Property:Familystory
From Tsadra Foundation Advanced Contemplative Scholarships
This is a property of type Text.
A
Mother is jeweller and very supportive; younger sister living in Colorado +
Family in Britain; generally supportive +
Born in NewFoundLand as Canadian; mother met and married a US citizen so they moved to Massachusetts and Ash is a naturalized american +
Single child of long divorced parents.... Both are positive about Aurore going into retreat, having seen the positive effects of her dharma practice. +
B
Ethnic Greek, born in Albania, relocated to Greece then USA. Some serious life challenges; now back in France. +
Parents in Malaysia, brother and sister. Mother more sympathetic than father. He worked professionally for many years so satisfying father's aspirations before turning all his attention to his Buddhist studies. Completed multiple years of serious study and now translates and publishes his translations. Finally he has decided the time has come to go into serious retreat. +
C
Parents and one brother living in Portugal. +
Parents from Hong Kong, divorced. One older brother and one younger; younger very open and supportive; older brother rather suspicious that Karen is wasting her talents +
Parents separated, accepting of her choices. Twin brother who has cut off relationship because she does not have "Jesus" in her heart. Painful, but she is working with it. +
D
Mother in Venezuela; sister in Spain +
distant relation with family; +
parents still alive +
E
Mother passed during Covid; has a sister and brother, both supportive +
Parents divorced at 5yrs old; raised by a single mom, one sister. All have been positively affected by her meditation practice (without becoming Buddhist) +
F
Parents and one brother; mother and brother very supportive; father more concrete and practical but accepting of his choices +
Parents (european immigrants) passed away. Mother librarian in Western Texas; when locals wanted to burn her books, she put on a $250 deposit on loan policy saying the books were not that valuable, but the wisdom they contained was priceless! Father had cerebral palsy but nevertheless got educated and became a legal pathologist, married and had a family. Frank has a very wry sense of humor and understands pushing through in spite of difficulty. +
G
Parents divorced and remarried; step siblings older than him. Has been on his own and engaged with Buddhist practice and study for many years. Mother met Chokyi Nyima R. and took refuge. +
Parents in Romania support his choices as his to make; only child. +
J
family supportive; mother teaches horseback riding in wisconsin; other family in NY +
From China, studied in university in Beijing and worked for Chinese defense dept for seven years, then came to USA to pursue masters and other degrees. +
