Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Venerable Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Born	Patricia Zenn 23 September 1944
Occupation(s)	Scholar and social activist
Organization(s)	Sakyadhita, Jamyang Foundation

Karma Lekshe Tsomo (born 23 September 1944) is a Buddhist nun, scholar and social activist. She is a professor at the University of San Diego, where she teaches Buddhism, World Religions, and Dying, Death, and Social Justice. She is co-founder of the Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women and the founding director of the Jamyang Foundation, which supports the education of women and girls in the Himalayan region, the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh, and elsewhere. She took novice precepts as a Buddhist nun in France in 1977 and full ordination in Korea in 1982.^[1]