Ven Amy Miller

During most of 2005 and part of 2006, Amy Miller (Ven. Losang Chodren) was organizing international teaching tours for and traveling with the esteemed Tibetan Buddhist master, Ven. Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche. Prior to this, she completed a solitary seven-month retreat at Vajrapani Institute in California, where she was director from 1995-2004. From 1998-2002, she was also the manager of the Lawudo Retreat Fund, which supports the center in which the sacred cave of Kyabje Zopa Rinpoche is located in the Mt. Everest region of Nepal. Additionally, in 1990, Amy co-founded Tse Chen Ling, a Buddhist city center in the heart of San Francisco, California.

Amy came to Tibetan Buddhism in 1987 and has spent a great deal of time doing meditation retreats in India, Nepal and the United States. She has traveled extensively throughout the world and has had the good fortune to visit Tibet in 1987 and again in 2001 as a pilgrimage leader for the Institute of Noetic Science in the United States.

Amy was ordained as a Buddhist nun in June 2000 by the great Tibetan master, Ven. Choden Rinpoche, and has been teaching extensively since 1992. Her teaching style emphasizes a practical approach to integrating Buddhist philosophy into everyday life. She is happy to help people connect with meditation and mindfulness in an effort to gain a refreshing perspective on normally stressful living.

Presently, Amy continues being a nomadic nun teaching at centers around the world.