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|Submissiondate=2025-06-23 | |Submissiondate=2025-06-23 | ||
|Submissionyear=2025 | |Submissionyear=2025 | ||
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|telephone=352-415-0132 | |telephone=352-415-0132 | ||
| | |retreattype=Three-year retreat | ||
|center=Karme Ling | |||
|centerstreet=315 Retreat Rd. | |||
|centercity=Dehli | |||
|centerstateprov=NY | |||
|centerpostalcode=13753 | |||
|centercountry=United States of America | |||
|startdate=2026-11-01 | |||
|enddate=2030-03-03 | |||
|retreatmaster=Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen | |||
|retreatadministrator=Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen | |||
|retreatliaison=Lama Losang | |||
|cvedu=INE Technical Training- eJPT certification - 2022 | |||
Moore Career College- Massage Therapy certification- 2010 | |||
|cvwork=Clean Coatings LLC. Gainesville, FL - Painter - November 2024 - Present | |||
Kardiya Yoga. Gainesville, FL - Yoga and Meditation Instructor September 2024-Present | |||
Freelance - IT and Security Services - 2022- Present | |||
|studiedtibetan=Yes | |||
|spokentibcomprehension=Basic communication skills | |||
|writtentibcomprehension=Basic reading comprehension | |||
|tibetanrequiredforretreat=Required | |||
|tibetanretreatparts=Group rituals and practices, individual practice | |||
|otherlanguage1=English | |||
|otherlanguage1Prof=Native command | |||
|introbuddhism=I first began cultivating an interest in the Dharma when I was about 19 years old, after meeting Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche at a small gathering in Louisiana around 2007. I took Refuge and lay vows in 2014 from my teacher Lama Losang and have studied under him since. | |||
|refugehistory=November 2014, Lama Losang | |||
|formalvows=Yes | |||
|formalvowsdetails=Lay precepts November 2014 - Lama Losang | |||
Bodhisattva Vows October 2024 - Lama Karma Drodhul | |||
|ngondrocomplete=Yes | |||
|ngondro1=Mahamudra Ngondro | |||
|ngondro1begin=2016-11-01 | |||
|ngondro1end=2023-04-01 | |||
|ngondronotes=Completed the full Ngondro once, and am about half way through a second round of each of the practices as directed by Retreat Master Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen | |||
|previousretreatscomplete=No | |||
|ynadvstudiesprogs=Yes | |||
|advstudiesprogsdetails=Dharma Paths- Karma Triyana Dharmachakra | |||
Samye Ling Study Program as offered through our local Karma Thegsum Choling | |||
|ynofferedservices=Yes | |||
|offeredservicesdetails=Since 2023 I have worked as a volunteer for Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling, assisting with IT services, program coordination, and serving as a member-at-large of our Board of Directors. Additionally I serve as the Communications Director and IT committee member for the Southeastern Buddhist Retreat Center, a project headed by my teacher Lama Losang to establish a retreat facility in north Florida. | |||
|othercommunitywork=South Garden Project - Baton Rouge, LA 2008-2010 | |||
Additionally I have often volunteered with different food serving groups targeted at combating food insecurity and bringing aid to unhoused people. | |||
|retreatduration=40 | |||
|StartFunding=2026-10-01 | |||
|EndFunding=2030-03-03 | |||
|costestimateCurrency=USD | |||
|costestimate=36,000 | |||
|requestedamountCurrency=USD | |||
|requestedamount=36,000 | |||
|othermoney=Members of Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling have discussed additional sponsorship pending availability of scholarship funds. | |||
|letterofmotivation=I credit the Dharma with saving my life. For many years I was headed down a path characterized by addiction and numerous personal difficulties. Though I discovered the Dharma at a younger age than many Westerners, my karma was such that while I believed deeply in the teachings of the Buddha and the Kagyu lineage, I still had a lot to work through in order to arrive at a place where I was able to truly aspire towards real practice. All through those years things happened which drove me further into study and practice. I began Ngondro in late 2016 after receiving the transmission from my teacher Lama Losang, who had gently encouraged me to consider working towards 3 year retreat. I think that he saw something in my enthusiasm for the Dharma, but I did not necessarily consider 3 year retreat a possibility at that time because I think it felt logistically impossible due to my own financial hardships. | |||
Family difficulties, the COVID pandemic, employment instability, among other things. All through this time it was a firm commitment to the Dharma which brought me up out of the mire of these hardships. After the pandemic has subsided some and students were again able to practice in person at Gainesville Karma Thegsum Choling, I reconnected with my teacher Lama Losang in early 2023, where he confirmed with me that I had completed my first Ngondro. To my surprise, he asked me to continue the Ngondro practices which I have done in some form since. | |||
Shortly after reconnecting with Lama Losang, on Saga Dawa of that same year, one of his main teachers Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche passed away. It was during a small weekly reading group while dedicating the merit of that evening that I saw my teacher become emotional over the loss of Thrangu Rinpoche and the earlier loss of his main teacher Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche. He shed tears saying, "We are truly losing so many of our great teachers." It was at that moment that I felt I had been struck by lightning. A sense came over me that it was necessary for me to continue the work of my teachers and that in order to do so I would need to make the commitment to undertake the 3 year retreat. I spoke to Lama Losang about this, asking him if he thought it was a right motivation for me to want to undertake the retreat in the hopes of sharing the Dharma with others. "Yes," he said, "that is the best motivaiton." He seemed overjoyed at the prospect and encouraged me to apply. Some time afterwards, with the encouragement and blessing of my partner, I applied, and Lama Tsultrim Gyaltsen encouraged me to study Tibetan and work towards completion of another round of the Ngondro practices, advice I have followed since then. | |||
My aspiration is to complete the retreat and share with others the Dharma, which has been so life preserving. Since applying, my teacher has encouraged me heartily to work towards this aspiration. | |||
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