Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo stands firmly within the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, and her life reflects a synthesis of its contemplative rigor and Mahāyāna vision. Her path is grounded in the cultivation of bodhicitta, the altruistic resolve to awaken for the benefit of all beings, supported by the classic framework of ethical discipline, generosity, patience, joyful effort, concentration, and wisdom. This orientation is inseparable from a sustained contemplation of emptiness and interdependence, where compassion and insight into the lack of inherent existence in phenomena are cultivated together rather than in isolation. Within this context, she emphasizes both calm-abiding and insight meditation, using śamatha to stabilize the mind and vipaśyanā to investigate impermanence, non-self, and the nature of mind. Within the Drukpa Kagyu stream, her practice draws on the full range of Vajrayāna methods. These include guru yoga, in which devotion to the teacher becomes a gateway to recognizing awakened mind, and deity yoga, employing visualization and mantra recitation in accordance with her lineage. Traditional preliminary practices (ngöndro) such as prostrations, refuge and bodhicitta prayers, purification, mandala offerings, and guru yoga form the bedrock of this training. Mahāmudrā, often described as pointing directly to the nature of mind, provides a central contemplative orientation, encouraging the practitioner to allow thoughts and emotions to self-liberate within awareness rather than be suppressed or indulged. Her life of intensive retreat illustrates how these teachings are meant to be lived rather than merely studied. The long solitary retreat in a Himalayan cave was not an escape from the world but a radical commitment to meditation, tantric discipline, and yogic training under the guidance of her lineage. Renunciation and simplicity, expressed through strict monastic discipline and minimal material needs, serve as supports for deep practice rather than ends in themselves. Alongside formal meditation, she draws on mind-training approaches that use everyday difficulties as fuel for transforming self-centered habits into compassion and clarity. A distinctive feature of her teaching is the unwavering affirmation of the spiritual potential of women. She stresses that women possess the same capacity for realization as men and advocates for full training and opportunities for nuns, including advanced study and retreat. This vision has taken concrete form in the establishment of a nunnery dedicated to comprehensive education and practice for women, while her broader teaching adapts traditional Tibetan Buddhist wisdom for Western and modern practitioners without diluting its essential meaning. Throughout, her message