantrayāna, Guhyamantrayāna, Tantrayāna, Secret Mantra, Tantric Buddhism, and Esoteric Buddhism, are names referring t ...

monastery. She died at age 86 in 2011 and was cremated at Mindrolling monastery.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wangmo, Dechen Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet 2011 deaths Year of birth uncertain