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 |[email protected]
 |telephone=9495408684
-|status=FirstSave
+|retreattype=Three-year retreat
+|center=Ser Cho Ling
+|centerstreet=54333 Two Hills Rd
+|centercity=North Fork
+|centerstateprov=CA
+|centerpostalcode=93643
+|centercountry=United States of America
+|startdate=2026-03-01
+|enddate=2029-06-24
+|retreatmaster=Wangchen Rinpoche
+|retreatadministrator=Wangchen Rinpoche
+|cvedu=I attended High School at Canyon High School in Anaheim Hills, California. Dude to an early-on career as a music artist I never finished college and instead went into the record industry and started a record label. Therefore, I do not have anything beyond my High School Diploma.
+|cvwork=Signed to Record Label - 10/2009
+Started Independent Record Label - 9/2012
+Opened Recording Studio - 9/2012
+|studiedtibetan=Yes
+|spokentibcomprehension=Basic communication skills
+|writtentibcomprehension=Basic reading comprehension
+|tibetanrequiredforretreat=Recommended
+|tibetanretreatparts=According to my Guru, The venerable Wangchen Rinpoche, the texts we have will be translated. However, he recommended that we learn some basic reading of Tibetan before we enter retreat - this is why we (the monastics at Ser Cho Ling) have begun studying Tibetan.
+|otherlanguage1=English
+|otherlanguage1Prof=Native command
+|otherlanguage2=Spanish
+|otherlanguage2Prof=Basic communication skills
+|introbuddhism=My studies of Buddha Dharma began about 6 years ago through various teachers online.
+A few years later (2022) I met Wangchen Rinpoche & Kalu Rinpoche and there was an instant Karmic connection ripening. Since then I made the aspiration to move to Ser Cho Ling and take my Monk vows and in 2 years time this opportunity came to fruition. I now reside at Ser Cho Ling as a Novice Monk and administrator for the center.
+|refugehistory=I took refuge in March of 2022 with my Root Guru Wangchen Rinpoche.
+|formalvows=Yes
+|formalvowsdetails=I have taken my Bodhisattva Vows & Novice Monk Vows. My Bodhisattva Vows were taken with Wangchen Rinpoche and my Monk Vows were Taken with H.E. Tai Situ Rinpoche in India.
+|ngondrocomplete=No
+|ngondroPartialComplete=Yes
+|ngondroPartialBegin=2024-09-01
+|ngondroPartialDetails=Yes I am currently doing Prostrations (5,000). Wangchen Rinpoche is allowing us to do short retreats before our 3-Year retreat to catch up.
+|previousretreatscomplete=Yes
+|previousretreatsdetails=Yes, I have completed three 25-Nyungne (50 Days each) and several 8-Nyungne (16 days each). 25-Nyungne is actually Wangchen Rinpoche's requirement for anyone who wants to do 3-year retreat in the Golden Teaching (Shangpa Kagyu) Lineage.
+|ynadvstudiesprogs=No
+|ynofferedservices=Yes
+|offeredservicesdetails=Yes, I currently have lived at Ser Cho Ling for the last year and have offered my managerial services to the center. These services include holding weekly meetings for the community, and implementing systems for the center to run more smoothly.
+In addition to the managerial work, I have construction experience and have worked on constructing brick pathways on the property, tiling/cement work, and landscaping.
+Lastly, I have been working on the media side of things by creating Rinpoche's Official YouTube Channel so that his teachings will be available to his current/future students, and the general public.
+|retreatduration=40
+|StartFunding=2026-03-28
 }}