Gelongma Lama Palmo

Choje Lama Palmo (2004)

Choje Lama Gelongma Palmo, (wylie: chos rje bla ma dge slong ma dpal mo ་ཆོས་རྗེ་བླ་མ་དགེ་སློང་མ་དཔལ་མོ།; * 1970 Sabine Januschke[1] in Vienna) is one of the very few female Lamas and teachers of Buddhism and the first non Asian, female Choje Lama in Buddhism.

She teaches the Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism and is the first Buddhist priest of Austria.[2][3]

Choje Lama Palmo [4] has been living in Austria since 2004 and is director of Palpung Europe,[5][6] The European Seat of the Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa which is part of the Palpung Congregation with its seat in exile in Northern India, which she established and directs.

Life

Born 1970 in Vienna, Choje Lama Palmo graduated with Vienna Business School, studied German Philology and Romance languages at University of Vienna and received a Master of the Arts degree in German Medievalism. As a media expert she worked as journalist, in the public relation fields and as photographer until her monastic ordination.

Palpung Europe, European Seat of the Palpung Kongregation

In 1998, she received her first monastic vows and entered the traditional Kagyu: three-years-retreat in KTD and USA, then being sent to Japan after its completion in 2004. In the same year, she was sent back to Austria. In December 2004, she received a Gelongma (tib.: dge slong ma, དགེ་སློང་མ།) full monastic Bhikkhuni ordination from a Mahayana lineage.

In 2006 she met the Dalai Lama and Gyalwa Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje in private audiences. Both gave their advise and blessing for Lama Palmo's projects. In 2007, she was appointed director and resident teacher of Palpung Yeshe Chökhor Ling Europe by The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche.

September 22, 2013 she was appointed Choje Lama by Chamgon Dorje Chang Tai Situ Rinpoche. November 5, 2014, she received the Traditional Tibetan Appointment Document from The 12th Chamgon Dorje Chang Tai Situ Rinpoche.

Activities

Chöje Lama Palmo Interreligion

She established, guides and directs Palpung Europe, the European Seat of the Palpung Congregation situated in Purkersdorf near Vienna. Palpung Europe are Buddhist institutes and practice communities of the Palpung lineage of Vajrayana. Choje Lama Palmo is actively involved into interreligious dialogue and is both guest and host of interreligious events of different formats with representatives of various religions. Chöje Lama Palmo is involved in the interreligious exchange for a better getting to know and acceptance of religions and their teachings for more harmony and peace in the world.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ ORF: Auf der Suche nach dem Glück
  2. ↑ ORF: Buddha bevorzugt
  3. ↑ Buddhist Priest: Calling Buddhist Lamas "priest" derives from the international, interreligious exchange. There, it proved of value and as an appropriate means to call the Tibetan Lama "priest", with regard to fostering acceptance and respect between the World religions and their followers.
  4. ↑ The appointment as Choje Lama through the traditional, Tibetan appointment document printed on silk engulfes a very specific responsibility over a particular field of activity within an unbroken lineage of the Buddhadharma. It is solely being bestowed by the highest lineage masters, in the case of Karma Kagyu by The Gyalwang Karmapa or The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa.
  5. ↑ "Palpung Europe"
  6. ↑ "Palpung Europe"

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