caption website religion alias birth_place teacher color location nationality article_title lineage background birth_date image school name occupation
1988 enthronement with dakini crown http://tara.org tibetan buddhism catharine burroughs brooklyn , new york hh drubwang pedma norbu rinpoche black poolesville , maryland united states jetsunma ahkon lhamo
 palyul #ffd 068 october 12 , 1949 jetsunma akhon lhamo enthronement 1998.jpg vajrayana nyingma jetsunma ahkon lhamo lama
jetsunma ahkon lhamo

jetsunma ahkon lhamo -lrb- born october 12 , 1949 ; born alyce louise zeoli -rrb- is an enthroned tulku within the palyul lineage of the nyingma tradition of tibetan buddhism .
in the late 1980s , she gained international attention as the first western woman to be named a reincarnate lama .
she continues to serve as spiritual director for kunzang odsal palyul changchub choling , a buddhist center in poolesville , maryland , which includes one of the largest communities of western monks and nuns in north america .
she went on to found a center in sedona , arizona , u.s.a. jetsunma has been described by her own teachers , as well as many other tibetan buddhist lamas who have visited her temple , as a dakini or female wisdom being , and is thus viewed in that way by her students .
