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Dechen Wangmo (Tibetan Buddhist)

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Life of Dechen Wangmo

Jetsun Dechen Wangmo (Tibetan: བདེ་ཆེན་དབང་མོ, Wylie: bde chen dbang mo, c.1925 - 2011) was a Tibetan Buddhist.

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'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, and in 1982 they and others left Tibet for Mindrolling monastery in India, a Vajrayana monastery. She died at age 86 in 2011 and was cremated at Mindrolling monastery.

References

  1. ^ "News: The Cremation of Jetsun Dechen Wangmo". mindrolling.org. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  2. Brown, M. (2010). The Dance of 17 Lives: The Incredible True Story of Tibet's 17th Karmapa. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781408819487.
  3. "Biography of H.E. the 9th Minling Khenchen Rinpoche". khenchenrinpoche.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-04. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
  4. Mindrolling
  5. "Dharma Fellowship: Library - Women Buddhas: A Short List of Female Saints, Teachers and Practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism". dharmafellowship.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2014-02-12.
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