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 |formalvowsdetails=Lay Precepts, November 2nd, 2023, with Lama Karma Tartchin.
 Bodhisattva Vow, August 29th, 2024, with Jonang Gyaltsab Chokyi Nangwa Rinpoche.
-|ngondrocomplete=No
+|ngondrocomplete=Yes
 |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. Although it was a very intense period of my life, I managed to complete the Refuge and Bodhiccita (100.000 prostrations), and I am now halfway through the Vajrasattva practice. I plan to do a few more retreats before the end of the year and complete the entire Ngöndro.
-|ngondroPartialComplete=Yes
-|ngondroPartialBegin=2024-01-01
 |previousretreatscomplete=Yes
 |previousretreatsdetails=I did a one-month-and-ten-day individual retreat to complete the prostrations in Pharping, Kathmandu, Nepal.
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 |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.
-|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.
+|letterofmotivation=To the Tsadra Foundation,
+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 to help make this aspiration possible.
-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.
+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 myself at the time, live comfortably without much effort. Lama Tartchin told 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, maintainer, transcriber, manager in the Dharma Center, as well as joined many group retreats and have done a few solitary retreats, as mentioned in the application. All of this has been part of my sincere commitment to integrate the Dharma into every aspect of my life.
+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 benefit beings as much as I can. 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.
-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 from October 2024 to June 2025 I led two Buddhist Pilgrimages to India and Nepal with Lama Tartchin 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.
-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.
 If accepted and supported, I will dedicate myself wholeheartedly to the retreat, with the aspiration that this experience may serve not only my own path but also benefit others through future service to the Dharma.
 With gratitude and respect,