JETSUNMA TENZIN PALMO
Diane Perry, her birth name, was born in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom in 1943. At 74, she lives as an author, teacher and founder of the Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery in Himachal Pradesh, India. She was named Drubgyu Tenzin Palmo and became one of the first Westerners to be ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist Monastic.
She had gone through a lot with her practice in pursuit of full ordination including living alone in a cave for 12 years for her solitary spiritual practice. In recognition of her spiritual achievements as a nun and her efforts in promoting the status of female practitioners in Tibetan Buddhism, Tenzin Palmo was given the rare title of Jetsunma (‘Venerable Master’).