Ven. Dhyani Ywahoo

Venerable Dhyani Ywahoo is the 27th generation holder of the ancestral Ywahoo lineage in the Tsalagi/ Eastern woodland tradition, a wise and continuous stream of wisdom preserved to stir our heart’s remembrance of our direct relationship with wisdom, to recall that we’re all connected through the threads of thought, word and action.

She is a well-respected teacher of Buddhism in the Nyingma and Drikung Kagyu traditions of Tibetan Buddhism. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, she was recognized and named as  a Khandro by His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and named Pema Sangdzin Khandro.

Compassion for pristine clarity as a human family and our relationship with each other and the environment are common threads of her teachings.

Through 50 years she has benefitted myriad beings through the reminder that the heart of wisdom is within and that we may together transform what looks like suffering through the correction of our own speech and mind.

She has guided individuals, educational organizations, spiritual organizations and community organizations and is is the founder and Spiritual Director of
Sunray Meditation Society, an international spiritual organization dedicated to world peace and reconciliation, the founder of Sunray Peace Village and the Sunray Peace Village Land Trust, and co-founder of Vajra Dakini Nunnery.

She is the author of several books including Voices of our Ancestors, Learning Cherokee Ways: The Ywahoo Path, and 108 Quotations: A Treasury of Mystical Wisdom.

Her books, meditation tools and practices, music and wisdom classes guide one beyond the doors of perception to a place where spiraling wisdom expands into all aspects of life; support profound growth and healing, and teach practical ways of transforming the appearance of obstacles into harmony and joyful accomplishment.