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|otherlanguage3=spanish | |otherlanguage3=spanish | ||
|otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | |otherlanguage3Prof=Basic communication skills | ||
|introbuddhism= | |introbuddhism=I began studying Buddhism at the age of 15, in 2013, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | ||
|refugehistory= | |refugehistory=I took Refuge in the Three Jewels in 2015, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | ||
|formalvows=Yes | |formalvows=Yes | ||
|formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, | |formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, November 2nd, 2023, with Lama Karma Tartchin. | ||
Bodhisattva Vow, August 29th, 2024, with Jonang Gyaltsab Chokyi Nangwa Rinpoche. | |||
|ngondrocomplete=No | |ngondrocomplete=No | ||
|ngondronotes= | |ngondronotes=Today, June 30th, 2025, I am halfway through Dorje Sempa, with the second half of the year planned with retreats to complete all the preliminaries. In this way, by the end of 2025, the Ngöndro will be complete. | ||
|ngondroPartialComplete=Yes | |ngondroPartialComplete=Yes | ||
|ngondroPartialBegin=2024-01-01 | |ngondroPartialBegin=2024-01-01 | ||
|previousretreatscomplete=Yes | |previousretreatscomplete=Yes | ||
|previousretreatsdetails= | |previousretreatsdetails=I did a one-month-and-ten-day individual retreat to complete the prostrations in Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal. | ||
|ynadvstudiesprogs=No | |ynadvstudiesprogs=No | ||
|advstudiesprogsdetails=I haven't. | |advstudiesprogsdetails=I haven't. | ||
|ynofferedservices=Yes | |ynofferedservices=Yes | ||
|offeredservicesdetails= | |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. | ||
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, primarily to reunite with his Root Lama, Tai Situ Rinpoche. | |||
|othercommunitywork= | |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, working as a cook and babysitter for little nuns. | |||
From 2019 to 2023, I volunteered in the 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 communities and individuals. | |||
|retreatduration=40 | |retreatduration=40 | ||
|StartFunding=2026-11-01 | |StartFunding=2026-11-01 | ||
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|requestedamountCurrency=USD | |requestedamountCurrency=USD | ||
|requestedamount=25.000 | |requestedamount=25.000 | ||
|othermoney=R$60.000 (aprox. 10.000USD) - personal savings, this is also the money that will provide my year from june 2025 till I enter the retreat in September 2026. As right now I'm not employed and I'm dedicating my time to practice (complete ngondro), learn Tibetan and helping the Dharma activities. | |othermoney=R$60.000 (aprox. 10.000USD) - personal savings, this is also the money that will provide my year from june 2025 till I enter the retreat in September 2026. As right now I'm not employed and I'm dedicating my time to practice (complete ngondro), learn Tibetan and helping the Dharma activities. | ||
|letterofmotivation=I am writing to express my sincere | |letterofmotivation=I am writing you to express my sincere aspiration to join the traditional Three-Year Retreat at Karme Ling which was established by the late Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche under the request of 16th Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, and to kindly request financial support from Tsadra Foundation. | ||
I first found meaning in the Dharma when I was about 13 years old and was lucky enough to meet Lama Tartchin personally. At the time, I was feeling deeply sad and questioning why people who worked so hard often struggled so much, while I—someone who had never done much beyond going to school and hanging out with friends—had so many things and lived a good life. Lama Tartchin said to 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 | I first found meaning in the Dharma when I was about 13 years old and was lucky enough to meet Lama Karma Tartchin personally. At the time, I was feeling deeply sad and questioning why people who worked so hard often struggled so much, while I—someone who had never done much beyond going to school and hanging out with friends—had so many things and lived a good life. Lama Tartchin said to 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. 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, study and practice the Buddha Dharma. I have helped for many years as a cook, maintainer, transcriber, manager in the Dharma Center, as well as joined many group retreats and also have done a few solitary retreats, as mentioned in the application. | ||
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 | 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. In that way I genuinely aspire to deepen my practice in the Three Years Retreat and beenfit beings as much as I can, as Lama Tartchin and Lama Lodro will tell me afterwards. I also know in my heart that this decision would make my precious Lama Tartchin very happy as for the past 20 years, he has worked tirelessly to sustain Karmapa’s activities in Brazil and to have students who genuinely wish to deepen their Dharma study and practice is something I believe would truly bring him joy. | ||
It feels important to share that I’ve already quit my job and | It feels important to share that I’ve already quit my job and from October 2024 to June 2025 I led two pilgrimages to India and Nepal and also stayed in both countries to receive teachings and do retreats in sacred places. So, I don’t have any major obligations with work or family—aside from my mother, who supports me and is happy with the path I’ve chosen. | ||
I deeply appreciate your time and consideration. | I deeply appreciate your time and consideration. | ||
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Maria Pema Karmo | Maria Pema Karmo | ||
|FileHaveAcceptLetterUpld=2025-06-18_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Acceptance_Letter.pdf | |FileHaveAcceptLetterUpld=2025-06-18_Maria_Emiry Sacchese_-_Acceptance_Letter.pdf | ||
|AcceptLetterAuthorFirst=Lama Lodro | |AcceptLetterAuthorFirst=Lama Lodro | ||
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|recom2NameLast=Pereira Salú | |recom2NameLast=Pereira Salú | ||
|recom2Relate=friend | |recom2Relate=friend | ||
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