Tsultrim Allione, M.A. is an author, teacher, and founder of the Tara Mandala retreat center. Ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun in 1970, Tsultrim studied with H.H. the Dalai Lama, Kalu Rinpoche, Apho Rinpoche, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, and other great lamas. She received her master's degree in Buddhism / Women's Studies from Antioch, and has taught at Harvard, Rutgers, Columbia, Smith, the Omega Institute, Naropa University, and Esalen. Tsultrim Allione is the author of the bestseller Women of Wisdom.