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- In Rangoon she learned vipassana from Mahasi Sayadaw, and Sayadaw U Titthila.
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Freda Bedi (born Freda Marie Houlston; 5 February 1911 – 26 March 1977), also known as Sister Palmo or Gelongma Karma Kechog Palmo, was an English-Indian social worker, writer, Indian nationalist and Buddhist nun. [2]
Aug 12, 2016 · She left her husband and three children (her daughter, Gulhima, was born in 1949) behind in India, and found that in Rangoon she had an opportunity to learn meditation, guided by a “most remarkable” Buddhist teacher, Sayadaw U Titthila.
Sep 22, 2019 · Freda spent much of her time at the lamas’ school in Dalhousie, a day or more’s travel north of Delhi; Bedi, an exuberant and increasingly outlandish character, had a new household. Guli regarded Kabir, and her oldest brother Ranga and his wife Umi, as her ‘rocks’—she stayed with them during school holidays.
Aug 27, 2017 · Freda Bedi was the first English woman to voluntarily enter prison as a freedom fighter under Mohandas Gandhi for Indian independence. She became a close friend of Nehru, the first Prime Minister and his only daughter Indira and was appointed Social Welfare Advisor as the Tibetans flooded the borders of India escaping from the Chinese in 1959.
She was English by birth and upbringing—and Indian by marriage, cultural affinity and political loyalty. Later, she travelled the world as a revered Buddhist teacher, but India would remain her home to the end. The life of Freda Bedi is a remarkable story of multiple border crossings.
Oct 14, 2020 · Freda Bedi was a British woman who moved to India in the 1940s and made a remarkable contribution to India’s freedom. She was the first European woman to be arrested as a Satyagrahi and became...
With the support of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Bedi set up the school to help the tulkus and lamas, who had been sequestered in their monasteries back in Tibet, adjust to the realities of modern life. Her pupils included Lama Zopa, Tarthang Tulku, and Gelek Rimpoche.
