Elisabeth Benard: Hidden Female Meditation Masters, the Sakya Jetsunmas

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The black and white photograph shared above of the two Jetsunmas, are Jetsunma Tsegen Wangmo and Jetsunma Chime Wangmo in the Phuntsok Palace in Sakya, Tibet. Courtesy of the Phuntsok Palace.

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00:00:00 Elisabeth’s Introduction to Buddhism and the Sakya Lineage

00:06:00 Origin of Sakya lineage and on Lamdre

00:12:00 Jetsunma title and what makes the Sakya Jetsunmas so unusual

00:20:00 Residence or labrangs of Jetsunmas and 00:24:00 Jetsunma versus Sakya Lama roles

00:26:00 Jetsunma Chime Tenpai Nyima (b. 1756)

00:33:00 Kyabgon or Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo (1936-96)

00:39:00 Kyabgon Pema Trinlei (1874 – 1950)

00:47:00 Dagmo Trinlei Paljor (1906-1975), and Dagyum Sonam Dolkar.

01:04:00 Jetsunma Chungwa

01:07:00 Jetsun Kushok (1938) & 41st Sakya Trizin (1945)

01:19:00 Jetsun Kushok & Sakya Trizin 41st, leaving Tibet

01:34:00 Jetsunma Kunga Trinley Palter (2007)

01:38:00 New System of Sakya Succession and photos in the book

01:39:00 Sakya Jetsunma lineage

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