# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ayya-khema
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:09:00.206Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ayya-khema"
name: "Ayyā Khemā"
slug: "ayya-khema"
description: "Ayya Khema was a Buddhist teacher noted for providing opportunities for women to practice Buddhism, founding several centers around the world. In 1987, she helped coordinate the first-ever Sakyadhita International Association of Buddhist Women. Over two dozen books of her transcribed Dhamma talks in English and German have been published. In the last year of her life, she also published her autobiography: I Give You My Life."
tagline: "German Buddhist nun (1923–1997)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ayya_Khema2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1923-08-25"
deathDate: "1997-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.81
  momentum:             1.697977372063377
  historical:           9.845756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "艾雅·凱瑪"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%8A%D8%A9_%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "آية خيما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Айя Кхема"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B9%D1%8F_%D0%9A%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0"
    title: "Айя Кхема"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%A7_%DA%A9%DA%BE%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%A7"
    title: "آیا کھیما"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayya_Khema"
    title: "Ayya Khema"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89274"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump