Jetsun () or Jetsunma (; the "ma" suffix is feminine) is a
Tibetan
Tibetan may mean:
* of, from, or related to Tibet
* Tibetan people, an ethnic group
* Tibetan language:
** Classical Tibetan, the classical language used also as a contemporary written standard
** Standard Tibetan, the most widely used spoken dial ...
title meaning "venerable" or "reverend." It is a specific term applied to revered teachers and practitioners of
Vajrayana Buddhism. The title is applied to adepts and learned lamas such as
Jetsun Milarepa. "Je" (
Wylie transliteration: rJe) refers to those of high rank, including kings and nobles; "tsun" (
Wylie transliteration: bTsun) refers to 1) those of noble rank, 2) those who are monastics, or 3) those who combine the three characteristics of being learned, noble, and good. The two together emphasize the honorific while "tsun" applies the term specifically to ecclesiastics.
In terms of Jetsunmas, the title could refer to:
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Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (rje btsun ma 'chi med bstan pa'i nyi ma) (b. 1756)
*Jetsun Chonyi Dechen Tsomo
*Jetsunma
Dechen Wangmo
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Jetsun Dolma
Tara ( sa, तारा, ; bo, སྒྲོལ་མ, ), Ārya Tārā, or Shayama Tara, also known as Jetsun Dölma (Tibetan: ''rje btsun sgrol ma'') is an important figure in Buddhism, especially revered in Tibetan Buddhism. She appears as a f ...
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Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo
Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo (born October 12, 1949; born Alyce Louise Zeoli) is a tulku within the Palyul lineage of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She gained international attention when she, a western woman, was enthroned as a reincarnat ...
*Jétsunma
Khandro Yeshé Réma Jétsunma Khandro Yeshé Réma, also known as Kyungchen Aro Lingma (1886–1923) was the discoverer of the Aro gTér terma, a cycle of pure vision revelation teachings. This is according to Aro gTér, which says Aro Lingma transmitted the lineage to ...
*Jetsunma
Kushok Chimey Luding
Jetsunma Kushok Chimey Luding is a Buddhist teacher born in Tibet (1938). She is a Jetsunma ("Venerable women"). This title is comun when a woman was born in a traditional Tibetan family.
Also is the sister of the current head of the Sakya linea ...
, sister of
Sakya Trizin
*Jetsunma
Niguma
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Jetsun Milarepa
*Jetsunma
Mingyur Paldron Jetsunma Mingyur Paldron, or Mingyur Peldrön (Tibetan: མི་འགྱྱུར་དཔལ་སྒྒྲྲོན་ mi 'gyur dpal sgron, 1699-1769) was a Tibetan Buddhist lama in the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions. She was the daughter of Chög ...
, Minling Jetsunma Mingyur Peldron (smin gling rje btsun mi 'gyur dpal sgron, (1699-1769), daughter of Terton Terdak Lingpa
*Jetsunma
Pema Trinle
*Jetsunma Shukseb,
Shukseb Jetsun Choying Zangmo (shug gseb rje btsun chos dbyings bzang mo, (1865-1951)
* Jetsunma
Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (rje btsun ma grub pa'i rta mgrin dbang mo skal bzang chos kyi nyi ma) (1836-1896)
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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo (born 1943) is a bhikṣuṇī in the Drukpa Lineage of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. She is an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She is best known for being o ...
, a well-known western
yogini
*Jetsunma Thinley Chodron
*Jetsunma Tsewang Lhamo (1874-1950)
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Jetsun Pema, Queen consort of
Bhutan
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Jetsun Pema, activist
*Mindrolling Jetsün
Khandro Rinpoche
*Jetsun Namgyal Wangchen (1934-2015) one of Tibets greatest living masters
[Obituary for Geshe Namgyal Wangchen from H-Buddhism H-net]
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