About: Davina Delor

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Davina Delor (born Martine Lahary; 1952) is a French dancer, choreographer, writer, and famous for her popular TV show Gym Tonic who adopted monkhood as a Buddhist nun in 2004 after meeting the Dalai Lama. After ordination, she changed her name to Gelek Drolkar. She converted her country home at Haims into a Buddhist monastery, and along with three other nuns, teaches Buddhism to students and lay persons. She has published a number of books on yoga and Buddhism, one of which is titled Le bonheur selon Bouddha (The Happiness according to Buddha) which explains the precepts of Buddhism.

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  • Davina Delor (born Martine Lahary; 1952) is a French dancer, choreographer, writer, and famous for her popular TV show Gym Tonic who adopted monkhood as a Buddhist nun in 2004 after meeting the Dalai Lama. After ordination, she changed her name to Gelek Drolkar. She converted her country home at Haims into a Buddhist monastery, and along with three other nuns, teaches Buddhism to students and lay persons. She has published a number of books on yoga and Buddhism, one of which is titled Le bonheur selon Bouddha (The Happiness according to Buddha) which explains the precepts of Buddhism. (en)
  • Martine Lahary dite Davina Delor est une artiste française connue du grand public pour avoir coanimé l’émission Gym Tonic de 1982 à 1986 aux côtés de Véronique de Villèle. Elle commence sa vie publique en tant qu’artiste chorégraphique de danse classique. Elle rencontre le Dalaï Lama en 2003 et devient en 2004 nonne bouddhiste dans la tradition gelugpa du bouddhisme tibétain, sous le nom de Gelek Drölkar. (fr)
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  • Martine Lahary (en)
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  • Martine Lahary (en)
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  • Davina Delor in front of her Buddhist religious symbols (en)
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  • Gym Tonic TV show and now a Buddhist nun preaching Tibetan Buddhism (en)
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  • Davina Delor (en)
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  • Le bonheur selon Bouddha (en)
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  • Ballet Choreographer and TV artist turned Buddhist nun (en)
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  • Davina Delor (born Martine Lahary; 1952) is a French dancer, choreographer, writer, and famous for her popular TV show Gym Tonic who adopted monkhood as a Buddhist nun in 2004 after meeting the Dalai Lama. After ordination, she changed her name to Gelek Drolkar. She converted her country home at Haims into a Buddhist monastery, and along with three other nuns, teaches Buddhism to students and lay persons. She has published a number of books on yoga and Buddhism, one of which is titled Le bonheur selon Bouddha (The Happiness according to Buddha) which explains the precepts of Buddhism. (en)
  • Martine Lahary dite Davina Delor est une artiste française connue du grand public pour avoir coanimé l’émission Gym Tonic de 1982 à 1986 aux côtés de Véronique de Villèle. Elle commence sa vie publique en tant qu’artiste chorégraphique de danse classique. Elle rencontre le Dalaï Lama en 2003 et devient en 2004 nonne bouddhiste dans la tradition gelugpa du bouddhisme tibétain, sous le nom de Gelek Drölkar. (fr)
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