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Karma Lekshe Tsomo
Karma Lekshe Tsomo (born 23rd September 1944) is a Buddhist nun, scholar and social activist.

She is Professor at the University of San Diego, where she teaches Buddhism and World Religions. 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. She took novice precepts as a Buddhist nun in 1977, and full ordination in 1982.

Scholarly career
Karma Lekshe Tsomo is Professor of Buddhist Studies at the University of San Diego, where she has worked since 2000. After fifteen years studying Buddhism at Dharamsala, she did her postgraduate work at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, gaining a PhD in Comparative Philosophy in 2000. Her research has primarily concerned women in Buddhism, death and dying, and Buddhist philosophy and ethics.

Social activism
In 1985 Karma Lekshe Tsomo founded the Jamyang Foundation, a non-profit organisation that works to improve the education of women and girls in the Himalayan region and currently runs several schools and study programmes. At a gathering at Bodh Gaya in 1987 she became one of the founding members of the international organisation Sakydhita (Daughters of the Buddha), which campaigns for gender equality in Buddhism.