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    Ayu Khandro

    Jan 21, 2020 2 minutes

    AYU KHANDRO WAS A quintessential yogini in the Tibetan tradition. Her name means “Long Life Dakini,” and in fact it is said that her life spanned more than a century, from her birth in 1839 to her death in 1953.

    As a child, Ayu Khandro assisted her aunt who lived in a cave community of yogis and yoginis. She chopped wood

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