By Lyndon Comstock Having recently returned from Surmang Dutsi Til, I’d like to give you a brief first-hand report. The photographs and videos that accompany this report were taken by Jon Ransohoff, who went with me. Also included below are comments about the shedra by Karma Senge Rinpoche and Surmang
Letters
Dear friend, THIS is an amazing photo. It was taken on the first day of school at the Surmang Shedra, just five months after this year’s earthquake that devastated so much of the area. This is what the long years of rebuilding the shedra have been all about. Not only
Note: This letter regarding the Surmang shedra, written in Tibetan and signed by Chokyi Senge Trungpa XII Rinpoche, Aten (Chetsang) Rinpoche, and Surmang Khenpo, was translated by Gerry Wiener. To the Lord of Refuge Sakyong Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, the entire Shambhala community possessing unchanging authentic faith, and all other altruistic
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2nd September 2022
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Annual Chakrasamvara Dance
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Announcing the Surmang Shedra Consecration
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3rd April 2017
Commemorating Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
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Surmang Commemoration of Chogyam Trungpa Parinirvana
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2nd September 2022
Monastic Life at Kyelaka Nunnery
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28th April 2022
Surmang Programs Running Strong
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29th November 2021
Tribute to Ginny Lipson
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9th October 2021
Nuns Celebrate at Surmang Kyelaka
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17th June 2018
Shedra Consecration Postponed
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24th March 2016
Another Successful Year for the Children’s Program
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25th July 2016
Thank you, Ginny Lipson!
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13th September 2016
Rebuilding the Kargenma
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20th December 2016
Children’s program to start this month
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