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|previousretreatsdetails=For the past three summers I have attended month-long retreats at the Palyul retreat centre in upstate NY for ngondro (2023), tsa lung (2024) and khorde rushen (2025.)
|previousretreatsdetails=For the past three summers I have attended month-long retreats at the Palyul retreat centre in upstate NY for ngondro (2023), tsa lung (2024) and khorde rushen (2025.)
|ynadvstudiesprogs=Yes
|ynadvstudiesprogs=Yes
|advstudiesprogsdetails=I'm not sure if this counts, but since last September, I've been taking self paced courses on Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's Vajrayana online platform and have completed courses on the view of the 4 sutra schools, Jamgon Kongtrul's text Creation and Completion and the Bodhicaryavatara. These courses have been a great help, clarifying many tricky points and deepening my appreciation of the dharma with Mingyur Rinpoche's uniquely accessible and clear explanations and a rich array of supplementary course materials.
|advstudiesprogsdetails=I'm not sure if this counts, but since last September, I've been taking self-paced courses on Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche's Vajrayana online platform and have completed courses on the view of the 4 sutra schools, Jamgon Kongtrul's text Creation and Completion and the Bodhicaryavatara. These courses have been a great help, clarifying many tricky points and deepening my appreciation of the dharma with Mingyur Rinpoche's uniquely accessible and clear explanations and a rich array of supplementary course materials.
|ynofferedservices=Yes
|ynofferedservices=Yes
|offeredservicesdetails=Not formally, so again unsure if this counts, only by helping out as a regular at the local Palyul centre and during retreats in general ways, such as cleaning, serving tea etc, offering a song at a birthday celebration for Yangsi Penor Rinpoche in Toronto and to the Sangha during my first retreat at upstate NY.
|offeredservicesdetails=Not formally, so again unsure if this counts, only by helping out as a regular at the local Palyul centre and during retreats in general ways, such as cleaning, serving tea etc, offering a song at a birthday celebration for Yangsi Penor Rinpoche in Toronto and to the Sangha during my first retreat at upstate NY.

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