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|status= | |status=Checked | ||
|Submissiondate=2025-01-15 | |Submissiondate=2025-01-15 | ||
|Submissionyear=2025 | |Submissionyear=2025 | ||
|page=20250115050325-Maria-Emiry Sacchese-Submission | |||
|firstname=Maria | |firstname=Maria | ||
|lastname=Emiry Sacchese | |lastname=Emiry Sacchese | ||
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|nationality=Brazil | |nationality=Brazil | ||
|street=Rua Navarra,147 | |street=Rua Navarra,147 | ||
|street2=Jardim da Glória | |||
|city=Cotia | |city=Cotia | ||
|stateprov=São Paulo | |stateprov=São Paulo | ||
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|otherlanguage3=spanish | |otherlanguage3=spanish | ||
|otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | |otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | ||
|introbuddhism=I began studying Buddhism at the age of 15, in 2013, with Lama Karma Tartchin, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche's disciple. | |||
|refugehistory=I took Refuge in the Three Jewels in 2015, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | |||
|formalvows=Yes | |formalvows=Yes | ||
|ngondrocomplete= | |formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, November 2nd, 2023, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | ||
| | Bodhisattva Vow, August 29th, 2024, with Jonang Gyaltsab Chokyi Nangwa Rinpoche. | ||
| | |ngondrocomplete=Yes | ||
|ngondro1=Chag Chen/ Mahamudra Ngöndro | |||
|ngondro1begin=2024-01-01 | |||
|ngondro1end=2026-01-01 | |||
|ngondronotes=To try to bypass the site's bug, I filled out this item as if I had already completed the Ngöndro. However, I have not completed the Ngondro yet. | |||
I began the practice on January 1st, 2024, and at that time, I managed to keep practicing slowly but diligently despite the very busy lifestyle I was leading at that time while finishing my nursing degree, working, and organizing the pilgrimage I undertook with Lama Tartchin from October 2024 to June 2025. | |||
Since December 2025, I have been dedicating my time to completing the Ngöndro, as it was during this period, in a solitary retreat below the Asura Cave, that I felt fully motivated to do the 3-Year Retreat. | |||
|previousretreatscomplete=Yes | |previousretreatscomplete=Yes | ||
|previousretreatsdetails=I did a one-month-and-ten-day solitary retreat to complete the prostrations in Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal (December, 2024 to January 2025) | |||
|ynadvstudiesprogs=No | |ynadvstudiesprogs=No | ||
|advstudiesprogsdetails=I haven't. | |||
|ynofferedservices=Yes | |ynofferedservices=Yes | ||
|offeredservicesdetails=From 2018 to 2023, I offered services as a cook and retreat organizer (including cleaning and maintenance), assisted in event planning, received visiting Lamas, created social media content, transcribed teachings, and served as a Chöpon. | |||
From 2024 to 2025, I organized two group pilgrimages with Lama Tartchin as a way to raise funds for his return to India and Nepal, where he could reunite with his Root Lama, Tai Situ Rinpoche, after many years. | |||
|othercommunitywork=In 2014, I volunteered for one year at NZRDA, an institution that provides equine therapy for people with physical disabilities. | |||
In 2017, I volunteered for one month at Thosamling Nunnery (Dharamsala, India), working as a cook and babysitter for young nuns. | |||
From 2019 to 2023, I volunteered with Coletivo Grãos de Luz, a group focused on the study of medicinal plants and native Brazilian knowledge. The collective distributes herbal medicine and basic food baskets to under-resourced individuals and communities. | |||
|retreatduration=40 | |retreatduration=40 | ||
|StartFunding=2026-11-01 | |StartFunding=2026-11-01 | ||
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|requestedamount=30.000 | |requestedamount=30.000 | ||
|othermoney=R$60,000 (approximately USD 10,000) — Personal savings. | |othermoney=R$60,000 (approximately USD 10,000) — Personal savings. | ||
This amount will cover my living expenses from June 2025 | This amount will cover my living expenses from June 2025 untill the beginning of the retreat in September 2026. | ||
At the present moment, I am not formally employed, as I am fully dedicating my time to completing the Ngöndro, studying the Tibetan language, and supporting Dharma activities. However, I expect to take at least 6.000USD from these savings to pay the retreat costs. | |||
I will write to some Dharma friends whom I believe will be happy to sponsor my retreat or support me in some way, and I will also do fundraising to cover the remaining amount if necessary. | I will write to some Dharma friends whom I believe will be happy to sponsor my retreat or support me in some way, and I will also do fundraising to cover the remaining amount if necessary as well. | ||
|letterofmotivation=To the Tsadra Foundation, | |letterofmotivation=To the Tsadra Foundation, | ||
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