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Admin:Aurore Hannon 2022 Application + (Excellent candidate for retreat)
Admin:POL Lyle Rose 2015 Application + (Excellent candidate for retreat)

Admin:POL Analise Pappastergiou 2015 Application + (Excellent candidate for retreat.)
Admin:Teja Campbell 2022 Application + (Excellent candidate. Concerned that his sensitivity that can express itself physically might become an impediment. But with years of Theravada Forest monk meditation training; and comfort with Vajrayana has a great deal of potential.)
Admin:SL Alexander McLachlan 2010 Application + (First comments related his interest in she … First comments related his interest in shedra studies; he has studies several texts on madyamaka already and wants to continue; after another retreat would like to pursue more serious studies.Honestly claims his dysfunctional past; entered into practice through A.R.’s Back to Beginning therapy. Sees practice as a way of assuming and working with / transforming one’s own manure of which he claims to have a lot. When asked a personal question diverted it into a general comment: would like to encourage harmony in a group. Admits to being sensitive and easily hurt which leads to wanting to be reclusive. But also felt the first retreat changed him so greatly that he really wants to continue the process to eliminate whatever is not useful or not skillful from his personality and cultivate what is. Seems could be short tempered... what is. Seems could be short tempered...)
Admin:SL Diane McRoberts 2010 Application + (For many years an addict; starting with re … For many years an addict; starting with recreational drugs when a teenager and finishing with heroin. Still managed to study and work and keep up her artwork without slipping into crime to support her habit. One day saw a brochure for Samye Ling and kept it for years; then came to Samye Ling, met Akong Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe and was deeply touched... felt the “quiet” of meditation practice (space) and cured herself of her addiction. Now can see clearly the sources of her suffering and has deep compassion for others and is looking forward to the day she can do more than just “share” her experience, but can really help others.Likes both being alone and being with others. Might find keeping to a fixed schedule challenging.d keeping to a fixed schedule challenging.)
Admin:KTD Alessandra Otero 2015 Application + (Fully assumes responsibility for her own p … Fully assumes responsibility for her own path; informed by teachings and past examples; understands the process is one of self-discovery. Honest appreciation of the challenges and difficulty of the task of discovering oneself, facing oneself, and opening to deeper levels of self-awareness. Committed to interpreting and translating the experience into forms appropriate for modern western culture.ms appropriate for modern western culture.)
Admin:Martha Asselin 2021 Application + (Good candidate for Crestone solitary style retreat with yearly contracts)
Admin:Theresa Stevenson 2022 Application + (Good candidate with a lot of potential wit … Good candidate with a lot of potential with her translation capability and performance artist sensibility (reality/non reality etc); physically weak due to (blood loss during ecto-pregnancy); tends to be very active in spite of physical weakness. Scholarship conditional on retreat happening (still short of requisite number)appening (still short of requisite number))
Admin:Gheorghe Paul Predescu 2019 Application + (Good monk and traditional student but not a lot of personal reflection.)
Admin:Babis Petros 2021 Application + (Great candidate. Deep, honest, and caring.)
Admin:POL Simon Pace 2011 Application + (Had to leave retreat after 4 months due to a recurrence of Lyme disease.)
Admin:Charles Caldwell 2024 Application + (Has pension income at least double of retreat cost: $2700 / month (cost of retreat #1300))
Admin:Danielle Blouin 2019 Application + (Having completed the Gampo Abbey 3 year re … Having completed the Gampo Abbey 3 year retreat and then a two year "working" break, is ready to dive in to deepen her experience with Chod which will be new, and especially with the Six Yogas of Naropa which already were all appreciated in her previous retreat.e all appreciated in her previous retreat.)
Admin:Pavel Sidakov 2022 Application + (Hesitating between retreat at GI and Gampo Abbey, but most likely to stay at GI)
Admin:KTD Christopher Fankhauser 2015 Application + (I feel he fits the Tsadra profile very well. Committed to understanding and interpreting what he learns in order to benefit others in our modern world.)
Admin:CH Karen Yuen 2016 Application + (I would say a very natural contemplative with a good balance of intelligence and intuition)
Admin:Yeshe Nyima 2025 Application + (I would say an excellent candidate)
Admin:Esther Gimeno 2018 Application + (I'm very interested in the new model retreat center they have created under Antonio Lama Tsultrim's direction.)
Admin:SOL Liza Baer 2015 Application + (In retreat and very happy to be so. Profoundly grateful and appreciative of practice opportunity.)
Admin:SL Paul Foster 2010 Application + (Inspired by applied aspect of Dharma - loj … Inspired by applied aspect of Dharma - lojong, compassion, etc. Pagmo best practice in retreat; inspired and drawn by practice in retreat but seems to be destined for Dharma managerial duties in future... instrumental in managing the development of the Center for World Peace on Holy Island; then single-handedly went down and began work on what was to become the men’s retreat center drawing first one then another to help until the lama agreed to raise money for the building of the retreat center. Very determined and conscientious.center. Very determined and conscientious.)
Admin:Margaret Mora 2018 Application + (Interviewed by Skype 20/08/2018; already has been in retreat for 6 months; was previous scholarship recipient so more of a check-in and check-up. Very good candidate for a scholarship.)
Admin:SL Robert Lee 2010 Application + (Korean-Canadian; with strong personality and presence. Very diligent and determined; able to apply himself; danger of being frustrated leading to resentment... a lot of life experience and willingness to bring this into his practice.)
Admin:KTD Angela Suescun-Lampe 2011 Application + (Left retreat early; claimed abusive advances on the part of the retreat attendant (an older Chinese woman))
Admin:DSK Teresa Vaz 2010 Application + (Natural; good sense of humour; genuine mind of inquiry)
Admin:PAULO NAPOLITANO 2022 Application + (Naturally selfless and of service. Has half support so only required partial support.)
Admin:Pema Nymeyer 2020 Application + (Not particularly intellectual but with a strong personality and definite "feeling" for the power and importance of practice.)
Admin:POL Jacob Braverman 2012 Application + (Note: Left retreat after death of Lama Tarchin Rinpoche; was given funding for 16 months.)
Admin:KL Didier Cavallaro 2010 Application + (OK candidate Has the feeling of a good me … OK candidateHas the feeling of a good meditator with a basic altruistic attitude; established and led a meditation group and is apparently appreciated as a “teacher” but is aware that in order to help others needs a stronger basis in practice and deeper understanding. His idea of practice is to become more aware and more appreciative, both within and without. Inspired by the Shangpa Teachings: 5 Golden Dharmas. Enjoys practice, liking deity and protector practices but has learned to appreciate formless practice and understands the two as inseparable. Practice is also about opening the heart.Considers his strength in retreat to be his easy going nature and his appreciation of solitude combined with his attitude of determination. His challenge is also his appreciation of solitude as will not be able to flee or escape from conflictual or difficult situations. from conflictual or difficult situations.)
Admin:Gerald Prindiville 2022 Application + (Obviously an excellent candidate for retre … Obviously an excellent candidate for retreat. I wondered about not receiving support from his own community of students. He has been tasked with fund raising for the center and buildings.... usual Tibetan Buddhist funding focus (structures rather than practitioners). Encouraged to reach out for some support. Encouraged to reach out for some support.)
Admin:SL Shane Pilossof 2010 Application + (On practice referred to a Situ R. teaching … On practice referred to a Situ R. teaching on the futile prospect of trying to fill an infinite mind with finite relative matter... As with most here has a very down to earth and sane view of practice. A healthy view of the usefulness of monastic role in Dharma activity. Owns up to a sportsmans competitve spirit and the concomittant tendancy to being judgemental.oncomittant tendancy to being judgemental.)
Admin:Nicolas Masoli 2021 Application + (Religious visa is accorded in US; requires final interview in Argentina. Excellent candidate; connected to personal authenticity as key guide in personal process.)
Admin:KTD Karma Chopal 2012 Application + (Seems to have an honest wish to deepen his … Seems to have an honest wish to deepen his understanding through doing more retreat (rare among Tibetans who have “made it” to the west); and is conscious that in joining the western retreat he will be able to assist his co-retreatants with chanting; music and plastic arts; and possibly with his language and philosophy background.th his language and philosophy background.)
Admin:KTC Sarina Straussner 2011 Application + (Seems to have high degree of selflessness … Seems to have high degree of selflessness in her approach. Down to earth. Spoke very warmly of other women going into retreat. Spoke of developing the tools through practice for being better person; having awareness enough to step out of personal story-line. Inspired by idea of being “spiritual warrior” facing own challenges and working hard. Inspired by idea of working closely with a personal teacher.f working closely with a personal teacher.)
Admin:SL Maxamillian Cardale 2010 Application + (Seems to have some quality of a person who … Seems to have some quality of a person who’se done retreat but spoke almost all the interview about the issues of role... being “groomed” ; filling a functional role in the community... etc. When asked personal questions responded abstractly and conceptually rather than personally. Quality... good listener; easy with others; fault grasping or jealous mind (small issues...). Talked about importance of focusing on the 4 thoughts and getting back to basics.; loved Pagmo Inner practice; would like to focus on few practices rather than doing the full program but has received mixed messages from Druppon Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe R.es from Druppon Rinpoche and Lama Yeshe R.)
Admin:KTC Edward Rossel 2015 Application + (Sharp and intense; obviously anxious about outcome of the interview which I think made him too careful; but good mind and good heart.)
Admin:Sreekumar Sukumar 2023 Application + (Should be a good element in retreat.)
Admin:Shelley Jackson 2020 Application + (Should be an excellent candidate for retreat)
Admin:KTC Arek Banasik 2015 Application + (Strongly self reliant; Shamanic experience opened him to see mind’s fuctioning and potential; then was clearly directed to Tibetan Buddhist path; deeply appreciative of Lama Norlha but without blind follower syndrome. Good candidate.)