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KARMA LEKSHE TSOMO
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BIOGRAPHY
Karma Lekshe Tsomo is an assistant professor
of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of San Diego, teaching
classes in Buddhism and World Religions. She studied
Buddhism in Dharamsala for 15 years and completed a doctorate in
philosophy at the University of Hawai`i with research on death and identity
in China and Tibet. She specializes in
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topics in religion, gender issues in Buddhism, and Buddhism and bioethics. Her
work includes research and publications in the areas of women in Buddhism, death
and identity, Buddhist monasticism, Buddhist/Christian dialogue, and the western
adaptation of Buddhism.
An American Buddhist nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition, Dr. Tsomo
serves as president of Sakyadhita: International Association of Buddhist Women
(www.sakyadhita.org) and has helped
coordinate numerous national and international conferences on Buddhist women.
She is the director of Jamyang Foundation (www.jamyang.org), an initiative to provide educational
opportunities for women in developing countries, with eight schools in the
Indian Himalayas and one in Bangladesh.
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