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Diki Tsering (བདེ་སྐྱིད་ཚེ་རིང་; c. 1901 – 12 January 1981) was a 20th-century Tibetan woman, known as the mother of three reincarnated Rinpoches/Lamas: Lhamo Thondup, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th reincarnated Dalai Lama; Thubten Jigme Norbu, the 6th reincarnated Taktser Rinpoche; and Tendzin Choegyal, the 16th ...
Diki Tsering died in 1981, but not before sitting down to a series of taped interviews with her granddaughter Yangzom Doma in which the matriarch shared her memories and impressions of having been the mother of the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism.
Diki Tsering (1901 – 12 January 1981) was a Tibetan woman notably known as the mother of Tenzin Gyatso (the 14th Dalai Lama). Tibetans across the world call her ‘Gyalyum Chenmo’ or ‘the great mother’ with affection.
May 10, 2017 · Diki Tsering is affectionately called Gyalyum Chenmo, meaning “the great mother,” by Tibetans across the world. She is remembered for being mother to the 14 th Dalai Lama of Tibet.
The Dalai Lama’s mother was named Diki Tsering (1900-1981). She was the mother of sixteen children, though only seven of them survived. She was born in 1901, the daughter of peasants.
May 1, 2000 · Diki Tsering, Khedroob Thondup. The story of the Dalai Lama's mother describes in her own words her feelings about her son being recognized as a living Buddha, her childhood in turn-of-the-century Tibet, her witness to the Chinese invasion, and her observations during her son's formative years. 50,000 first printing.
Mar 10, 2015 · With vivid and intimate details, she recounts her life's humble beginning, the customs and rituals of old Tibet, the births of her sixteen children (only seven of whom survived), learning her son's remarkable destiny, the family's arduous move to Lhasa before the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and their escape and eventual exile.
