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|formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, November 2nd, 2023, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | |formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, November 2nd, 2023, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | ||
Bodhisattva Vow, August 29th, 2024, with Jonang Gyaltsab Chokyi Nangwa Rinpoche. | Bodhisattva Vow, August 29th, 2024, with Jonang Gyaltsab Chokyi Nangwa Rinpoche. | ||
|ngondrocomplete= | |ngondrocomplete=No | ||
|ngondronotes=I haven’t completed the Ngöndro yet. I began the practice while finishing my degree, and at the same time I was busy working and organizing the pilgrimage I undertook with Lama Tartchin from October 2024 to June 2025. | |ngondronotes=I haven’t completed the Ngöndro yet. I began the practice while finishing my degree, and at the same time I was busy working and organizing the pilgrimage I undertook with Lama Tartchin from October 2024 to June 2025. | ||
|ngondroPartialDetails=I have completed the Refuge and Bodhicitta (100,000 prostrations), and I’m currently halfway through Vajrasattva. I have a few solitary retreats scheduled until the end of the year in order to complete the required Ngöndro accumulations. Therefore, I affirm that I’m doing my best and working diligently to complete the Ngöndro. | |||
|previousretreatscomplete=Yes | |previousretreatscomplete=Yes | ||
|previousretreatsdetails=I did a one-month-and-ten-day individual retreat to complete the prostrations in Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal. | |previousretreatsdetails=I did a one-month-and-ten-day individual retreat to complete the prostrations in Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal. | ||
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|advstudiesprogsdetails=I haven't. | |advstudiesprogsdetails=I haven't. | ||
|ynofferedservices=Yes | |ynofferedservices=Yes | ||
|offeredservicesdetails=From 2018 to 2023, I offered services as a cook and retreat organizer (cleaning and maintenance), assisted in event planning, received Lamas, created social media content, transcribed teachings, and served as Chöpon. | |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 | |||
|othercommunitywork=In 2014, I volunteered for one year at NZRDA, an institution that provides | 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. | ||
In 2017, I volunteered for one month at Thosamling Nunnery (Dharamsala, India), working as a cook and babysitter for | |||
From 2019 to 2023, I volunteered | |||
|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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|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 until the beginning of the retreat in September 2026. At the 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. | This amount will cover my living expenses from June 2025 until the beginning of the retreat in September 2026. At the 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. | ||
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. | |||
|letterofmotivation=To the Tsadra Foundation, | |letterofmotivation=To the Tsadra Foundation, | ||
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I first found meaning in the Dharma when I was about 13 years old and was lucky enough to meet Lama Karma Tartchin personally. During that time of deep questioning and sadness I was struggling to understand the inequality of | I first found meaning in the Dharma when I was about 13 years old and was lucky enough to meet Lama Karma Tartchin personally. During that time of deep questioning and sadness I was struggling to understand the inequality of life, why some work so hard and suffer while others, like me at the time, live comfortably without much effort. Lama Tartchin said me, “Instead of being upset about that, why don’t you do something truly meaningful with your life to help others?”. That one sentence opened my heart and a deep connection and trust in Lama Tartchin arose as well as some interest in the Buddha Dharma. Now I’m 27 years old, and it’s been over a decade since I took refuge with Lama Karma Tartchin. Since then, I’ve done my best to help his Dharma Center (Karme Thegsum Tcholing), study and practice the Buddha Dharma. I have helped for many years as a cook during the retreats, maintainer of the retreat place, manager in the Dharma Center, performing as Chopon for the Pujas, as well as joined many group retreats and have done a few solitary retreats as well, as mentioned in the application. All of this has been part of my sincere commitment to integrate my life in the Dharma. | ||
At this point in my life, I truly feel that entering the Three-Year Retreat is the most meaningful thing I can do. I know it will benefit me, both in the short and long term, and will also benefit my family, friends and even people and sentient beings that I don’t know. Besides that, I also hope that when I conclude the retreat, I’ll have gained a good and strong Dharma practice and knowledge so I will be able to contribute to the establishment of the Karma Kagyu Lineage through supporting Lama Tartchin’s activities in Brazil, directly to Portuguese speakers. In | At this point in my life, I truly feel that entering the Three-Year Retreat is the most meaningful thing I can do. I know it will benefit me, both in the short and long term, and will also benefit my family, friends and even people and sentient beings that I don’t know. Besides that, I also hope that when I conclude the retreat, I’ll have gained a good and strong Dharma practice and knowledge so I will be able to contribute to the establishment of the Karma Kagyu Lineage through supporting Lama Tartchin’s activities in Brazil, directly to Portuguese speakers. In addition, I genuinely aspire to deepen my practice in the Three Years Retreat also because I know in my heart that it would make my precious Lama Tartchin pleased. As for the past 20 years he has worked lonely and tirelessly as the only Brazilian Karma Kagyu Lama to sustain Karmapa’s activities in Brazil, I am certain that seeing his efforts flourish in the form of students who practice the Dharma diligently, gain genuine wisdom, and become able to carry on his work and effort is a true source of joy for him | ||
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|CostLetterPhone=+1 (607) 437-4614 | |CostLetterPhone=+1 (607) 437-4614 | ||
|FileHaveEligibilityDocsUpld=2025-07-20_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Eligibility_Requirements.pdf | |||
|FileHaveCVUpld=2025-07-20_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_CV_Resume.pdf | |||
|FileHaveDharmaCVUpld=2025-07-20_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Dharma_Resume.pdf | |||
|FileHavePhotoUpld=2025-07-20_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Photo.jpg | |||
|FileHaveDescriptFinSitUpld=2025-07-20_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Financial_Situation.pdf | |||
|recom1NameFirst=Karma | |recom1NameFirst=Karma | ||
|recom1NameLast=Tartchin | |recom1NameLast=Tartchin | ||
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|recom2Relate=friend | |recom2Relate=friend | ||
}} | }} | ||
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