Choela Tenzin Dadon

A Bhutanese nun, Choela Tenzin Dadon is an accomplished scholar and a gifted teacher. After completing a traditional 13-year program in Buddhist philosophy at Jamyang Choling Institute in Dharamsala, India, she went on to earn two Masters degrees and a PhD from the University of Malaysia, and has published extensively under her lay name, Sonam Wangmo. A global leader in the effort to improve gender equity in Buddhism, and especially the fight to obtain full ordination for Tibetan Buddhist nuns, she was recognized as one of the outstanding women in Buddhism by the International Women’s Meditation Center. Choela is currently the Director of Education for the Vajrayana Buddhist Council of Malaysia. She is fluent in English and four other languages, as well as several Bhutanese dialects.