Tsultrim allione biography

American author and teacher (born 1947)

Lama Tsultrim Allione (born Joan Rousmanière Ewing in 1947) is an American author and teacher who has studied in Tibetan Buddhism's Karma Kagyu lineage.

She has been recognised by two different Tibetan Buddhist lamas as an emanation (a form of reincarnation) of Machig Labdron, the 11th/12th century CE female founder of several chöd lineages.

Biography

Early life and education

She was born in 1947 in Maine under the name Joan Rousmanière Ewing.^[1]

Recognition

In Tibetan Buddhism it is believed that once beings such as Machig Labdrön attain enlightenment, they are no longer subject to the limitation of one body and may emanate into many different dimensions and forms.

An emanation continues the work of the original incarnation. In May and June 2007 Allione led a pilgrimage to Nepal and Tibet which included a visit to Sangri Khangmar (Sangri County) where Machig Labdrön lived from the age of 37 to 9