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A Brief Introduction to Ani Chöying Drolma (2011.03)
An assistant teacher & Mandarin translator of Palpung Yeshe Chökhor, Canada
Ani Chöying Drolma was born in 1962 and grew up in Taipei, Taiwan. One year after
earning her law degree (1987), she was ordained as a Buddhist nun by Ven. White
Cloud, a great Zen master of the Chinese Mahayana tradition. She studied and
practiced Mahayana Buddhism under his guidance for nine years. During that time,
she was also involved in Dharma-related activities, such as teaching meditation at a
Buddhist institute, and becoming an editor and consultant for Dharma organizations.
The experience she gained from the roles she assumed supported her in the
subsequent solo sojourns she undertook in various countries for further study and
practice, and to serve others.
From 1996 to 2002, she spent most of her time in the Himalayan region in northern
India, engaging in meditation and studying the science of holistic healing.
In 2002, she made a strong connection with Tibetan Buddhism on a trip to
Dharamsala, India, to visit the 17th Karmapa and to meet Chamgong Kenting Tai
Situpa. She has since been treading the path of Vajrayana Buddhism under the
guidance of Tai Situ Rinpoche and Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche. From 2003 to 2010,
she received teachings in Taiwan, India, Nepal, US, Canada and Germany, mainly on
Mahamudra meditation, from Yongey Minyur Rinpoche and committed herself to
practice under his guidance. She also visited Palpung Sherab Ling, India regularly to
receive teachings on The Instructions of Gampopa: A Precious Garland of the
Supreme Path, Chigshe-kundrol empowerment, the Five Treasuries
empowerment/transmission and Mahamudra, the Ocean of Certainty transmission
given by Tai Situ Rinpoche.
Through Zhepe Lhuyang Meditation Group, Gu Tsuan Yen Education Foundation
and Zhepe Lhuyang Publishing House, the organizations she founded, she has been
engaged in linking seekers with authentic masters and the supreme Dharma. In recent
years, she has also been invited by Dharma centers in North America to serve as an
oral translator and to assist in teaching programs. She is the translator/editor of two
Chinese titles - The Journey to Mind-Awakening by Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche and
The Great Liberation through Hearing by Guru Rinpoche (A Chanting Text of
Tibetan-Chinese Edition).
At the end of 2010, her spiritual journey shifted from 'traveling for learning' to
'settling down for practice'. In line with her master's instruction, she has started
preparing systematically for a life of retreat, and have committed to studying and
practicing under her spiritual tutor, Chöje Lama Karma Phuntsok. She has thus
limited her activities to working for Palpung Zhepe Lhuyang in Taiwan and Palpung
Yeshe Chökhor in Canada