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Tsadra Foundation Advanced Contemplative Scholarship
This website is for Alumni of Tsadra scholarship programs. Please make sure to login and review the information page. Feel free to use this space to update your personal information and share your current activities with other Alumn. You can reach your information page by clicking the links below or searching for your name in the search box in the top right of the page.
It is our hope that each of you have had formative experiences in retreat and are currently benefiting the world through your compassion and wisdom. Share your activities and experiences with us here by adding content to your individual pages.
Current Contemplative Scholarship Recipients
- 2019 Troy Suben (Startdate: 1 May 2022)
- 2019 frank webb (Startdate: 1 May 2022)
- 2020 Chelsea Treiber (Startdate: 1 May 2022)
- 2020 Mariana Alejandra Jimenez Lozano (Startdate: 1 July 2022)
- 2020 Stefanie Nowak (Startdate: July 2022)
- 2021 Babis Petros (Startdate: 20 September 2022)
- 2021 Christian Casanova (Startdate: 20 September 2022)
- 2021 Guillaume Ducrue (Startdate: 14 November 2021)
- 2021 Heidrun Koppl (Startdate: 20 June 2022)
- 2021 Kevin Miller (Startdate: 1 May 2022)
- 2021 Lehel Lőrincz (Startdate: 1 May 2022)
- 2021 Lorena Carazo (Startdate: 20 June 2022)
- 2021 Margaret Mora (Startdate: 15 September 2022)
- 2021 María Victoria Rodríguez (Startdate: 20 September 2022)
- 2021 Nicolas Masoli (Startdate: 3 April 2022)
- 2022 Aurore Hannon (Startdate: 20 June 2022)
- 2022 Sarina (Shedron) Straussner (Startdate: 25 May 2022)
- 2022 Teja Campbell (Startdate: 31 October 2023)
- 2023 Francesco Paolo Celle Bono (Startdate: 1 August 2023)
- 2023 Lars Rismyhr (Startdate: 1 June 2024)
- 2023 Ron Zambetti (Startdate: 2 February 2024)
- 2023 Shelley Jackson (Startdate: 1 August 2024)
- 2023 Sreekumar Sukumar (Startdate: 1 July 2024)
- 2023 Thomas Enns (Startdate: 1 September 2024)
- 2023 Yvan Larrivée (Startdate: 2 September 2024)
- 2024 Stephen Manuel (Startdate: 1 September 2024)
Past Contemplative Scholarship Recipients
2013 Three-Year Retreat
2013 Solitary Retreat
2012 Three-Year Retreat
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
2010 Solitary Retreat
- Linda Ireland - (Oregon, USA)
- Luc Maillard - (Dordogne, France)
Pre-2010
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
All Recipients with Profiles
- 2014 Genevieve Michaud
- 2015 Nayeli Anguerin
- 2016 Alana Siegel
- 2016 Catherine Anderson
- 2016 Daniela Dias de Carvalho
- 2016 Hala Azzam
- 2016 Karen Yuen
- 2016 Madeline Johnson
- 2016 Mariana Restrepo
- 2016 Susan Brunner
- 2017 Angel Saint-Michel
- 2017 Drusilla Lopez
- 2017 Michael Broderick
- 2017 Michael Mattis
- 2017 Tycho Thal
- 2018 Esther Gimeno
- 2018 Margaret Mora
- 2019 Danielle Blouin
- 2019 EDUARDO BERMEJO
- 2019 Gheorghe Paul Predescu
- 2019 Maria Viviana Siles
- 2019 Nicholas Schmidt
- 2019 STEPHANE BERTHA
- 2019 Troy Suben
- 2019 frank webb
- 2020 Chelsea Treiber
- 2020 Dominika Hryniewicz
- 2020 Jennifer Zhao
- 2020 Mariana Alejandra Jimenez Lozano
- 2020 Nicolas Novel
- 2020 Pema Nymeyer
- 2020 Shelley Jackson
- 2020 Stefanie Nowak
- 2020 Tabea Rittgasser
- 2021 Babis Petros
- 2021 Christian Casanova
- 2021 Guillaume Ducrue
- 2021 Heidrun Koppl
- 2021 Kevin Miller
- 2021 Lehel Lőrincz
- 2021 Lorena Carazo
- 2021 Margaret Mora
- 2021 Maria João FRADE
- 2021 Martha Asselin
- 2021 María Victoria Rodríguez
- 2021 Nicolas Masoli
- 2022 Aurore Hannon
- 2022 Sarina (Shedron) Straussner
- 2022 Teja Campbell
- 2023 Francesco Paolo Celle Bono
All Recipients with Profiles, by Year
- 2023 Jonathan Webb ( to )
- 2015 Nayeli Anguerin ( to )
- 2014 Genevieve Michaud ( to )
- 2016 Karen Yuen ( to )
- 2017 Tycho Thal ( to )
- 2013 Sarkis Vermilyea ( to 31 December 2016)
- 2009 Roderick Owens (7 January 2008 to 1 May 2011)
- 2009 Linda Marie Ireland (1 September 2008 to 1 January 2013)
- 2010 Susan Holland (1 March 2009 to 1 August 2012)
- 2009 Stacey Stein (11 March 2009 to 1 June 2012)
- 2009 Pierre Goblet (1 September 2009 to 30 July 2010)
- 2010 Alicia Onieva (October 2009 to March 2013)
- 2010 Hector Vaquero (October 2009 to March 2013)
- 2010 Teresa Vaz (October 2009 to March 2013)
- 2010 Vicente Clemente (October 2009 to March 2013)
- 2009 Elizabeth Prather (15 December 2009 to 7 February 2013)
- 2009 Moon Teitel (15 December 2009 to 7 February 2013)
- 2009 Linda Errera (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010)
- 2009 Luc Maillard (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010)
- 2009 Sarah Beasley (1 April 2010 to 1 July 2012)
- 2009 Anne Holland (2 April 2010 to 2 July 2012)
- 2009 Marcie Hughes (1 May 2010 to 1 May 2012)
- 2010 Patrick Nicholl (1 October 2010 to 1 October 2014)
- 2010 Paul Foster (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Alexander McLachlan (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Stuart Reid (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Shane Pilossof (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Maxamillian Cardale (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Robert Lee (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Diane McRoberts (29 October 2010 to 29 October 2014)
- 2010 Vernon Mizner (1 January 2011 to 31 December 2011)
- 2010 Heike Dumjahn (January 2011 to September 2014)
- 2010 Eric Triebelhorn (April 2011 to April 2012)
- 2010 Aria Das (May 2011 to January 2015)
- 2010 Kevin Chowings (May 2011 to January 2015)
- 2011 Sarina Straussner (October 2011 to February 2015)
- 2011 Jennifer Gordon (1 November 2011 to 31 October 2012)
- 2011 Thomas Roth (November 2011 to March 2015 at [[Benchen Kunsang Osal Ling|]])
- 2011 Ines Rittgasser (27 January 2012 to )
- 2011 David Tobey (July 2012 to July 2015)
- 2011 Joshua Schauls (July 2012 to October 2015)
- 2012 Margaret Mora (July 2012 to June 2017)
- 2012 Jacob Braverman (August 2012 to November 2015)
- 2011 Simon Pace (August 2012 to December 2015)
- 2012 Magnus Childers (27 August 2012 to 8 January 2016)
- 2012 Karma Chopal (September 2012 to March 2016)
- 2012 Cecilia Amador (1 September 2012 to July 2017)
- 2013 Saskia Bleijendaal (1 September 2012 to August 2017)
- 2011 Angela Suescun-Lampe (October 2012 to )
- 2011 Philip Lampe (October 2012 to 12 March 2016)... further results