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Admin:DSK Juan Angel 2013 Application + (I started to study and practice Buddhism with lama Djinpa in 1.995)
Admin:SL Rija Ratinahirana 2018 Application + (I started to take interest in Buddhism whe … I started to take interest in Buddhism when I was 20 years old in 2008. I read every Dharma book I could put my hands on.Then I started taking some meditation courses, first in London (London Buddhist Centre), then in France where I explored different traditions (Zen and centres of the Kagyu and Nyingma traditions).When I moved back to London in 2011, as I had before studied in organizations that did not seem 100% pure Dharma, I decided that I would search for an authentic lineage and tradition and firmly stick to it.That's how I found about Kagyu Samye Ling and its branch centres in September 2011.I quickly started to visit every week, going to meditation and tibetan classes. I also had regular personal interviews with Lama Zangmo, who helped me a great deal with my practice.Then in December I visited Kagyu Samye Ling for a Chenrezig "Christmas Retreat". I felt this place to be really authentic and a serious place to study and practice Dharma.So, this inspired me to take refuge in February 2012 with the late Akong Tulku Rinpoche.From then on I continued to visit Samye Ling and the Samye Dzong Centres pretty much whenever I got time off work for courses and retreats. I have been relying to Lama Yeshe as my main teacher since I met him during summer 2012.eacher since I met him during summer 2012.)
Admin:2019-08-02 09 13 57 Roland Kübler + (I started with 3 Vipassana retreats in Swi … I started with 3 Vipassana retreats in Switzerland in 1985-86, with local teacher Walter Klingler and with Mother Sayama, who came all the way from Burma. In 1987 I set out to Asia in search of my meditation teacher and by that time it was clear to me that I seek him or her in the Tibetan tradition. I traveled around for one year and encountered many teachers and finally met my root Lama, Gegen Khyentse Gyatso, at the Monastery of Apo Rinpoche in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India and stayed with him for 7 years. The last two of these seven years was part of a intended 3 years retreat out of which I was however forced due to visa problems. I later spent 3 months at Zen Mountain Center, California, training with Tenshin Sensei in the Zen tradition; in 1998 I went to Japan where trained for one year with Harada Tangen Roshi at Bukkokuji monastery in Obama, Fukui ken. Since my return to Switzerland I predominantly trained under Drikung Kargyud Lamas, predominantly with Garchen Rinpoche.amas, predominantly with Garchen Rinpoche.)
Admin:Roland Kübler 2019 Application + (I started with 3 Vipassana retreats in Swi … I started with 3 Vipassana retreats in Switzerland in 1985-86, with local teacher Walter Klingler and with Mother Sayama, who came all the way from Burma. In 1987 I set out to Asia in search of my meditation teacher and by that time it was clear to me that I seek him or her in the Tibetan tradition. I traveled around for one year and encountered many teachers and finally met my root Lama, Gegen Khyentse Gyatso, at the Monastery of Apo Rinpoche in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, India and stayed with him for 7 years. The last two of these seven years was part of a intended 3 years retreat out of which I was however forced due to visa problems. I later spent 3 months at Zen Mountain Center, California, training with Tenshin Sensei in the Zen tradition; in 1998 I went to Japan where trained for one year with Harada Tangen Roshi at Bukkokuji monastery in Obama, Fukui ken. Since my return to Switzerland I predominantly trained under Drikung Kargyud Lamas, predominantly with Garchen Rinpoche.amas, predominantly with Garchen Rinpoche.)
Admin:Acacea lewis 2025 Application + (I started with my late husband, Mike Lewis … I started with my late husband, Mike Lewis who died in 2021. We were married in 2015 and began practicing around late 2016 with sutras from the Amitabha Pure Land and Lotus Sutra, those were our first contact with Buddhism and it reduced us both to tears. After Mike died, shortly thereafter I met Lama Karma Tenzin Dorje, also known as Lama Mike Crowley, a karma kagyud lay buddhist lama who gave me my first Upasika and later on Bodhisattva vows in Mount Shasta at his center called Amrita Dzong, were he was a student of Chime Rinpoche, First Kalu Rinpoche and Dzongsar Khentyse Rinpoche. He issued me the initatory name Chime Ja, after his teacher Chime Rinpoche at Marpa House in Wales. He also offered for me to attend 3 yr retreat in England at his home center if I didn't have other options. Later on that year in 2021 I met with Yangsi Kalu Rinpoche at google and attended a lecture with a student of his named Tom. Tom later visited Ser Cho Ling for Nyunges and that is where I met my Precious secondary root guru, Wangchen Rinpoche. I stayed for a total of 18 Nyungnes done non-consecutively, completed my first 8 in the fall of 2023 and completed my first 25 Nyungnes as a Chopon in the temple this year in May.s a Chopon in the temple this year in May.)
Admin:Pema Nymeyer 2020 Application + (I was born and raised in a Buddhist family in a Tibetan community who followed Nyingma)
Admin:2020-03-21 00 19 44 Pema Nymeyer + (I was born and raised in a Buddhist family … I was born and raised in a Buddhist family in a Tibetan community who followed Nyingma & Kagyu lineages. In Tibetan Children's Village school in India, we received instruction in Buddhism.In the U.S., I have studied primarily with Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche and Tulku Orgyen Phuntsog Rinpoche of the Nyingma school. I have also received teachings and practice instruction from Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, and Sangyum Kamala Rinpoche (consort of Chatral Rinpoche).Kamala Rinpoche (consort of Chatral Rinpoche).)
Admin:GI Aaron Wickenheiser 2010 Application + (I was born into the Dharma Mandala of Chog … I was born into the Dharma Mandala of Chogyam Trunpa Rinpoche and I was able to receive his blessings as a baby very shortly after. As a young child I spent much time at both Karme Choling, in Vermont, and at Shambala Mountain Center, in Colorado. It was as a small boy of about ten I was fortunate enough to receive teachings and transmissions on the Longchen Nyingtik from Dilgo Khentse Rinpoche during one of his US tours. During my early teen years I completed the first five levels of the Shambhala Training curriculum. In this context I studied and practiced the meditation methods of shamata-vipassana and was introduced to the ideas and methodologies of spiritual warriorship. In January of 1999 I meditated in my first extended retreat at Karme Choling. At the end of this retreat Khenpo Namdrol gave a teaching on the Four Immeasurables. In the spring of 1999 I met Garchen Rinpoche while he was teaching in Prescott Arizona. At this time, I understood that I had met a true master. In 2002 I decided to pursue only Dharma in my life, so I set out to find Garchen Rinpoche. I moved to The Garchen Buddhist Institute shortly thereafter. I lived at The Garchen Buddhist Institute from 2002 until 2008. In the six years I lived there I received numerous transmissions and teachings from Garchen Rinpoche and many other Lamas. I participated in many Drupchens, weekend practices, mantra accumulations and teaching-based retreats. I was able to study the essence of sutra and tantra. During this time I began to study under Traga Rinpoche as well, who was at the time the retreat master at The Garchen Buddhist Institute. From Traga Rinpoche I have also received many teachings and transmissions and his pith instructions during my retreats has proved invaluable. during my retreats has proved invaluable.)
Admin:2023-07-08 19 13 19 Thomas Enns + (I was introduced to Buddhism by a Hollow B … I was introduced to Buddhism by a Hollow Bones Zen teacher in 2015, named Sean Hearn. I was just drawn to the meditative presence he exuded and quickly fell in love with the practice. He led a group that I went to weekly, as well as guided me through the Hollow Bones Mondo Zen koans. Through him I met my teacher Darlene Tataryn, and through her my teachers Lama Sidney McQueen -Smith and Lama Rodney Devenish.y McQueen -Smith and Lama Rodney Devenish.)
Admin:Thomas Enns 2023 Application + (I was introduced to Buddhism by a Hollow B … I was introduced to Buddhism by a Hollow Bones Zen teacher in 2015, named Sean Hearn. I was just drawn to the meditative presence he exuded and quickly fell in love with the practice. He led a group that I went to weekly, as well as guided me through the Hollow Bones Mondo Zen koans. Through him I met my teacher Darlene Tataryn, and through her my teachers Lama Sidney McQueen -Smith and Lama Rodney Devenish.y McQueen -Smith and Lama Rodney Devenish.)
Admin:Victor Roithmann 2025 Application + (I've first started to study buddhism by my … I've first started to study buddhism by myself through books and internet articles at around 11 years old, soon after when I was 12 I started to do regular Zazen practices at a Sōtō Zen-shu center near my house in Porto Alegre, Brasil, called 'Via Zen' under the guidence of resident Nun Shoden. Soon after that I attended short retreats at the center's rural location, 'Vila Zen' one under the guidance of Coen Roshi, the national supervisor of this specific tradition when I was 14 and later another retreat with 'Via Zen' main teacher, Monk Dengaku at 18 years old. It was only when arriving at Kathmandu though at 19 years old that I took formal refuge and started to devote myself basically full time to pratice and study, starting this process under Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche's guidance.ss under Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche's guidance.)
Admin:DSK Teresa Vaz 2010 Application + (IN 1999 WITH VIPASSANA GOENKA SYSTEM (THERAVADA BUDDHISM))
Admin:2020-08-05 08 21 43 Stefanie Nowak + (In 1978 when I was sixteen years old, in m … In 1978 when I was sixteen years old, in my home town Wuppertal in Germany there was a Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu center wher I started studying and attended seminars and empowerments from the previous Ven. Kalu Rinpoche, Ven. Tenga Rinpoche, Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche, Ven. Tulku Urgyen and Ven. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche as well as Ven. Tai Situ Rinpoche and other highly regarded teachers.npoche and other highly regarded teachers.)
Admin:Stefanie Nowak 2020 Application + (In 1978 when I was sixteen years old, in m … In 1978 when I was sixteen years old, in my home town Wuppertal in Germany there was a Tibetan Buddhist Karma Kagyu center wher I started studying and attended seminars and empowerments from the previous Ven. Kalu Rinpoche, Ven. Tenga Rinpoche, Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche, Ven. Tulku Urgyen and Ven. Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche as well as Ven. Tai Situ Rinpoche and other highly regarded teachers.npoche and other highly regarded teachers.)
Admin:2019-07-22 19 11 04 STEPHANE BERTHA + (In 1987 when i was at university i read "C … In 1987 when i was at university i read "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" and felt inspired to go to Brussels Samye Dzong for the first time.My very first real teaching was an explanation of the Ngondro by Lama Guendune Rinpoche in 1988 just after I took refuge.Rinpoche in 1988 just after I took refuge.)
Admin:STEPHANE BERTHA 2019 Application + (In 1987 when i was at university i read "C … In 1987 when i was at university i read "Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism" and felt inspired to go to Brussels Samye Dzong for the first time.My very first real teaching was an explanation of the Ngondro by Lama Guendune Rinpoche in 1988 just after I took refuge.Rinpoche in 1988 just after I took refuge.)
Admin:Linda Errera 2009 Application + (In 1990 with Lama Seunam (Kagyu Ling) then from 1991 with Guendune Rinpoche.)
Admin:DSK Nyima Gyeltshen 2013 Application + (In 1991 I started to study and practice Buddhism with Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche en Sonada)
Admin:KTC Angel Saint-Michel 2017 Application + (In 1992 I met my late husband. He was a Z … In 1992 I met my late husband. He was a Zen Buddhist and taught me the beginnings of meditation.In 1994 I bought my first mala and began saying Om Mani Peme Hung. My teacher was the store clerk ... just that one teaching.Until 2003, when I took refuge, I read books, meditated and said mantras.In 2008 I began studying with the Venerable Lama Gyaltsen of the Maui Dharma Center in Hawaii.ltsen of the Maui Dharma Center in Hawaii.)
Admin:Luc Maillard 2009 Application + (In 1992 WITH KANDRO RINPOCHE and LAMA GUENDUNE)
Admin:SL Lise-Marie Lejamtel 2017 Application + (In 1995 I read 'Sparkles of awareness' by … In 1995 I read 'Sparkles of awareness' by Sogyal Rinpoche. During the following 9 years this book became a companion and a haven of truth for me. There was no encounter with the Sangha in person untiI I met Lama Zangmo, Akong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe in March 2004. I was deeply touched when I first heard Akong Rinpoche talking in Samye Dzong London. I then did a short meditation course with Lama Zangmo and soon decided to take refuge.ma Zangmo and soon decided to take refuge.)
Admin:DSK Hector Vaquero 2010 Application + (In 1996 I started reading about it)
Admin:POL Simon Pace 2011 Application + (In 1996, when I was a senior in high school, I was introduced to meditaion by Sam Bercholz, a Shambhala Acharia)

2025-01-09: Pierre Lançon - Application + (In 1997 with Lama Denys and Karma Ling Institute (France))
Admin:Pierre Lançon 2025 Application + (In 1997 with Lama Denys and Karma Ling Institute (France))

Admin:Monika Wysocka 2024 Application + (In 1999 with Venerable Tenga Rinpoche at Benchen Monastery.)
Admin:LJSL Mirese van der Vliet 2017 Application + (In 2000 I started the preliminary practice … In 2000 I started the preliminary practices under the guidance of my root teacher Neten Choling Rinpoche. At that time, I also met Venerable Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche (VDKR) and Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche with whom I have been studying. After completing the ngondro I returned to my native country The Netherlands in 2004 where I joined the bi-monthly tsok at Rigpa Amsterdam (not having immediate Sangha then). Over several years I was completing three 100-day retreats of Rigdzen Dupa Sadhana under the guidance of Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche. In 2013 VDKR granted to start Dzogchen practices under his guidance.My practice and study are guided by Dzigar Kongtrul and Neten Choling Rinpoche. With my community brothers and sisters, I study, contemplate and practice the Dharma.tudy, contemplate and practice the Dharma.)
Admin:SL Zita Solymos 2016 Application + (In 2003 I started with Buddhist courses in … In 2003 I started with Buddhist courses in Kopan Monastery, Nepal. In addition I was following weekend courses at the Maitreya institute in Amsterdam and developed a general interest in Buddhism through reading books. By the end of 2004 I gave up my job to engage full time in the dharma. I began to study Buddhism with Akong Rinpoche early 2005. At that time he accepted me as his student. Since then I have followed his guidance om my dharma path. He advised me to do 3 times a long retreat. The first opportunity that came along was the long retreat from 2010-2014 and I did join this one. Between 2005 and 2010 I had already this retreat in mind and Akong Rinpoche helped me in my preparation for this. Living in his monastery and working closely with him whilst he was alive, Akong Rinpoche closely monitored my development on the path and was a constant inspiration whom I could learn from.stant inspiration whom I could learn from.)
Admin:KTC Kevin Chowings 2010 Application + (In 2003/4 I attended week long retreats with the Western Chan Fellowship in the UK lead by John Crook)
Admin:KTD Alessandra Otero 2015 Application + (In 2006 I enrolled in a Photography course … In 2006 I enrolled in a Photography course where the professor talked about the importance of meditation in our daily life. He also recommended us to read the Four Noble Truths of Buddhism. This is the starting point of my Dharma path. I began to study Buddhism through book reading. Since near home there is no Dharma Center, a year later, I started to participate in online teachings with Venerable Lhundup Damcho. Through her I met the Spiritual Director of Ganden Shedrub Ling Dharma Center, Yangsi Rinpoche with whom I took the refuge vows and teachings. In 2009, I seriously started to practice shamata. As my interest in Buddhist philosophy on compassion and wisdom grew, I received instructions from Yagnsi Rinpoche to practice meditation on emptiness. I also began to look for retreat experiences. Besides the teachings of Rinpoche, I enrolled in online retreats and courses about analytical meditation, Buddhist psychology, bodhisattva practices, karma and related topics. In 2013, I met Venerable Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche during a Chenrezig retreat at Karma Triyana Dharmachakra (KTD) Monastery in New York. A year later he became my main teacher and His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa my root guru.ss the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa my root guru.)
Admin:DSK Margaret Mora 2012 Application + (In 2006 short before moving to Spain I wen … In 2006 short before moving to Spain I went to a dharma center in Venezuela and got my first Dharma book, then later in the year I started to go to Kalu RinpocheÂ«s center in Mallorca, doing shine and lhagtong with the sangha members, mainly Mireia and Tonina. The first lama i met in the center was lama Tchoeky in 2007met in the center was lama Tchoeky in 2007)
Admin:Margaret Mora 2018 Application + (In 2006 short before moving to Spain I wen … In 2006 short before moving to Spain I went to a dharma center in Venezuela and got my first Dharma book, then later in the year I started to go to Kalu Rinpoche´s center in Mallorca, doing shine and lhagtong with the sangha members, mainly Mireia and Tonina. The first lama I met in the center was lama Tchoeky in 2007met in the center was lama Tchoeky in 2007)
Admin:Robert Heinz 2025 Application + (In 2007 I started studying with Sogyal Rinpoche and soon followed the Rigpa study)
Admin:2021-07-29 13 06 12 Margaret Mora + (In 2007 I started to go the Shangpa Dharma … In 2007 I started to go the Shangpa Dharma Center in Mallorca and practiced with the sangha members and visiting lamas. Then I went to India and practiced under the guidance of Khenpo Choeying. Back in Spain I practiced under the guidance of Lama Djinpa, and soon I started to go to Pullahari.pa, and soon I started to go to Pullahari.)
Admin:Margaret Mora 2021 Application + (In 2007 I started to go the Shangpa Dharma … In 2007 I started to go the Shangpa Dharma Center in Mallorca and practiced with the sangha members and visiting lamas. Then I went to India and practiced under the guidance of Khenpo Choeying. Back in Spain I practiced under the guidance of Lama Djinpa, and soon I started to go to Pullahari.pa, and soon I started to go to Pullahari.)
Admin:KTC Mariana Restrepo 2016 Application + (In 2007 I started to study Buddhism in an … In 2007 I started to study Buddhism in an academic setting at Florida International University with Dr. Nathan Katz. The first Buddhism class I took was called "Indian Buddhism" where we studied the historical and textual aspects of the tradition, including the Heart Sutra. After I took that class I continued to study Buddhism intensively. I took every Buddhist studies class offered at the University and ended up taking on a second Major of Religious Studies and MInor in Asian Studies in 2009. In 2010 I moved to Nepal to study Sanskrit at Rangjung Yeshe Institute. After I returned from Nepal, I started my Graduate studies in Buddhism and received a M.A in Religious studies with emphasis on Tibetan Buddhism in 2013My first teacher and my main teacher to this day is Lama Norlha Rinpoche whom I met in 2012. I have also studied with Tulku Sang-ngag and throughout the years I have been very fortunate to meet many teachers including H.H. the Karmapa, H.H. Dalai Lama, H.H. Sakya Trizin, Ringu Tulku Rinpoche, and Choky Nyima Rinpoche among others.Prior to starting my practice in the Tibetan tradition, I frequented a Thai Monastery for about 4 years in Miami Florida where I used to help the monks with the meditation classes and often participated in their evening chanting practices.I lived for 2 years at Milarepa Osel ChoDzong in Tennessee, where I was the Director of Operations and helped Lama Karma manage the retreat center.lped Lama Karma manage the retreat center.)
Admin:SOL Jane Harden 2014 Application + (In 2008 I read Mingyur Rinpoche's book The … In 2008 I read Mingyur Rinpoche's book The Joy of Living which changed my life. I attended a three day seminar lead by him in the Spring of 2008 in New London Connecticut. I sat with a Zen Buddhist group in 2009-2010 in Pendleton Oregon based out of a practioners' home. I met Lama Michael in 2010.tioners' home. I met Lama Michael in 2010.)
Admin:Nicolas Novel 2020 Application + (In 2009 I discovered the teaching of the B … In 2009 I discovered the teaching of the Buddha in Southeast Asia (Laos), and studied the book “what the Buddha taught” by Walpola RahulaSince 2015 I am a resident-student, karma yogi and project manager at Karma Ling Institute (France) : I graduated the Shedra Rimay’s intensive study and practice program both in “Dharma Diploma” and “Contemplative sciences” with distinction (Rinpoche courses) I am the Communication and Dana manager of the Rimay Communityon and Dana manager of the Rimay Community)
Admin:2020-07-27 14 40 03 Nicolas Novel + (In 2009 I discovered the teaching of the B … In 2009 I discovered the teaching of the Buddha in Southeast Asia (Laos), and studied the book “what the Buddha taught” by Walpola RahulaSince 2015 I am a resident-student, karma yogi and project manager at Karma Ling Institute (France) : I graduated the Shedra Rimay’s intensive study and practice program both in “Dharma Diploma” and “Contemplative sciences” with distinction (Rinpoche courses) I am the Communication and Dana manager of the Rimay Communityon and Dana manager of the Rimay Community)
Admin:2019-07-06 01 23 58 Kevin Miller + (In 2010 by volunteering at Ratna Ling and Odiyan retreat centers for about a year. We did vigorous physical work in a book bindery as a "skillful means" during the day and were introduced to Buddhist meditation and philosophy at in classes at night.)
Admin:Kevin Miller 2019 Application + (In 2010 by volunteering at Ratna Ling and Odiyan retreat centers for about a year. We did vigorous physical work in a book bindery as a "skillful means" during the day and were introduced to Buddhist meditation and philosophy at in classes at night.)
Admin:2020-07-21 23 58 09 Jennifer Zhao + (In 2015 I started to study Buddhism in Khenpo Sodargye's Ngondro class. Please see details in my dharma resume.)
Admin:Jennifer Zhao 2020 Application + (In 2015 I started to study Buddhism in Khenpo Sodargye's Ngondro class. Please see details in my dharma resume.)
Admin:2019-07-25 19 36 36 Nicholas Schmidt + (In perhaps 2004, when I was perhaps 16, I … In perhaps 2004, when I was perhaps 16, I became interested in Buddhism and started voraciously reading books about the subject, primarily interested in the Zen tradition. At 18, in late 2006, I was introduced to the method of shamatha meditation by a Vietnamese monk at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, in Talmage, California. I first took up a formal practice with the Arcata Zen Group in Arcata, California, where I was attending university following that. Eventually I came to the Tibetan Buddhist (Nyingma) tradition after visiting Chagdud Gompa, Rigdzin Ling, in 2006 and 2007, and that's where my troubles began...007, and that's where my troubles began...)
Admin:Nicholas Schmidt 2019 Application + (In perhaps 2004, when I was perhaps 16, I … In perhaps 2004, when I was perhaps 16, I became interested in Buddhism and started voraciously reading books about the subject, primarily interested in the Zen tradition. At 18, in late 2006, I was introduced to the method of shamatha meditation by a Vietnamese monk at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, in Talmage, California. I first took up a formal practice with the Arcata Zen Group in Arcata, California, where I was attending university following that. Eventually I came to the Tibetan Buddhist (Nyingma) tradition after visiting Chagdud Gompa, Rigdzin Ling, in 2006 and 2007, and that's where my troubles began...007, and that's where my troubles began...)
Admin:KTC Madeline Johnson 2016 Application + (In the fall of 2011, the same time I began … In the fall of 2011, the same time I began my freshman year of college, my older brother entered the previous three year retreat at KTC. He was my first mentor and introduced me to Lama Norlha Rinpoche and the sangha at KTC. During my college years I was unable to go to KTC very often, and therefore much of my study was self-directed. I maintained influential and inspiring communications with several people in the three-year retreat. I occasionally could attend a teaching by Lama Norlha Rinpoche or reach out to lamas at KTC for direction in my contemplative practice, which during that time consisted of shinay, lhatong and tonglin meditations. My study deepened as of the summer of 2015, as I had more opportunity to read, study, spend time at KTC and begin the preliminary practices.t KTC and begin the preliminary practices.)
Admin:2022-07-31 13 17 11 Pavel Sidakov + (It depends. I feel that my father's intere … It depends. I feel that my father's interest in Eastern philosophy, and my mother's practice of Eastern medicine and Yoga have definitely had a formative effect on me. Furthermore, indirectly, I started studying Buddhism with my mentor Dr. Cohn when I was 16, in year 2005 in high school, shortly after moving to US. He helped lay the foundation for the path, without my being aware of it. Upon his recommendations, I studied and read mindfulness related subjects and authors, including Alexander technique, Daniel Goleman, and Robert Wright. The seeds planted in my midstream are still continuing to ripen today and in the foreseeable future. I engaged in more formal study, first by visiting a local zendo, and after a move a few years later, by becoming a member at the local Phoenix Shambhala center and taking the gradual course curriculum. and taking the gradual course curriculum.)
Admin:Pavel Sidakov 2022 Application + (It depends. I feel that my father's intere … It depends. I feel that my father's interest in Eastern philosophy, and my mother's practice of Eastern medicine and Yoga have definitely had a formative effect on me. Furthermore, indirectly, I started studying Buddhism with my mentor Dr. Cohn when I was 16, in year 2005 in high school, shortly after moving to US. He helped lay the foundation for the path, without my being aware of it. Upon his recommendations, I studied and read mindfulness related subjects and authors, including Alexander technique, Daniel Goleman, and Robert Wright. The seeds planted in my midstream are still continuing to ripen today and in the foreseeable future. I engaged in more formal study, first by visiting a local zendo, and after a move a few years later, by becoming a member at the local Phoenix Shambhala center and taking the gradual course curriculum. and taking the gradual course curriculum.)
Admin:CH Nayeli Anguerin 2016 Application + (Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche has been the first … Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche has been the first buddhist teacher whom I could received teachings from in 2002.Listening to her teaching, as a clear evidence, I took refuge and decide to follow this path no matter what it would take.In 2004, I request her guidance as a main teacher and she granted me instructions since then.This year Khandro Rinpoche began the Minlling Dorsem cycle of teachings in this very extensive form (learning from the ngondros onward the details of the practice of a sadhana) which lasted until 2015. I had very lucky to be able to attend all of it.In 2005 I met Pema Wangyal Rinpoche, it appear to be also an authentic teacher so I request his guidance too, knowning that I was already following Khandro Rinpoche teachings. Since then, I regularly requested and tried to follow his instructions too.The main book I've studied in french has been the Word of my Perfect Teacher of Dza Patrul Rinpoche.On the advice of Jetsun Khandro Rinpoche, I began to study Tibetan language and went to a branch of the IBD school of dialectics of Dharamsala, in India.ool of dialectics of Dharamsala, in India.)