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Reflections of Reflections: 10/01/2008 - 11/01/2008
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Thursday, October 23, 2008. These are my roomates, Pema Chodron (not the famous one. On the left, and Ngawang Sherab on the right. Pema is from Ladakh and in her first year of shedra. Ngawang is from Tibet, and in her second year. I feel lucky to have these woman as my roomates. 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. A Year in India.
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Reflections of Reflections: 11/01/2010 - 12/01/2010
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Monday, November 01, 2010. Well, I've decided to move over to Wordpress, to find my same old blog on the new site, just click:. It is still a work in progress, so any suggestions would be appreciated. 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Help little nuns and monks. Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Sites. Thubten Chodron's Home Page.
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Reflections of Reflections: 03/01/2010 - 04/01/2010
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Sunday, March 07, 2010. Greetings from the airport in Saskatoon. In about 36 hours I should be arriving at Namdroling Monastery, India. Other than talking myself hoarse these last few weeks, I've mostly been visiting with friends. I studied a little bit and translated a short text. There was an article about my life in the local paper. 169; Damchoe Wongmo. A Year in India.
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Reflections of Reflections: 06/01/2009 - 07/01/2009
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Tuesday, June 09, 2009. I've been meaning to post some of the funny conversations I've had. Early this morning:. ROOMATE: Ani Damchoe Wangmo! Did you drop 200 rupees (about U.S. five dollars) in the toilet? RM: Someone dropped 200 rupees in the toilet! ME: (cringing at the thought of Gandhi-ji's visage getting dirty in our toilet) Did you take it out? ME I don't think so.
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Reflections of Reflections: 12/01/2009 - 01/01/2010
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Friday, December 11, 2009. Me: (thinking a moment) "I love you, too.". Pema Chodron: "One zer na. I, four zer na. Love, three zer na. From the balcony outside) Lobsang Palmo*: Damchoe Wangmo! Me: " Khyerang la. One four three lo. What did you say? If you say that it means. Not sure how to translate this, cute, girly way to end your sentences, very common among young nuns.
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Reflections of Reflections: 04/01/2009 - 05/01/2009
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Thursday, April 30, 2009. Penor Rinpoche with Yangthang Rinpoche. In November 2008, Yangthang Rinpoche came to Namdroling to lead pujas for His Holiness Penor Rinpoche's long life. This picture was taken at a picnic held to celebrate the completion of the pujas. . 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Wednesday, April 29, 2009. A page means one two-sided Tibetan pecha page. . More often the...
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Reflections of Reflections: 04/01/2010 - 05/01/2010
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Monday, April 19, 2010. School has been in session for just more than a week now. My first subject this year is Luminous Presence (spyi don 'od gsal snyingpo) - Mipham's overview of the Guhyagarbha Tantra based on Longchenpa's Dispelling Darkness in the Ten Directions (phyogs bcu mun sel). Before I started shedra - I looked at the curriculum. So there you have it. If anyo...
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Reflections of Reflections: 12/01/2008 - 01/01/2009
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Monday, December 15, 2008. I'm in the middle of studying for exams so I don't think I'll be posting for awhile. Please visit these blogs by my fellow Western nuns studying in India: A Year in India. By Ani Damcho and The Path Less Travelled. 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Help little nuns and monks. Tibetan Buddhist Monastic Sites.
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Reflections of Reflections: 10/01/2009 - 11/01/2009
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Thursday, October 22, 2009. This afternoon I spent about an hour fruitlessly paging through Mipham's Pramanavartika commentary (legs bshad snang ba'i gter) looking for the line "gzhal bya rang mtshan gcig kho na*" in root text by Dharmakirti. At debate I asked my classmates about this often quoted line, they assured me: "It is there! 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Changes at our nunnery.
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Reflections of Reflections: 07/01/2010 - 08/01/2010
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Life as a Western Buddhist nun, studying in shedra, living in a Tibetan nunnery, translating oral teachings and traditional texts. Sunday, July 11, 2010. Overheard in English Class. Teacher: Repeat after me: May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering. Students: May all sentient beings be free from suffering and the classes of suffering. Teacher: You want to be free from the classes of suffering? Fine, you may leave. 169; Damchoe Wongmo. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
