Female teachers

Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Karma Lekshe Tsomo teaches Buddhism and World Religions at the University of San Diego.

A fully ordained American nun practicing in the Tibetan tradition, she is president of Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and has helped organize nine national and international Sakyadhita conferences since 1987.

She helped found eight education programs for women in the India Himalayas.

Books:

• Into the Jaws of Yama: Buddhism, Bioethics, and Death. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2006.
• (ed.) Out of the Shadows: Socially Engaged Buddhist Women in the Global Community. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 2006.
• (ed.) Buddhist Women and Social Justice: Ideals, Challenges, and Achievements . Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 2004.
• (ed.) Discipline and Practice: Buddhist Women Past and Present, Honolulu: Sakyadita, 2004.
• (ed.) Bridging Worlds: Buddhist Women's Voices Across Generations, Taipei: Yuan Chuan Press, 2004.
• (ed.) Innovative Women in Buddhism: Swimming Against the Stream. Surrey, England: Curzon Press, 2000.
• (ed.) Buddhist Women Across Cultures: Realizations. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1999.
• (ed. with David W. Chappell) Living and Dying in Buddhist Cultures. Honolulu: School of Hawaiian, Asian and Pacific Studies, University of Hawaii, 1997.
• Sisters in Solitude: Two Traditions of Buddhist Monastic Ethics for Women, A Comparative Analysis of the Dharmagupta and Mulasarvastivada Bhiksuni Pratimoksa Sutras. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1996.
• (ed.) Buddhism Through American Women's Eyes. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1994.
• (ed.) Sakyadhita: Daughters of the Buddha. Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion Publications, 1989.

Contact:

• official page at San Diego University