Allione, T.

PersonType	Category:Western Buddhist Teachers Category:Authors of English Works
FirstName / namefirst	Tsultrim
LastName / namelast	Allione
MainNamePhon	Tsultrim Allione
SortName	Allione
bio	Lama Tsultrim Allione, M.A., is author of the National Bestseller: Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict, as well as Women of Wisdom, a groundbreaking book on the lives of great women Tibetan practitioners. She is also author of various audio programs on Feeding Your Demons and other Buddhist topics. Lama Tsultrim was given the international Outstanding Woman in Buddhism award for 2009 in Thailand. She was recognized as an emanation of Machig Labdrön, and was offered her throne and relics at Machig’s monastery in Tibet, Zangri Khangmar. She was also recognized in Nepal by Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche who holds the Chöd lineage from Tingri Langkhor. Lama Tsultrim was one of the first American women to be ordained as a Tibetan nun in 1970 by the 16th Karmapa. After four years as a nun, she returned her monastic vows, married, and had three children. She has continued to practice, study and teach for the last thirty years, earning a degree in Buddhist Studies/Women's Studies from Antioch University. Inspired by the vision of a Western retreat center while living in the Himalayas and seeing the need to create a place for the reemergence of the sacred feminine, Lama Tsultrim founded Tara Mandala in 1993 where she is now the resident teacher. Lama Tsultrim teaches a variety of practices from Tibetan Buddhist lineages, including Dzogchen. Lama Tsultrim is known as a profound and lucid teacher, bringing together psychological and spiritual insights. She has been teaching internationally for more than 30 years, and is the founder of Tara Mandala Retreat Center. Bio Source Wikipedia Entry
affiliation	Tara Mandala
religiousaffiliation	Nyingma; Kagyu
IsInGyatsa	No
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The Nyingma, which is often described as the oldest tradition of Tibetan Buddhism, traces its origin to Padmasambhava, who is said to have visited Tibet in the eighth century.

The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.