Dr. Carola Roloff (Bhikṣuṇī Jampa Tsedroen)
Universität Hamburg, Abteilung Indien und Tibet
Alsterterrasse 1, Rm 124, D-20354 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40 42838-8950
Fax: +49 (0)40 42838-6944
Mobile: +49 (0)172 900 89 89
e-mail: carola.roloff@uni-hamburg.de Citizenship: German
website: www.carolaroloff.de
Current Position
Jan./10 – today Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Department Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets, Asien-Afrika-Institut. Topic:
"The ordination of nuns in the Tibetan Buddhist canon and its presentation in the
Tibetan commentaries", 3-year Temporary Position for Principal Investigators funded
by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
Research Interests
 Nuns' ordination, monastic rituals and rules in the Mūlasarvāstivāda Vinaya along with its treatment
in the Tibetan commentarial literature
 Vinaya ordination lineages and ordination of Tibetan women in the religious history of Tibet
 biographies of Tibetan saints such as Red mda' ba (1348-1412) and Tsong kha pa (1357-1419)
 gender, human and women's rights in Buddhism
 Buddhism in modernity, inter-Buddhist and interfaith dialogue
 Tibetan Buddhist liturgy and rituals, the Tārā tantra
Keywords
Asia, Buddhist Studies, Dialogue, Gender, India, Nuns, Ordination, Religion, Tibet, Vinaya, Women
Previous Academic Experience
Ph.D., 2009 Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg, Dissertation summa cum laude: "Red
mda' ba. Buddhist Yogi Scholar of the Fourteenth Century. The Forgotten Reviver of
Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet."
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson
Reviewers: Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Prof. Dr. Eva Neumaier
2003 – 2009 Post-graduate student, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg.
M.A., 2003 M.A. thesis magna cum laude: "Red mda’ pa (1349-1412) und Tsong kha pa (1357-
1419): zwei zentrale Figuren des tibetischen Buddhismus und ihr wechselseitiges
Lehrer- Schüler-Verhältnis."
Supervisors/Reviewers: Prof. Dr. David P. Jackson, Prof. Dr. Lambert Schmithausen
1997 – 2002 Basic and Main M.A. studies, Asia-Africa Institute, University of Hamburg
Major 1: Language and Culture of Tibet
Major 2: Language and Culture of Ancient and Medieval India (Sanskrit, Pāli)
1981 – 2001 Traditional training in the context of Tibetan monastic universities with Geshe
Thubten Ngawang and other teachers at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
1980 – 2001 Tibetan Buddhist dialectics
1988 – 1996 Buddhist philosophy (Tibetan doxographic literature)
1981 – 1991 Vinaya (Tibetan Mūlasarvāstivāda)
1988 – 1992 Vinaya Research on behalf of the Studienstiftung für Tibetischen Buddhismus
11-12/1985 Three Platform Ordination and traditional Chinese Dharmaguptaka Vinaya training at
Miao-T‘ung Monastery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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08 – 10/1980 Study stay at the Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, Dharamsala, India
Grants and scholarships
04/07/2011 Karl H. Ditze Award for outstanding doctoral thesis
03/2011 Erasmus short-term lectureship
2009 Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 3-year temporary position in conjunction
with a research grant in Germany
2009 PhD thesis printing costs grant Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
2008 – 2009 PhD stipend Tara-Stiftung, Munich (2 years)
2007 Research grant Tara-Stiftung, Munich (for expedition to India)
2007 Travel grant Studienstiftung für Buddhismus, Hamburg (award-giving Bangkok)
2005 – 2007 PhD stipend Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany
01/1999 – 09/2002 Government grant "Bafög", (under)graduate scholarship, Germany
Teaching experience
1996 – today (Co-)Lecturer, University of Hamburg
10/2010-03/2011 Der Buddhismus im Kontext der Weltreligionen und Bildung, EPB
04/2010-09/2011 Die acht schweren Regeln und die Gründung des buddhistischen Nonnenordens,
Department Kultur und Geschichte Indiens und Tibets
10/2009-03/2010 Gender und Buddhismus in Asien, Asien-Afrika-Institut
04/1997-09/1997 Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, AWW
10/1996-03/1997 Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, AWW
10/1990-03/1991 Stellung der Frau in den Religionen, Sozietät Interreligiöser Dialog, Ev.
Theologie and exhibition at the Ev. Studentinnen- und Studentengemeinde
07/2002 – today Teacher, 7-year Systematisches Studium des Buddhismus, Tibetisches Zentrum e.V.
1986 – today Courses, seminars, and lectures on various Buddhist topics, Germany and abroad
1988 – 2002 Tutor, 7-year Systematisches Studium des Buddhismus, Tibetisches Zentrum e.V.
Vocational training and work experience
1981 – today Activities as Buddhist nun at Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
1981 – 2011 translator and interpreter Tibetan-German/German-Tibetan
2005 – 2010 scientific advisor, lecturer, editor
1983 – 2008 manager of the Tibetan refugee relief (several projects in India)
1989 – 1995 managing director
1981 – 1998 project manager, program coordinator, office manager, accountant
1977 – 1981 Training college for and occupation as doctor's assistant, Germany
Languages Tibetan, Sanskrit, Pāli, English, Latin, German
Other skills
PC Oriental text processing; OpenOffice; Microsoft Office; WordPerfect; proficiency in
type writing, correspondence, editorial work
business management accounting, annual financial statements, tax law, personal management, organizing
and overseeing mid to large size projects
Countries visited Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Greece, Hungary,
India, Italy, Yugoslavia, Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland,
Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, USA, Vietnam
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Dr. Carola Roloff (Bhikṣuṇī Jampa Tsedroen)
Publications
1. Authored and Edited Books
2011 together with Thea Mohr, eds. Mit Würde und Beharrlichkeit. Die Erneuerung
buddhistischer Nonnenorden. Berlin: Steinrich edition. (English translation of Dignity
and Discipline Boston 2010)
2011 together with Wolfram Weiße, Michael Zimmermann, eds. Buddhismus im Westen.
Ein Dialog zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft, vol 6, series "Religionen im Dialog",
Schriftenreihe der Akademie der Weltreligionen, in Kooperation mit dem Zentrum für
Buddhismuskunde der Universität Hamburg und dem Tibetischen Zentrum e.V.
Münster: Waxmann (in print)
2010 together with Thea Mohr, eds. Dignity and Discipline. Reviving Full Ordination for
Buddhist Nuns. Boston: Wisdom Publications. (German translation Mit Würde und
Beharrlichkeit Berlin 2011)
2. Research Monographs
2009 Red mda' ba. Buddhist Yoga Scholar of the Fourteenth Century. The Forgotten
Reviver of Madhyamaka Philosophy in Tibet (Contributions to Tibetan Studies, vol. 7)
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag
1992 A Brief Survey of the Vinaya. Its origin, transmission, and arrangement from the
Tibetan point of view with comparisons to the Theravāda and Dharmagupta
traditions (Vinaya Research = Vinaya Forschung, 1, ed. Foundation for Tibetan
Buddhist Studies), 1. Aufl. Hamburg: Dharma Edition 1992
3. Chapters in collected volumes
2011 Das Erleuchtungspotenzial von Frauen und Ordinationslinien im Buddhismus. In
Christine Gerber, Silke Petersen, Wolfram Weiße, eds. Unbeschreiblich weiblich?
Neue Fragestellungen zur Geschlechterdifferenz in den Religionen (Reihe: Theologische
Frauenforschung in Europa, vol. 26). Berlin, Münster, Wien, Zürich, London:
LIT Verlag
2010 Women's Rights in the Vajrayāna Tradition. In Carmen Meinert and Hans-Bernd
Zöllner: Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights. Dissonances and Resonances.
Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 195-210
2008 Generation to Generation: Transmitting the Bhikṣuṇī Lineage in the Tibetan Tradition.
In Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed. Buddhist Women in a Global Multicultural Community.
9th Sakyadhita International Conference. Kuala Lumpur: Sukhi Hotu Publications,
205-215
2006 Bhikṣuṇī Ordination. In Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed. Out of the Shadows: Socially
Engaged Women. Delhi: Sri Satguru Publications, 305-309
2005 Karitatives Engagement deutscher Buddhisten: Seelsorge in Deutschland und Hilfe
zur Selbsthilfe in Südindien. In Karl Federschmidt, Klaus Temme, Helmut Weiß:
Ethik und Praxis des Helfens in verschiedenen Religionen. Anregungen zum
interreligiösen Gespräch in Seelsorge und Beratung. Neukirchen-Vlyn: Neukirchener
Verlag, 233-237
1992 Kostbare Menschengeburt? Zur Position des Buddhismus zum Schwangerschaftsabbruch.
In: Andrea Hauner / Elke Reichart (eds.): § 218. Zur aktuellen Diskussion
mit Beiträgen von Herta Däubler-Gmelin, Jutta Ditfurth, Uta Ranke-Heinemann,
Hannelore Rönsch, Irmgard Schwaetzer, Alice Schwarzer, Rita Süssmuth u.a. München:
Knaur-Verlag, 108-113
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1988 The Significance of the Conference. In Karma Lekshe Tsomo, ed. Sakyadhita.
Daughters of the Buddha. 1st edition. New York, Snow Lion Publications, 47-52.
4. Articles
2012 Buddhistische Nonnen brauchen eine Lobby. Tibet und Buddhismus 26.2
2011 Die Grüne Tara – eine Erleuchtete. Tibet und Buddhismus 25.2
2010 Aktuelles zur Nonnenordination — „Westliche Frauen können nicht länger warten“.
Tibet und Buddhismus 24.1
2009 Buddhismus und Buddhologie. Tibet und Buddhismus 23.3
2007 Nonnenkongress: Volle Ordination von tibetischen Nonnen nur noch eine Frage der
Zeit. Tibet und Buddhismus 21.4
2006 Wiederbelebung der Bhikshuni-Gelübde im tibetischen Buddhismus. Tibet und
Buddhismus 20.4
2006 Der 14. Dalai Lama von Tibet und seine Philosophie der Gewaltlosigkeit. Weiterbildendes
Studium: Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vol. 10, Universität
Hamburg
2004 Karma und Wiedergeburt in der tibetischen Gelugpa-Tradition. Weiterbildendes
Studium: Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart, vol. 9, Universität Hamburg
2003 Bhikṣuṇī-Ordination. Weiterbildendes Studium: Buddhismus in Geschichte und
Gegenwart, vol. 8, Universität Hamburg
1993 Tibetan Nunneries in India. Newsletter on International Buddhist Women's Activities
(NIBWA) 3
1992 The First International Conference on Buddhist Women. Internationales Asienforum
23.1-2
1991 Relevance of Vinaya in Modern Circumstances. Paper presented at the Thammasat
University Bangkok October 29, 1991. Online Publication:
http://www.thubtenchodron.org/BuddhistNunsMonasticLife/relevance_of_vinaya_in_
modern_circumstances.pdf
1991 Activities on the Vinaya Research Committee. Sakyadhita Newsletter
1988 Das Wiedererwachen buddhistischer Frauenorden. Universale Religion 4. Reprint in
Bodhi Baum 4 (1989)
1987 Erste internationale Konferenz buddhistischer Nonnen 1987. Tibet-Forum 6.2
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Research expeditions
14/09/11-08/02/2012 DFG research stay in India (fieldwork Tibetan settlements, research scholar at the
Central University for Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India)
13 – 18/03/2011 DFG exploring journey University of Gent, Belgium
08 – 24/01/2011 DFG exploring journey Central University for Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India
2006 – 2008 Research Scholar at the Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath, India
10/2007-03/2008 intensive research related to my PhD thesis
10/2006-02/2007 intensive research related to my PhD thesis
1983-2008 In 1983 three-monthly stay in Sera Je Monastery, Bylakuppe, and Drepung Loseling
Monastery, Mundgod, India to explore monastic life, followed by 10 visits to Tibetan
monasteries and nunneries in India as the mananger of the refugee relief of
Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. (public charity) in the years 1987-2008 (3-6 weeks each)
Organization of International conferences, panels, workshops, and major events
06/2011 Panel "The Prospects for Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in Tibetan Buddhism", 16th Congress
of the International Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College,
Taiwan, June 20-25, 2011
28/11/2010 Symposium "Buddhismus im Westen: Ein Dialog zwischen Religion und Wissenschaft",
University of Hamburg in cooperation with the Tibetisches Zentrum e.V.,
sponsored by the Gustav Prietsch-Stiftung
02/2006 – 12/2007 International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Saṅgha on behalf of the
Studienstiftung für Buddhismus in cooperation with the Asien-Afrika-Institut,
University of Hamburg
08/1997 – 11/1998 Buddhas Weg zum Glück. Major event with H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama in
Schneverdingen/Lüneburger Heath, Germany (7,000-11,000 participants)
1990 – 1991 Hamburg Tibetweek with H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama under the patronage of Carl-
Friedrich von Weizsäcker
1987 Co-organizer of the First International Sakyadhita Conference, Bodhgaya, India
1982 Public Talk of H. H. the 14th Dalai Lama at the University of Hamburg
Invited presentations
22/05/2012 Rechte Erkenntnis und rechter Lebenswandel in Buddhismus und Christentum,
Diskussion mit Prof. Dr. Michael von Brück, Moderation: Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße,
Katholische Akademie Hamburg
13-15/04/2012 Bewusstseinskonzepte aus buddhistischer Perspektive, Vortrag beim Kongress
"Bewusstseinskultur! Begegnung westlicher Psychotherapie und buddhistischer
Geistesschulung", Gebäude Ensemble Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau, Dresden
15/02/2012 Selbstverwirklichung. Vom Stress mit sich selbst. Diskussionsreihe: "Vom guten
Leben. Was uns treibt und was uns trägt", ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius,
NDR Radiohaus am Rothenbaum, Hamburg (Radio-Sendung: Donnerstag,
16.02.2012, Das Forum, NDR Info)
04/02/2012 Buddhism and Monastic Communities in Germany, Lecture at the international
conference "Buddhism & Australia 2012", Murdoch University, Lecture Theatre,
Perth, Australia
12/01/2012 The Buddhist Nuns Order Restoration Movement and its Implications for Modern
Society, Lecture on invitation by Prof. Dr. Jay Garfield for students from Smith
College, University of Tasmania and Mt Holyoke College, 20th Anniversary of
Exchange Programme at the Central University of Tibetan Studies, India
29/11/2011 The Buddhist Nuns Order Restoration Movement and its Implications for Modern
Society, Panel Politics and Society: Engaged Buddhism, Global Buddhist Congregation
2011, Lalit Hotel, New Delhi, India
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11/09/2011 "Verweile doch, Du bist so schön!" - Was ist Glück? ZEIT Forum Kultur Symposium
at the Ruhrtriennale 2011, Bochum
20-25/06/2011 Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in the Vinayakṣudrakavastu of the Tibetan Kangyur. Panel: The
Prospects for Bhikṣuṇī Ordination in Tibetan Buddhism, 16th Congress of the International
Association of Buddhist Studies, Dharma Drum Buddhist College, Taiwan
17/04/2011 The Foundation of the Order of Buddhist Nuns According to the Tibetan Translation
of the Kṣudrakavastu of the Mūlasarvāstivāda-vinaya. Presentation at the Numata
Vinaya Conference, McMaster University, Toronto, 16-17/04/2011
04/04/2011 Interreligiöse Gesprächsreihe "Wie viel Religion braucht unsere Gesellschaft?" im
Katharinen-Salon in der Hafencity im Meßmer Momentum, Am Kaiserkai 4.
Moderator: Main pastor and chaplain Dr. Ulrike Murmann.
15/03/2011 Evening talk with discussion "Potential for Enlightenment and Ordination of Women
in Buddhism", "Permanent Training Course", organized by Prof. Dr. Ann Heirman
16/03/2011 Lecture and groupwork "Women's Rights in Buddhism" for the MA course "Culture
in Perspective", organized by Dr. Mathieu Torck
18/01/2011 Vinaya in Modernity. Panel discussion, International Vinaya Conference, Central
University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath/Varanasi, 17-19/01/2011
03/01/2011 Das Erleuchtungspotenzial von Frauen und Ordinationslinien im Buddhismus.
Lecture during the lecture series of the Akademie der Weltreligionen Hamburg "Unbeschreiblich
Weiblich oder die Kontingenz der Männlichkeit. Neue Fragestellungen
zur Geschlechterdifferenz in der Theologie" at the University of Hamburg
12/11/2010 Die buddhistische Nonnenordination und ihre Relevanz für den Westen. Lecture at
Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
23/07/2010 Jetsun Rendawa – buddhistischer Yogi und Gelehrter des 14. Jahrhunderts. Lecture at
Tibetisches Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
16/03/2010 Buddhist Monastic Communities in Europe. Lecture at the University of Gent
02/03/2010 Wieviel Raum können Religionen einander geben? Panel discussion at the cluster of
excellence "Religion und Politik" of the WWU, Landeshaus des Landschaftsverbands
Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), Münster
28/01/2010 Übungen der Achtsamkeit im Buddhismus. Lecture and exercises in the context of the
course "Übungen der Achtsamkeit - Anthropotechniken in pädagogischen
Kontexten", University of Bielefeld
28/12/09-03/01/2010 Buddhist Education Across Cultures -- Buddhism and Buddhology: One Root, Two
Fruits. Presentation at the 11th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist
Women. Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
21/12/2009 Lernen im Buddhismus. Lecture at the Evangelisch-Theologische Fakultät of the
University of Münster
30/08-06/12/2009 Der Buddhismus und seine Philosophie. Buddhist study course at Tibetisches
Zentrum e.V. Hamburg
04/092009 Menschen- und Frauenrechte im Buddhismus. Lecture at the Tibet Songtsen House,
Zürich, Switzerland
11/03/2009 Der Tibetische Buddhismus: Die Tradition der Gelugpas. Lecture at Tibetisches
Zentrum e. V. Hamburg
13/01/2009 Buddhistische und christliche Ordensgemeinschaften in Deutschland. Lecture and
discussion at the University of Hamburg, Center for Buddhist Studies, AAI
21-22/11/2008 Menschen- und Frauenrechte im Vajrayāna. Presentation during the International
Symposium "Buddhism and Human Rights" at the University of Hamburg
17-19/05/2008 The Amazingly Marvelous Biography of the Great Glorious Rendawa: The Life and
Spiritual Practice of a Fourteenth-Century Tibetan Scholar-Yogi. Paper presented at
the 4th Korean International Conference of Buddhist Studies, Dongguk University
Seoul
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07-09/03/2008 Generation to Generation: Transmitting Bhikshuni Lineage in the Tibetan Tradition.
Presentation during the National Conference on Buddhism and World Culture,
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies, Sarnath/ Varanasi, India
21-27/06/2006 Generation to Generation: Transmitting the Bhikṣuṇī Lineage, 9th International
Sakyadhita Conference on Buddhist Women, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
27/06-02/07/2004 Bhikṣuṇī Ordination. Presentation during the 8th Sakyadhita International Conference
on Buddhist Women, Seoul, Korea
1997-2005 Lecturer and discussant during the following panel discussions of the Weiterbildendes
Studium “Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart” of the Arbeitsstelle für
wissenschaftliche Weiterbildung (AWW), University of Hamburg (fall semester
1997/98, and spring semester 1999 to fall semester 2004/05)
Śāntidevas “Eintritt in das Leben zur Erleuchtung”
Zur Entwicklung der Gestalt Buddha
Das Spektrum buddhistischer Lehren
Buddhismus der Gegenwart
Grundfragen buddhistischer Ethik
Frauen im Buddhismus und Meditation
Facetten des Buddhismus - gibt es einen gemeinsamen Kern?
Gewalt und Gewaltlosigkeit
7-9/02/1997 Herausforderungen des Nonnenlebens heute. International Symposium on "Frauen
und Buddhismus", Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and
Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung e.V.
6-7/09/1995 Frauen im Buddhismus. Lecture and panel discussion "Sich zur Berufung
entscheiden", Fördergemeinschaft zur Gründung einer Friedensuniversität, Berlin.
Further Panelists: R. Baker-Roshi, Prof. Dr. M. Jammer, Prof. Dr. E. Laszlo, Prof. K.
A. Müller, Prof. Prinz zur Lippe, Dr. P. Russell
30/11/1994 Die Rolle der Frauen im tibetischen Buddhismus. Lecture on invitation by the Tibet
Initiative Deutschland e.V. and the Internationales Bildungsforum Düsseldorf
30/09/-02/10/1994 Der Buddhismus — ein möglicher Lebensentwurf in einer abendländischen
Gesellschaft? Symposium "Der Buddhismus in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart",
Deutsch-Indische Gesellschaft e.V., Darmstadt
22-24/04/1994 Buddhismus im Westen. Seminar at the Volkshochschule Hildesheim
01.12.1993 Tibetische Frauen einst und jetzt, lecture at the University of Konstanz, organized by
the Tibet Initiative Deutschland e.V.
30.11.1993 Das Leben tibetischer Nonnen, lecture on invitation by the Tibet Initiative
Deutschland e.V. and Terre des Femmes Tübingen
10/1993 Challenges in Monastic Life Today. Paper presented at the Third International
Buddhist Women‘s Conference, Sri Lanka Foundation Institute (SLFI), Colombo
23/09/1992 Das Leben tibetischer Nonnen. Lecture during the exhibition „Kult und Alltag in
Tibet“, Niedersächsisches Landesmuseum Hannover
10/06/1992 Tibetische Frauen im Exil. Frauen im Buddhismus, Identitäsprobleme, Frauenbild und
Frauenrolle. Lecture at the Frauenbildungszentrum Hamburg
10/1991 Relevance of Vinaya in Modern Circumstances. Paper presented at The First
International Conference on Buddhist Women, Thammasat University Thailand
17/10/1991 Tibetische Frauen im Exil. Frauen im Buddhismus, Identitäsprobleme, Frauenbild und
Frauenrolle. Lecture on invitation by Amnesty International, Hamburg
13.08.1991 Das Leben tibetischer Nonnen. Lecture on invitation by the Tibet-Initiative and UFAFabrik
Berlin
06/10/1990 Tibetische Frauen, das Gemeinwohl und praktizierter Buddhismus, Lecture on
invitation by the Deutsch-Tibetische Kulturgesellschaft e.V. at the Seminaris Bad
Honnef, 16. Vortragswochenende
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11-17/02/1987 Living by the Vinaya in the Present Day. Paper presented at the First Sakyadhītā
International Conference on Buddhist Nuns
Awards and Memberships
2012 Visiting Professorship at the Academy of World Religions University of Hamburg
(Forum Humanum Gastprofessur), summer term
2011 – today Post-doctoral Local Researcher Khyentse Center for Tibetan Buddhist Textual
Scholarship at the University of Hamburg
04/07/2011 Karl H. Ditze Award for outstanding doctoral thesis
2009 – today Member of the International Association of Buddhist Studies
2009 – today Research fellow and member of faculty Center for Buddhist Studies at the University
of Hamburg
2007 – today Councilor Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of Hamburg
2007 Outstanding Buddhist Women Awards, In Honor of the UN International Women’s
Day, United Nations Bangkok
2006 – today Member of the Bhikkhuni Ordination Committee of The Department of Religion and
Culture of the Central Tibetan Administration
2005 – today Member of the Committee for Bhikshuni Ordination (CBO) in the Tibetan Buddhist
tradition (former CWB)
1987 – today Member of the editorial staff of "Tibet und Buddhismus", quarterly magazine of
Tibetisches Zentrums e.V. Hamburg (circulation 3500 copies)
1988 – 2001 Councilor of the Foundation for Tibetan Buddhist Studies (now: Foundation for
Buddhist Studies), Hamburg (area of Vinaya Research)
1987 – 1995 Executive Member of Sakyadhita, International Buddhist Women's Organization
(National Representative and Vice President 1991-1995)
1984 – 1988 Member of the board of directors Deutsche Buddhistische Union e.V. and councilorf
the Buddhistische Religionsgemeinschaft Germany (non-profit nationwide umbrella
organization of Buddhist societies and individual members)
1981 – 1993 Member of the board of directors Tibetisches Zentrum e.V., Germany (non-profit
organization founded in 1977 under the patronage of H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama)