"Women in Tibetan Buddhism"
Date
Thu March 15th 2012, 7:30pm
Event Sponsor
Clayman Institute for Gender Research, Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford, Department of Religious Studies
Location
Cypress, Tresidder Memorial Union, 2nd Floor
Rinchen Khando Choegyal(Director, Tibetan Nun's Project)
Rinchen Khando Choegyal has worked tirelessly during her varied and successful career to promote the importance of education and the preservation of Tibetan culture and language. She is the second woman in the history of Tibet to be elected as a Cabinet Minister in the Tibetan Government-In-Exile, a position she held from 1993 to 2001. She is one of the founding members of the Tibetan Women’s Association (TWA) and served as its President from 1984 to 1993. She is married to Ngari Rinpoche, the youngest brother of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Co-sponsored by the Department of Religious Studies, the Tibetan Studies Initiative, and the Clayman Institute of Gender Resarch
Contact Email
ihl [at] stanford.edu
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