Karuna Dharma
Karuna Dharma | |
|---|---|
| Title | Bhikkhuni |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Joyce Adele Pettingill April 21, 1940 |
| Died | February 22, 2014 (aged 73) |
| Nationality | American |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| School | Vietnamese Thiền |
| Senior posting | |
| Teacher | Thích Thiên-Ân |
Karuna Dharma (Vietnamese: Thích Nữ Ân Từ; April 21, 1940—February 22, 2014) was an American Buddhist scholar and nun. She was the first American-born woman to become a fully ordained Buddhist nun in the Vietnamese tradition. She was the abbess of the International Buddhist Meditation Center of Los Angeles.