Shukseb Jetsunma Chönyi Zangmo (1865–1953) was the most well known of the

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s in the 1900s, and was considered an incarnation of Machig Lapdron. She was the abbess of Shukseb nunnery, and was a

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Tibetan Buddhist teacher. She made the nunnery once again into a center for the special teachings of the Shugseb Kagyu. The nunnery still exists in Tibet today, and in fact is one of its most active nunneries.

Family

Life as a Chod Practitioner and Wandering Yogini

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Nunneries

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Books and articles

#A full story of Shugsep Jetsun’s life is available as “The Story of a Tibetan Yogini: Shungsep icJetsun 1852-1953” prepared by Kim Yeshi and Acharya Tashi Tsering with the assistance of Sally Davenport and Dorjey Tseten, pp. 130-143, Chö Yang, 1991 #Shugsep Jetsun, the Story of a Tibetan Yogini https://tnp.org/shugsep-jetsun-the-story-of-a-tibetan-yogini/ #Havnevik, Hanna. (2005) “Ani Lochen”. Encyclopedia of Religion. Second Edition. Ed. Lindsay Jones. New York: Macmillan. http://www.hf.uio.no/ikos/english/people/aca/hannah/ #Havnevik, Hanna (1999) The Life of Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche (1865-1951) as Told in Her Autobiography. Acta Humaniora, Faculty of Arts, University of Oslo. Dissertation for the degree Dr. philos. 1999. #Havnevik, Hanna (1998) “On Pilgrimage for Forty Years in the Himalayas. The Female Lama Jetsun Lochen Rinpoche’s (1865-1951) Quest for Sacred Sites.” In Pilgrimage in Tibet. Ed. Alex McKay. Richmond: Curzon Press. (pp. 85-107) {{DEFAULTSORT:Zangmo, Shukseb Jetsun Choying Tibetan Buddhists from Tibet 1852 births 1953 deaths Nyingma lamas Rinpoches 20th-century lamas Vajrayana and women Samding Dorje Phagmos