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Zina Rachevsky, also Zenaïde Rachewski or Zina Rachewsky (Russian: Зинаида Владимировна Рашевская; 1 September 1930 – 20 August 1973) was a Russian-born French-American socialite, film actress, and Gelug Tibetan Buddhist nun.
Zina Rachevsky was a pioneer of FPMT who died in a retreat in Nepal in 1973. Lama Zopa Rinpoche met with a monk who witnessed her passing and shared her kindness and courage.
Zina Rachevsky was transformed by her spiritual practice and nunhood. Towards her last years of her life, she entered a long solitary retreat and midway through the retreat, Lama Yeshe suddenly decided to meet her.
Zina Rachevsky, also Zenaïde Rachewski or Zina Rachewsky ( Russian: Зинаида Владимировна Рашевская; 1 September 1930 – 20 August 1973) was a Russian-born French-American socialite, film actress, and Gelug Tibetan Buddhist nun. Her Buddhist name is Thubten Changchub Palmo.
Zina d'Harcourt, born Zina Rachevsky, was a French-American film actress who starred in Les révoltés du Danaé and Riviera. She later became a Gelug Tibetan Buddhist nun and died in Nepal in 1973.
- Actress
- September 1, 1930
- Zina d'Harcourt
Apr 17, 2023 · During a visit to Ghoom Monastery in Darjeerling, India, in 1967, Lama Zopa and Lama Yeshe met their first Western student, Zina Rachevsky. Rachevsky—variously described as a Russian-American-French socialite and sometime actress—had mistakenly thought Lama Zopa was Domo Geshe Rinpoche, whom she had come to see.
Rachevsky, Zina (1930–73) Lama Yeshe's and Lama Zopa Rinpoche's first Western student, she helped them establish Kopan Monastery and died in retreat in Solu Khumbu, Nepal.
