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Current Contemplative Scholarship Recipients

2015 Three-Year Retreat

• Julia Tamang King (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Galen Doucette (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Jane Harden (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Drusilla Lopez (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Ken Yeshe Davidson (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Geneviève Gendeun Michaud (Chanteloube)
• Christele Maisonneuve (Samye Ling)

2015 Solitary Retreat

• Tabea Nyingnor Rittgasser (Dordogne, France)
• Marc Olmsted (CA, USA)

2014 Three-Year Retreat

• Laurel Gonzales (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Nyima Gyeltsen (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Gloria Norgan - Ani Samten (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Mike Engle (Chanteloube)
• Kevin Miller (Garchen Institute)
• Catharine Nelson (Garchen Institute)
• Saskia Bleijendaal - Ani Drime Shiwa (Gampo Abbey)

2014 Solitary Retreat

• Sarkis Vermilyea - Ngawang Senge (NM, USA)
• David Ledeboer (OR, USA)
• Tycho Thal (Dordogne, France)

2013 Three-Year Retreat

• Margaret Mora (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Julie Jacob Zangmo (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Karma Chopal Zanpo (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Joe Stagno (Pema Osel Ling)
• Magnus Childers (Pema Osel Ling)
• Christopher Rose (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Ivonne Rose (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Casper Jakobsen (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)
• Cecilia Amador (Gampo Abbey)

2012 Three-Year Retreat

• David Tobey (Pema Osel Ling)
• Angela Suescun-Lampe (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Phillip Lampe (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Sarina Straussner (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Joshua Schauls (Chagdud Gompa)
• Danielle Blouin (Gampo Abbey)

2011 Three-Year Retreat

• Aria Das (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Yeshe Kevin Chowings (Palpung Thubten Choling)

Past Contemplative Scholarship Recipients

2013 Three-Year Retreat

• Jacob Braverman (Pema Osel Ling)

2013 Solitary Retreat

• Susan Holland (Pema Osel Ling)

2012 Three-Year Retreat

• Simon Pace (Pema Osel Ling)

2012 Solitary Retreat

• Ines Rittgasser (Spain)
• Jennifer Gordon (California, USA)

2011 Three-Year Retreat

• Alicia Onieva (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Hector Vaquero (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Teresa Vaz (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Vicente Clemente (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Susan Holland (Pema Osel Ling)
• Namdak Max Cardale (Samye Ling)
• Heike Dumjahn (Karma Ling)
• Pende Stuart Reid (Samye Ling)
• Robert Lee (Samye Ling)
• Samten Shane Pilossof (Samye Ling)
• Tingdzin Alexander Mclachlan (Samye Ling)
• Yangtso Dianne McRobert (Samye Ling)
• Zangpo Paul Foster (Samye Ling)

2011 Solitary Retreat

• Eric Triebelhorn (Oregon, USA)
• Vernon Mizner (Crestone, Colorado, USA)

2010 Three-Year Retreat

• Elizabeth Prather (Garchen Institute)
• Moon Teitel (Garchen Institute)
• Karsam Rod Owens (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Anne Holland (Pema Osel Ling)
• Marcie Hughes (Pema Osel Ling)
• Sarah Beasley (Pema Osel Ling)
• Stacey Stein (Pema Osel Ling)

2010 Solitary Retreat

• Linda Ireland - (Oregon, USA)
• Luc Maillard - (Dordogne, France)

Pre-2010

• Jeremi Plazas - (Pema Osel Ling)

Retreat Centers

• Chanteloube, Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère, Dordogne, France (Chanteloube)
• Dagshang Kagyu, Panillo, Huesca, Spain (Dagshang Kagyu)
• Gampo Abbey, Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada (Gampo Abbey)
• Garchen Institute, Chino Valley, AZ, USA (Garchen Institute)
• Gomde Pyrénées, La Bastide, Pyrénées, France (Gomde Pyrénées)
• Karma Ling, Arvillard, Savoie, France (Karma Ling)
• Karma Triyana Dharmachakra, Delhi, NY, USA (Karma Triyana Dharmachakra)
• Katog Choling Mountain Retreat, Parthenon, AR, USA (Katog Mountain Retreat)
• Longchen Jigme Samten Ling, Crestone, CO, USA (Longchen Jigme Samten Ling)
• Milarepa Retreat Center, Schneverdingen, Germany (MRC)
• Palpung Thubten Choling, Wappingers Falls, NY, USA (Palpung Thubten Choling)
• Pema Osel Ling, Watsonville, CA, USA (Pema Osel Ling)
• Rigdzin Gatsal, Williams, OR, USA (Rigdzin Gatsal)
• Rigdzin Ling, Junction City, CA, USA (Rigdzin Ling)
• Samye Ling, Lamlash Bay, Scotland, United Kingdoms (Samye Ling)
• Serchö Osel Ling, Goldendale, WA, USA (Serchö Osel Ling)
• Sukhasiddhi Tahoe Hermitage, Truckee, CA, USA (Sukhasiddhi Tahoe Hermitage)
• Tashi Choling, Ashland, OR, USA (Tashi Choling)
• Vajra Vidya Retreat Center, Crestone, CO, USA (Vajra Vidhya Crestone)

Statistics

• 2015 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics
• 2014 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics
• 2013 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics
• 2012 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics
• 2011 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics
• 2010 - Contemplative Scholarship Statistics

All Recipients with Profiles

• 2016 Alana Siegel
• 2016 Catherine Anderson
• 2016 Hala Azzam
• 2017 Angel Saint-Michel
• 2017 Drusilla Lopez
• 2017 Michael Broderick
• 2017 Tycho Thal
• 2018 Margaret Mora
• 2019 Danielle Blouin
• 2019 Maria Viviana Siles
• 2019 Nicholas Schmidt
• 2019 STEPHANE BERTHA
• 2020 Dominika Hryniewicz
• 2020 Jennifer Zhao
• 2020 Pema Nymeyer
• 2012 Cecilia Amador
• 2015 Liza Baer
• 2015 Arek Banasik
• 2009 Sarah Beasley
• 2013 Saskia Bleijendaal
• 2011 Danielle Blouin
• 2015 Isabelle Brun
• 2010 Maxamillian Cardale
• 2015 Chris Carelli
• 2015 Sveta Carelli
• 2012 Magnus Childers
• 2012 Karma Chopal
• 2010 Kevin Chowings
• 2010 Vicente Clemente
• 2010 Aria Das
• 2014 Kenneth Davidson
• 2010 Heike Dumjahn
• 2015 Jaffa Elias
• 2009 Linda Errera
• 2010 Paul Foster
• 2009 Pierre Goblet
• 2013 Laurel Gonzalo
• 2011 Jennifer Gordon
• 2013 Nima Gyeltshen
• 2014 Jane Harden
• 2012 Susan Holland
• 2009 Anne Holland
• 2010 Susan Holland
• 2009 Marcie Hughes
• 2009 Linda Marie Ireland
• 2012 Julie Jacob
• 2012 Casper Oluf Jakobsen
• 2015 Juan Jurado Zapata
• 2011 Philip Lampe
• 2013 David Ledeboer

... further results

All Recipients with Profiles, by Year

• 2012 Ivonne Prieto Rose ( to )
• 2015 Emersom Satomi ( to )
• 2010 Vicente Clemente ( to )
• 2019 STEPHANE BERTHA ( to )
• 2011 Danielle Blouin ( to )
• 2012 Joseph Stagno ( to )
• 2014 Kenneth Davidson ( to )
• 2009 Stacey Stein ( to )
• 2017 Drusilla Lopez ( to )
• 2010 Maxamillian Cardale ( to )
• 2013 Nima Gyeltshen ( to )
• 2009 Linda Errera ( to )
• 2015 Sveta Carelli ( to )
• 2010 Stuart Reid ( to )
• 2020 Jennifer Zhao ( to )
• 2011 Philip Lampe ( to )
• 2013 Sarkis Vermilyea ( to )
• 2015 Juan Jurado Zapata ( to )
• 2010 Heike Dumjahn ( to )
• 2019 Danielle Blouin ( to )
• 2011 Ines Rittgasser ( to )
• 2012 Magnus Childers ( to )
• 2014 Jane Harden ( to )
• 2009 Linda Marie Ireland ( to )
• 2017 Angel Saint-Michel ( to )
• 2010 Diane McRoberts ( to )
• 2013 Laurel Gonzalo ( to )
• 2009 Luc Maillard ( to )
• 2015 Liza Baer ( to )
• 2010 Shane Pilossof ( to )
• 2012 Margaret Mora ( to )
• 2013 Kevin Miller ( to )
• 2014 Marc Olmsted ( to )
• 2015 Victoria Victore ( to )
• 2010 Aria Das ( to )
• 2019 Nicholas Schmidt ( to )
• 2011 Jennifer Gordon ( to )
• 2012 Susan Holland ( to )
• 2014 Julia Tamang ( to )
• 2010 Alicia Onieva ( to )
• 2017 Michael Broderick ( to )
• 2010 Alexander McLachlan ( to )
• 2013 Tycho Thal ( to )
• 2009 Anne Holland ( to )
• 2016 Catherine Anderson ( to )
• 2010 Robert Lee ( to )
• 2012 Cecilia Amador ( to )
• 2013 Catharine Nelson ( to )
• 2009 Pierre Goblet ( to )
• 2015 Analise Pappastergiou ( to )... further results