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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Khenmo Dawa Drolma Series

Tibetan Masters Khenmo Dawa Drolma

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Texts translated from Chinese by Khenmo Dawa Drolma (mkhan mo zla ba sgrol ma, b. 20th C.) of Larung Gar:

Biography

The story of Bhikṣuṇī Fa Kong, a diligent nun in the mid-Tang Dynasty (618–907) who encountered Mañjuśrī at the holy site of Wutai Shan.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 4 Aug 2025
A short biography of Jomo Ta Wu (1854–1927) who took ordination following the death of her betrothed, then dedicated the remainder of her life to meditation, teaching, serving her nunnery, and caring for others.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 1 Jul 2025
The story of thirteenth-century Japanese woman, who was first refused ordination on account of her beauty but then disfigured herself so that she could gain admittance. In time, she became a meditation teacher and founded a nunnery of her own.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 7 Jul 2025
A brief biography of the Chinese nun called Huiyao, who self-immolated in 477, leaving behind relics that become an object of worship.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 8 May 2025
Khenmo recounts the story of a nun from Shanxi province who was introduced to Tibetan Vajrayāna and employed the transference of consciousness upon her death at the age of a hundred.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 15 Apr 2025
The tale—translated from Chinese—of a woman who recited the name of Amitābha throughout her life and was therefore reborn in Sukhāvatī.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 1 Apr 2025
A short story about a woman who recited the Amitābha Sūtra throughout her life and was eventually reborn in Sukhāvatī.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 10 Apr 2025
The story of a woman who fell ill and then, encouraged by a monk, adopted virtuous practices and intensive recitation. After three years, upon her death, she was led to Sukhāvatī as flowers fell from the sky.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 14 Apr 2025
The story of a young woman who recited scriptures such as the Diamond Cutter Sūtra for thirty years. When she had a vision of many buddhas and bodhisattvas, she remained standing—without eating or drinking anything—for forty days.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 3 Apr 2025
The story of a girl who learned to read and recite the ḍhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara, which she then did with such intensity that she acquired the power to heal others, before reaching the level of an ārya and passing away when she was just twenty-three years old.
Biography Ḍākinī Treasury 15 May 2025
Khenmo Dawa Drolma

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