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-|ngondronotes=I have completed the Ngondro except for the full number of accumulations of prostrations and accumulations of mandala offerings. (I initially filled in the box here, but then was unable to change my entry to partial completion of Ngondro practices in the box below).
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-|letterofmotivation=It has been a deep aspiration to do the three year retreat at Gomde Pyrenees under the guidance of my teacher Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche, and retreat master Drupon Lama Tenzin Sangpo, for many years now. I have been a student under Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche's guidance since 2009.
+|letterofmotivation=The immensity of the endeavor and aspiration to do the three year retreat cannot easily be put into words.
-The daily practices and shorter retreats that I have been able to undertake so far have given confidence in the transformative power that is possible through Buddhist practices. I feel the positive changes in how I relate to life’s challenges, and in how I relate to others. My heart-felt wish is to be of maximum benefit to others, and I have faith that the practices within the disciplined structure of the three year retreat will develop and strengthen my capacity to be a truly meaningful support.
+I might begin by touching upon the most essential and extraordinary point: the teacher, and a doubt-free trust in his lineage. Trust is a rare and precious thing.  I met Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche in 2009, and although I felt an instant connection to him, our relationship as teacher-to-student has been able to strengthen steadily for a period of 17 years.
-I had already spoken to Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche last year about doing the retreat - he was delighted with my request. I started making preparations, but then there were personal complications with my aging mother's health, and I did not apply. Sadly, my mother has now passed away - she died on December 5th. Since her passing, I consulted once more with Chokyi Nyima Rinpoche and with Drupon Lama Tenzin when I saw them personally in early January in France. They both encouraged me to do the retreat if it was possible with my family.
+My motivation to do the retreat is based entirely on a deep-rooted faith in the instructions that Rinpoche has entrusted to us.  I have often heard his heartfelt assertion: “please don’t waste these precious instructions”. This is the core of my motivation and aspiration, and forms my commitment to practice.
-My family - my husband and 2 young adult daughters - are wholeheartedly supportive of my wish. I feel extremely grateful for their support and encouragement to embrace this rare opportunity to gain in-depth understanding, experience and insight into dharma practice and it’s transformation of mind.
+Growing up in South Africa, in the unfathomable time of apartheid, my childhood wish was to connect, to not be kept apart, to not bear witness to the stupidity and suffering that racism enforced upon us. In retrospect, I might call the pain of having to grow up in apartheid, one of the first ‘blessings in disguise’ pushing me to leave the country with its division of the world through dark egoistic notions and concepts.
-My initial preparations, before my mother's passing, enabled me to gather partial funding towards doing the retreat. I have managed to gather sufficient funding and family support to cover the costs of the first 17 months of participation.
+This push led me straight into the lap of my life-long source of refuge, the three jewels. I have never forgotten the descriptive metaphor of a blind turtle that rises up from the depths of the sea: what chance could there possibly be for its head to surface right into the center of a golden ring that happens to be floating upon the vast ocean?
-I wrote to Lama Drupgyu / Anthony Chapman on 28th January to enquire about the possibility of applying for scholarship, and was overjoyed to hear that I would still be welcome to submit an application this year, for consideration for a scholarship beginning in January of 2027.
+Hearing these words in Nepal at the young age of 22 from my first teacher of refuge, Geshe Lama Konchog, forms round-circle, where past and present motivation merge:  to not waste this precious life.
-I rejoice in the unique and precious opportunities for contemplative retreat that Tsadra Foundation make possible, and I look forward with much hope to your kind consideration of my application.
+Having witnessed the passing away of many who are dear to me, including both my mother and my sister recently in December, the awareness of impermanence is close to my heart. I look towards the 3 year retreat as a rare opportunity where I can embrace solitude and contemplation without the distractions and entanglements that one has in work and family life.
+I wish to wholeheartedly dedicate myself to understanding, experiencing and realizing the cherished instructions and teachings that I have been fortunate enough to receive throughout my life.
+I’m grateful for the kindness and supportive encouragement to do retreat that I have received from my family, my husband and two daughters, and have conviction that the merit of practicing in retreat will benefit them and others through sincere love and prayers of dedication.
+Rejoicing in the unique and precious opportunities for contemplative retreat that Tsadra Foundation makes possible, I look forward with tremendous hope to your kind consideration of my application.
 Sincerely, Fiona Rose
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