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|otherlanguage3=Spanish | |otherlanguage3=Spanish | ||
|otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | |otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | ||
|introbuddhism=I started | |introbuddhism=I started my study of Mahayana Buddhism in 2014, participating in an informal group called "Grupo de Estudos Budistas Bodhisattva" with an instructor from Lama Padma Samten's sangha in Brazil. The study group focused on the Four Noble Truths, Twelve Links of Dependent Origination, Mind Training, Four Immeasurable Qualities, and Six Paramitas. In 2019, I started studying Buddhism more committedly with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and his senior students through Siddhartha's Intent, and one year later, through Ngondro Gar. | ||
|refugehistory=I took refuge with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in May 2020 (online) | |refugehistory=I took refuge formally with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in May 7, 2020 (online); with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche in November 21, 2021 (online); and with Tromge Jigme Rinpoche in September 11, 2022 (in person). | ||
|formalvows=Yes | |formalvows=Yes | ||
|formalvowsdetails=I took lay precepts (refraining from killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct, plus refraining from getting heavily intoxicated) along with refuge and bodhisattva vows with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in May 2020 (online), with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche in November 2021 (online) and with Tromge Jigme Rinpoche in September 2022 (in person). | |formalvowsdetails=I took lay precepts (refraining from killing, stealing, and sexual misconduct, plus refraining from getting heavily intoxicated) along with refuge and bodhisattva vows with Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche in May 7, 2020 (online), with Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche in November 21, 2021 (online) and with Tromge Jigme Rinpoche in September 11, 2022 (in person). | ||
|ngondrocomplete=Yes | |ngondrocomplete=Yes | ||
|ngondro1=Longchen Nyingtik | |ngondro1=Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro | ||
|ngondro1begin=2020-05-20 | |ngondro1begin=2020-05-20 | ||
|ngondro1end=2024-01-03 | |ngondro1end=2024-01-03 | ||
|ngondronotes=I've completed the Longchen Nyingtik | |ngondronotes=I've completed the Longchen Nyingtik ngöndro through Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's program called Ngondro Gar; there, Rinpoche asks us to count hours instead of numbers. Yet, with the Vajra Guru mantra, I kept accumulating recitations beyond the time commitment until 1,200,000. | ||
Since May 2025, I've been doing the Tara ngondro from Zabtik Drolma terma through the Tara's Triple Excellence Program, under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Lama Tenzin. I'm still accumulating prostrations for refuge. | Since May 2025, I've been doing the Tara ngondro from Zabtik Drolma terma through the Tara's Triple Excellence Program, under the guidance of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche and Lama Tenzin. I'm still accumulating prostrations for refuge. | ||
|previousretreatscomplete=Yes | |previousretreatscomplete=Yes | ||
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