Thubten Chodron
Thubten Chodron ( —
De Lin), born
Cheryl Greene, is an American
Tibetan Buddhist nun, author, teacher, and the founder and abbess of
Sravasti Abbey, the only Tibetan Buddhist training monastery for Western nuns and monks in the United States. Chodron is a central figure in the reinstatement of the
Bhikshuni (Tib.
Gelongma) ordination of women. She is a student of the
14th Dalai Lama,
Tsenzhab Serkong Rinpoche, Lama
Thubten Yeshe,
Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, and other Tibetan masters. She has published many books on Buddhist philosophy and meditation, and is co-authoring with the
Dalai Lama a multi-volume series of teachings on the Buddhist path, ''The Library of Wisdom and Compassion''.
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