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20260727234922-Michael-Broderick-Submission
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|SolHermDescription=My proposed hermitage is a small 1963 vintage mobile home in a quiet senior community on the southern edge of Palm Springs bordering the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument with access to hiking trails. I have been living here since September, 2025 and plan to retire here. I have lived in Palm Springs since 2022. My support system is primarily myself. I will be using a combination of grocery delivery, picking up groceries pre-ordered online along with occasional store shopping. | |SolHermDescription=My proposed hermitage is a small 1963 vintage mobile home in a quiet senior community on the southern edge of Palm Springs bordering the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument with access to hiking trails. I have been living here since September, 2025 and plan to retire here. I have lived in Palm Springs since 2022. My support system is primarily myself. I will be using a combination of grocery delivery, picking up groceries pre-ordered online along with occasional store shopping. | ||
|cvedu=City College of San Francisco | |cvedu=City College of San Francisco | ||
Associate Degree in Nursing 1988 | Associate Degree in Nursing 1988 | ||
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Case manager with a team of PT, OT, ST, MSW's and a WOCN specialist providing patient instruction and | Case manager with a team of PT, OT, ST, MSW's and a WOCN specialist providing patient instruction and | ||
care, IV and wound VAC therapy, case conference participation as well as new hire and nursing student | care, IV and wound VAC therapy, case conference participation as well as new hire and nursing student | ||
education. | education. | ||
|studiedtibetan=Yes | |studiedtibetan=Yes | ||
|spokentibcomprehension=None | |spokentibcomprehension=None | ||
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|tibetanrequiredforretreat=Not required | |tibetanrequiredforretreat=Not required | ||
|tibetanretreatparts=Individual practices will be done in Tibetan. | |tibetanretreatparts=Individual practices will be done in Tibetan. | ||
|introbuddhism=Ordination and retreat June, 1992 to March, 1994 Rangoon, Burma | |introbuddhism=Ordination and retreat June, 1992 to March, 1994 Rangoon, Burma | ||
Lived at Chanmyay Yeiktha, the meditation center of Sayadaw U Janaka, and engaged in silent intensive | Lived at Chanmyay Yeiktha, the meditation center of Sayadaw U Janaka, and engaged in silent intensive | ||
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In 1980 took Theravada Buddhist Refuge with the Burmese monk, Sayadaw U Silananda, and subsequently lived and | In 1980 took Theravada Buddhist Refuge with the Burmese monk, Sayadaw U Silananda, and subsequently lived and | ||
studied with him as his attendant for approximately two years. I continued my studies off and on and participated in the annual 3 month retreat at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts in 1990 then spent two months in meditation retreat under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita at Insight Meditation Society in 1991 | studied with him as his attendant for approximately two years. I continued my studies off and on and participated in the annual 3 month retreat at Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts in 1990 then spent two months in meditation retreat under the guidance of Sayadaw U Pandita at Insight Meditation Society in 1991 | ||
|refugehistory=Vajrayana Buddhist Refuge 1997 Santa Cruz, California | |refugehistory=Vajrayana Buddhist Refuge 1997 Santa Cruz, California | ||
Refuge ceremony with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche at Pema Osel Ling a few months after meeting him. | Refuge ceremony with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche at Pema Osel Ling a few months after meeting him. | ||
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from the Namchak Putri and Khandro Thukthik cycles of the Dudjom Tersar. | from the Namchak Putri and Khandro Thukthik cycles of the Dudjom Tersar. | ||
|ynadvstudiesprogs=No | |ynadvstudiesprogs=No | ||
|ynofferedservices=Yes | |ynofferedservices=Yes | ||
|offeredservicesdetails=Remained living in Santa Cruz, California, between retreats and afterward until 2017. I was available as requested by the Lamas periodically for Lama support, Tibetan text editing, Pema Osel Ling public retreat support as a senior student, and participated in the Pema Osel Ling ngondro program available for questions from those practicing their ngondro accumulations. | |offeredservicesdetails=Remained living in Santa Cruz, California, between retreats and afterward until 2017. I was available as requested by the Lamas periodically for Lama support, Tibetan text editing, Pema Osel Ling public retreat support as a senior student, and participated in the Pema Osel Ling ngondro program available for questions from those practicing their ngondro accumulations. | ||
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I continue to feel a responsibility to not waste the teachings I have been given and, frankly, to prepare for death or at least senility in retirement. My health is good and I still have the energy to do formal retreat practice so the time is now it seems. Again reading the letter Lama Tharchin wrote as “some final advice just before dying” only reinforces my resolve. | I continue to feel a responsibility to not waste the teachings I have been given and, frankly, to prepare for death or at least senility in retirement. My health is good and I still have the energy to do formal retreat practice so the time is now it seems. Again reading the letter Lama Tharchin wrote as “some final advice just before dying” only reinforces my resolve. | ||
I hope that Tsadra Foundation considers my application for solitary contemplative retreat sponsorship to continue practicing these teachings and to be of what benefit I can to all beings in this life and the next. This is the contribution I think I can make in this world that most fulfills my Lama’s wishes. | I hope that Tsadra Foundation considers my application for solitary contemplative retreat sponsorship to continue practicing these teachings and to be of what benefit I can to all beings in this life and the next. This is the contribution I think I can make in this world that most fulfills my Lama’s wishes. | ||
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|FileHaveSolRetreatBudgUpld=2026-07-28_Michael_Broderick_-_Retreat_Budget.pdf | |||
|FileHaveCVUpld=2026-07-28_Michael_Broderick_-_CV_Resume.pdf | |||
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|FileHaveDescriptFinSitUpld=2026-07-28_Michael_Broderick_-_Financial_Situation.pdf | |||
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|recom1NameLast=Trancoso | |recom1NameLast=Trancoso | ||
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|recom2Relate=Friend | |recom2Relate=Friend | ||
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