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Firstly, I offered my service for the realization of my sisters Ngawang ChÑkyisÐ¥ 5-years retreat in Pharping/Nepal, heeding the advice of H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche. As her only retreat caretaker I organized her study visa, general shopping, the monthly food supply, and at times, cooking, took care of her health matters, and helped to control the maintenance of the water supply, electricity and fire safety at the hermitage place, and managed all other aspects of her life.
With respect to Ngawang ChÑkyisÐ¥ retreat practice, I conferred her questions and received advices regularly from H.E. Chogye Trichen Rinpoche, after His passing from H.E. Jetsunma Kunzang Tendrol and H.H. the Sakya Trizin, as well as our senior ritual masters regarding ritual questions. Furthermore, I organized all together a total of 5 weeks of Firepujas, mainly alone (like trucks full of firewood, heaps of fire puja ingredients etc.).
Additionally to this, I went back and forth to Boudanath Ð besides organizing the retreat and attend the Vajrayogini and Protector Pujas Ð to help one of Rinpoches successors, Gar Shabdrung Rinpoche and the management of Jamchen Lhakang with general office and textual work and had until moving to Pharping served as English tutor and health caretaker for monks of all ages. I also helped with textual and editorial work of the texts my sister produced.
And very blessed, I somehow got unofficially assigned by the Mustang royal kin family as the health caretaker of H.E. Jetsunma Kunzang Tendrol, who had severe lung damage, needed to visit the hospital repeatedly and whose medication needed to be supervised.
Thus my service to the Dharma took mainly place in two different locations; one in the more active monastery life in Boudanath and the other in the more secluded, contemplative life in Pharping.
Back in the West I further fulfilled H.H. Sakya Trizins and also my wish to serve as a retreat helper for my sister, which was far less demanding than in Nepal Ð no visa needed, only shopping, some maintenance of the house, phone calls and emails to His Holiness could easily be organized.
And finally, ever since I have been back in Europe and being a monastic, I somehow automatically become part, and am of service to any Buddhist center in whatever form they need me (mainly Spain and recently Germany).
All together I have offered my service to my Gurus and the Dharma community the past ten years.
April 2009 - Dec 2012:
Retreat practices and performing community tasks at Chanteloube three-year retreat.
From the conclusion of three-year retreat (Dec 2012) until present, resident retreatant at Chanteloube:
Full time engagement in the Dharma community of Chanteloube, both in and out of the retreat centers, maintaining and performing practices and activities related to Rinpoches activities, according to their direction and coordination, such as
- Taking care of maintenance of girls retreat center and its temple activities (2009-present)
- Occasionally taking care of other centers, such as La Sonnerie or La Pechardie
- Chopon duties both in the retreat center as in the Sangha's regular tsoks
- Lama service in Dordogne teachings
- Cooking for Lamas during HH Sakya Trizin teachings and Khenpo Pema Sherap's
- Building renovation works of retreat center and La Pechardie house
- Preparation of tsa-tsas and of precious pills for the 108 Stupa Project at Chanteloube
-Painting of tsa-tsas for the stupas and for Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche's La Pechardie temple renovation, specifically "opening eyes" and coordinating newcomer painters
- Printing and hanging of prayer flags
- Animal liberation
- Preparation of handcrafted ritual objects for the next retreatants, under direct guidance of Rangdrol Rinpoche
- Coordination of teams for service at HH Sakya Trizin's Portugal teachings and empowerment, 2016
- Translation or revision of ritual texts into Portuguese
- Simultaneous translation of teachings into Portuguese
Supporting Rinpoches'activities in Portugal with occasional service or translation. +
2010. FPMT London Jamyang Meditation Center (3 months)
2010 FPMT France, Nalanda Monastery (3 months) +
maintenance activities in Argentina Tashigar sur +
Restoration and preservation of books in my Teacher's monastery, Orgyen KÑnsang ChÑling, in Darjeeling, for four months; helping with tsatsa-making for my Teacher's stupa project for over one year. +
I volunteered in many areas between 2008 and 2009 at Rigpa UK, in admin, tsok preparation, taking care of the shrine, hanging and storing thangkhas, gilding the shrine and other furniture and transcribing teachings. At the end of 2009 I became the transcribing manager for the UK for 2 years, coordinating and training volunteers to transcribe all the teachers that kindly gave teachings in Rigpa London and Lerab Ling, France.
In 2012 I began transcribing for Siddhartha's Intent, Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche's organization, transcribing both recent and archive teachings that Rinpoche kindly gave us.
Currently I am in Dordogne, France helping everyday with painting and repairing tsa tsa's for the stupa project and newly built guru lhakhang from July 2016 to the present. +
maintenance activities in Argentina Tashigar sur +
Yeunten Ling, 8 months as a resident.
Kagyu Ling, 7 years, mainly as a Choyok, Chopen, usual resident duties such as dishes, cleaning, taking care of elderly people of the center, etc.
Nehnang Samten ChoLing, 5 years, mainly taking care of the temple
Samten Tse Retreat Center, kitchen help, and usual resident's duties.
Translator (from english into french) for the 16 Nyung Ne retreat mentioned before.
Helping for Stupas in Chanteloube for 2, 3 months. +
Yeunten Ling, 8 months as a resident. Kitchen-help and cleaning.
Kagyu Ling, 7 years, mainly as a Choyok, Choepen and printing pecha photocopies, preparing offerings for inside the stupas, usual resident duties such as dishes, cleaning, taking care of elderly residents of the center, etc.
Nehnang Samten Choeling, 5 years, mainly taking care of the temple
Samten Tse Retreat Center(STRC) : almost 2 years,, kitchen help, and usual resident duties.
Lotus Garden : teaching how to make tormas for 3 weeks.
Translating Lama Anila Rigzin: (from english into french) for 16 NN mentioned earlier.
Helping for Stupas at Chanteloube for 2, 3 months. +
*In Dhagpo Kagyu Ling : resident worker for 8 months
*In Vajra Dhara Ling : helping for big events and during Khandro Rinpoche's teachings
* His Holiness Dalaâ¢-Lama : service as security staff in these following events
2008 in Vajra Dhara Ling in Normandie, in the Zenith in Nantes
2009 in Bercy in Paris
2011 in the stadium in Toulouse
*As interpeter to various Sanghas
*In Kagyu Dzong for regular events
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I have lived as a resident in dharma places for many years. In this way, I have contributed to the communities, as cook, housekeeper, "bookkeeper-light," and in other roles. I cooked for Sopa choling for about two years. I’ve also helped to serve visiting teachers and lamas when they have visited. This has included preparing food, cleaning, running errands, and basically helping to create the environment. +
I was my taswe lama's driver, financial support for his first few years living in the Bay Area, and helped him obtain his first visas in the USA. 1998-2003. I helped him obtain his first apartment in San Francisco and set up most of his earliest teachings in the San Francisco Bay Area. I have continued to support my lamas in any way I am able. +
2016 Dharma Programs Manager, March to September Vajrayana Foundation
2018 June Registration Service for Summer Retreat +
Since living at KSK center in Santa Fe, I help out with work around the property as needed. Every spring and fall we as a community get together and have Stupa and grounds clean up day, I have helped with this. I have supported also with prepping for programs here and clean up afterwards. I helped with the preparations for the Shangpa Kagyu Monlam and Volunteer Coordination.
During the Monlam in 2019 I offered my home for Lama Lodro and Lama Wangchen to stay in during the Monlam.
I became aware that Lama Rinchen needed help getting around during his visit last fall and offered to help however I can, I was asked to help drive him from Truth or Consequences Center up to the Albuquerque airport After his visit in New Mexico. +
- Electrician at Lerab Ling, approx. 4 hours a day for several months
- Engineering the electrification of Paro Tara Monastery in Bhutan, Designing the Light-Concept and wiring and installing everything. 4 Month. +
At Dag Shang Kagyü, I worked for about 3 years helping in the kitchen, and also cleaning. I also often brought lunch to Lama Djinpa's retreat house.
10 months at the Meditation House cleaning the kitchen. +
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My services have been offered since 1998 in various capacities:
transcribing, book publishing, organizing teachings, university planning
committee, running the bookstore, temple keeper, other committees,
cooking, building and teaching. +
TO GESHE THUBTEN CHODEN AND FPMT CENTER IN MADRID AND IN DSK THE SUMMERS HELPED LIKE KARMA YOGA. NOW UNDER THE DIRECTION OF M.V. LAMA DRUBGYU TENPA +
During five years I have been working on the Dag Shang Kagyu communityÃs service. +
I have staffed a one month youth dathun at Gampo Abbey, and also worked there in various capacities during the 2.5 years in which I lived there. I have offered meditation instruction to newcomers to the Shambhala Centre at weekly drop-ins, facilitated discussion groups and study of Ven Pema Chodron's teachings for the Shambhala Centre in Ottawa. While I was in the Yukon, I implemented and co-lead a weekly meditation/study group, led monthly tonglen sessions, and offered introductory meditation classes. I have also offered day-long sessions to a northern Ontario community and encouraged the beginning of and continuity of a Pema Chodron study group there. +
