Khenmo drolma


Khenmo Drolma is the Buddhist abbot of the Vajra Dakini nunnery, the first Westerner installed as abbot of the Drikung Kagyu lineage of Buddhism. She has spent a lot of time studying, in the US, India, and elsewhere, and with the Dalai Lama. She was a leader in creating the King Songtsen Gonpo and the Art Director for the Songster Library.

Career

She holds an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She was a professor at the Maine College of Art from 1981 to 1995.
She has given various speeches at locations such as the Sadhana, The Meditation Center.

Personal life

Drolma is the daughter of Catherine Lahey Kelley. She is also a cancer survivor.