Translations by Padma ‘tsho

Padma 'tsho (Baimacuo) is Professor in the Philosophy Department of Southwest University for Nationalities (Southwest Minzu University) in Chengdu, China. She holds a Ph.D. from Sichuan University in Chengdu and M.A. from Central Nationalities University in Beijing. She has published about 50 articles and three books on her research. Her areas of research and teaching include Tibetan Buddhism, ritual, Tibetan monasteries as well as the education of Buddhist nuns in Tibetan areas. Her main research article is “How Tibetan Nuns Become Khenmos: The History and Evolution of the Khenmo Degree for Tibetan Nuns” (Religion, 2021). She has also translated a few Tibetan nuns’ writing into English, such as “In Praise of Jetsünma Mumtso (Introduced and Translated)” in Longing to Awaken: Buddhist Devotion in Tibetan Poetry and Song (Virginia, University of Virginia Press, 2024). Other articles have appeared in journals such as Contemporary Buddhism, China Tibetology, Journal of Ethnology, Sichuan Tibetan Studies, and Asian Highlands Perspective. Professor Padma 'tsho has spent time at several North American universities as a Visiting Research Scholar, including Harvard, Columbia, University of Virginia, and CU Boulder.