Photo Gallery





Celebration of 40 years of state recognition of Buddhism in Austria
March 03, 2023


Workshop "Buddhist and Interreligious Chaplaincy and Spiritual Care", Hamburg, Germany
left to right (back row): Lisa Förster, Justyna Jankowska, Tatiana Letovaltseva, Ulli Fischer, Anya Wiersma, Egil Lothe, Bee Scherer, Keith Munnings, Mary Remington
left to right (middle row): Anne-Hege Grung, Carolin Apikikian-Merboth, Helmut Weiß, Miriam Pokora, Friederike Brandtner, Wolfgang Trescher, Sönke Loberg-Fehring
left to right (front row): Shimo Sraman, Halima Krausen, Eva Kuczewski-Anderson, Sylvie Hansbauer, Daniel Roters, Regina Weilhart, Ria Enderl, Carola Roloff, Beate Achtmer-Hartmann
December 08, 2022




Roundtable of Religions, Potsdam, Germany
left to right (back row): Dr. Timo Aytac Güzelmansur, Dr. Carola Roloff, Dr. Andreas Herrmann, Bischof em. Prof. Dr. Martin Hein, Dr. Zekeriya Altug, Dr. Alexander Kalbarczyk, Dr. Franz Brendle
left to right (front row): Burhan Kesici, Bischöfin Kirsten Fehrs, Dr. Nicola Towfigh, Prof. Dr. Johannes Lähnemann, Bischof Dr. Bertram Meier, Ahmad Aweimer
October 25, 2022




Inaugural lecture of my visiting professorship for Buddhism at the Akademie der Weltreligionen, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
left to right: Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Veltri, Prof. Dr. Michael Zimmermann, Pro-Dekanin Prof. Dr. Telse Iwers, Dr. Carola Roloff, Prof. Dr. Michael von Brück, Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße, Dr. Wolfgang Trescher
June 19, 2018
Photo copyright: UHH, RRZ/MCC, Mentz




First Geshema Convocation, Jangchub Choeling Mundgod Nunnery, India
left to right: Thubten Chodron, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Tenzin Palmo, Lobsang Dechen, Rinchen Khandro Choegyal, Elizabeth Napper, Jampa Tsedroen
December 23, 2016




Women, Rights, and Religion, Workshop Aug. 28 to Sept. 1, 2016 in Calgary, Alberta & Victoria, British Columbia



Palais de l’Europe (seat of the Council of Europe), Strasbourg
left to right: Gabriela Frey, Ven. Aileen Barry, Carola Roloff, Hans Frey, Ven. Tenzin Palmo, Bettina Föllmi, Rev. Vajramala, Philippe Gaillard, Christine Casanova, Martine Wajtowicz, Paul Syska, Martin Ramstedt
June 21, 2016




Jangchub Choeling Nunnery, one year before the conferral of Geshema degrees
left to right: Phuntsok Drolkar, Ngawang Chökyi, Jampa Tsedroen, Yeshe Lhamo, Lobsang Chönyi, and Yeshe Sangmo
October, 2015




Meeting with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Congress Centre Hamburg, August 25, 2014




round table "Aufbruch der Frauen im Buddhismus - Ist das Eis schon gebrochen?"
left to right: Sylvia Wetzel, Geshe Kelsang Wangmo, Dr. Thea Mohr, Dr. Carola Roloff, Ven. Thubten Chodron, Dr. Birgit Schweiberer
Congress Centre Hamburg, August 24, 2014




Co-Creative Session for the Programme on Women in Buddhism during the Interdisciplinary Colloquium: Women and Gender Issues as an Organizing Point for Scholarship: Research, Dialogue and Understanding across Disciplines
top row, left to right: Ellen Lohuis, Thubten Chodron, Lobsang Dechen, Jampa Tsedroen, Karma Lekshe Tsomo, Gabriele Küstermann, Soenam Choekyi
bottom row, left to right: Dan Lin, Emma Tomalin, Lisa Fancott, Petra Kieffer-Pülz, Birte Plutat, Ise Gainza
Hamburg, Germany, June 6, 2013




at the Symposion Dürnstein "Risiko Sicherheit"
Dürnstein, Austria, February 2013




Lecture at the 13th Sakyadhita International Conference on Buddhist Women
(left to right:) Prof. Dr. Christie Chang (Taiwan, Moderator), Vinita Agrawal (India), Prof. Dr. Lori Meeks (USA), Caroline Starkey (U.K.), Jampa Tsedroen, Shari Gent (USA)
Mahaprajapati Monastery, Vaishali (Bihar), India, January 2013




Meeting with Bhikkhuni Dhammananda during the International Buddhist Sangha Conference
Patna, India, January 2013




Meeting with the Gelongma Committee
Sarah Institute, Dharamsala, India, October 2012




Meeting with students from Smith College, Tasmania University and Mt. Holyoke College
Sarnath/Varanasi, India, January 12, 2012




Delegates Reception at the Global Buddhist Congregation 2011
Thubten Chodzin, Jampa Tsedroen, Dawa Drölma, Tenzin Palmo, Thubten Chodron, Sönam Dekyi (l. to r.)
Central University of Tibetan Studies, Sarnath/Varanasi, India, December 3, 2011




Meeting on bhikshuni ordination with H.H. Gyalwa Karmapa and Bhikkhuni Dhammananda
Bodhgaya, India, October 27, 2011




Exchange on bhikshuni ordination with leading Tibetan monk scholars
Sera Monastic University, South India, October 18, 2011




Meeting with Joan Halifax Roshi and Bhikkhuni Dhammananda during the INEB Conference
Bodhgaya, India, October 2011




Exchange with leading Tibetan monk scholars of Ganden and Drepung Monastic Universities
Jangchub Choeling Nunnery, Mundgod, South India, September 16, 2011




Karl H. Ditze-Preis 2011 award ceremony with the president of the University of Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen
Hamburg, Germany, July 4, 2011




Ven. Heng-ching, Ven. Dhammananda and Ven. Jampa Tsedroen attend the International Conference on Vinaya
organized by the Central University of Tibetan Studies
Sarnath/Varanasi (India), 17-19 January 2011




H. H. the Dalai Lama and leading Buddhist nuns and monks
International Congress on Buddhist Women's Role in the Sangha
University of Hamburg, Germany, 2007




Three Recipients of the Outstanding Buddhist Women Awards 2007: Madame Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa, The First Lady of Sri Lanka, Her Royal Highness Princess Denchen Yangzom Wangchuk, Representative of Her Majesty the Queen Ashi Tshering Yangdong Wangchuk of Bhutan, and Ven. Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen (Germany)



Ven. Dhammandana Bhikkhuni and Ven. Bhiksuni Jampa Tsedroen in front of the Medicine Buddha temple under construction at Wat Songdhammakalyani, Nakhonpathom, Thailand.


Outstanding Buddhist Woman Awarding 2007 by His Excellency Rodolphe Imhoof, Ambassador of Switzerland, and Ven. Shi Kuany Seng, Abbess of Kuan-Im Bodhisattva Hall Bangkok, at the United Nations


Audience with the Acting Sangharaja, the Most Venerable Somdej Praphuttacaraya, 12.03.2007 at Wat Sraket in Bangkok


First Conference of Tibetan Buddhism in Europe
Zurich, Switzerland, August 2005





Buddhist Nuns Community with two Tibetan teachers from Sera Monastery
(l. to r.) Bhikshuni Thubten Choedroen, Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen, Geshe Lobsang Palden, Geshe Ngawang Sonam, Bhikshuni Soenam Choekyi, Bhikshuni Jampa Yangkyi, Bhikshuni Soenam Choetso
Tibetan Centre, Hamburg, Germany, 2004





Jampa Tsedroen with three dharma sisters
(l. to r.) Bhikshuni Jampa Tsedroen, Bhikshuni Thubten Choedroen, Bhikshuni Soenam Choekyi, Bhikshuni Jampa Yangkyi
Tibetan Centre, Hamburg, Germany, 2004





1st International Bhikshuni Confession Ceremony
Bodhgaya, India, 1987





Three Platform Ordination
Miao-T'ung Monastery, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, December 1985





First Meeting with H.H. the Dalai Lama on the question of Bhiksuni ordination together with Ven. Geshe Thubten Ngawang
Atlantic Hotel, Hamburg, Germany, 1982





Jampa Tsedroen as a novice together with her main teacher Ven. Geshe Thubten Ngawang (1932-2003) and her dharma brother Jampa Gyatso (Christof Spitz)
Tibetan Centre, Hamburg, Germany, 1982
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