This special issue of the Windhorse will introduce you to H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s life and activities in Brazil and to some of the sangha members who live there. Those of us who have experienced the warmth and kindness of the sangha and striking physical beauty of the place appreciate why he is there. For anyone who has not yet been able to visit or is considering it, we offer this small glimpse of the place that Rinpoche presently calls home.
It all began in May 1991, when H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche first came to São Paulo, Brazil, at the invitation of a Buddhist center and a group of therapists. At that time Vajrayana Buddhism was still new to this country. Few lamas had visited, and there were only a few centers. For over a month, Rinpoche blessed us with his magnificent teachings. Near the end of his stay Manoel, Arnaldo, Yvone, Sônia, Lamara, Denise, and I requested that Rinpoche start a center in São Paulo. Odsal Ling was born.
Meanwhile in Belo Horizonte, Salim, Andrea, and Jussara were busy organizing Chagdud Dawa Drolma and planning the temple there. Today that temple is partially finished. It was there that Rinpoche and artist Glenn Sandvoss built the first Guru Rinpoche statue in Brazil.
As people’s interest in the dharma grew, we realized that we needed more guidance and asked Rinpoche to send us a resident lama. At first he promised to spend part of the year here; then he decided to send Lama Tsering. Finally, Rinpoche sent the greatest news of all—that he himself was coming. Brazilians are never indifferent to Rinpoche. They will approach him in public just to kiss, touch, wave, giggle, point, and stare. Brazil is hosting a true holy man, a great bodhisattva whose compassion and generosity attracts many people to his teachings, to the dharma.
The land he chose—now known as Khadro Ling—is located about four miles from the town of Três Coroas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in July 1995; Andrea and I had prepared a cabin on the land for them, but somehow we all ended up living in my apartment in town. We had the enormous task of building a shrine room, kitchen, and living quarters for Rinpoche and Khadro. The site was to be consecrated during a solar eclipse exactly three months away. Meanwhile Rinpoche traveled, taught, and established prac- tice groups and centers in five cities around the state, becoming well-known throughout the region. Because of Rinpoche’s openness to other religions, even people who had been upset by “all this Buddhist story” calmed down and accepted us. On the day of the eclipse, over 200 people came to the Red Tara ceremony. Immediately after that, Rinpoche, Khadro, and Andrea moved up to the land.
At the first Dzogchen retreat in 1996, there were eleven participants. A strong resident sangha began to gather that year, made up of Andrea, Eduardo, Adriana, Chris and Sônia, Cynthia, Mauricio, and others. Leda, Sibele, Angelica, and Luis Eduardo came from Porto Alegre to help whenever they could. Powerful winds blew blessings from prayer flags across the land and beyond the valleys below. Both Rinpoche and Khadro began to teach in other South American countries, helping to establish an exchange of dharma between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbors. That year we produced a video about Rinpoche’s activities in Tibet, the United States, and Brazil called Brazil: The New Land of a Tibetan Lama. When Rinpoche’s book Gates to Buddhist Practice was published in Portuguese, Rigdzin Editora was born.Khadro Ling hosted over forty retreatants for the Dzogchen retreat in early 1997. During the Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies that followed, we performed our first lama dances. By midyear, three students’ houses had been built on the land and two more started. New resident sangha members included Fernanda and Sergio and their son Diogo, Inez and her daughter Sara, Niuza, Liliane, and Trajano and Monica, who live nearby. Sadhanas were translated and Khadro’s Red Tara Commentary and Ngondro Commentary were published in Portuguese. Many people would come to Khadro Ling on Sundays, some from other countries, to see the center and meet Rinpoche. By 1998 the Dzogchen retreat had grown to 60 participants, and 220 were present for Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies. Rinpoche sculpted a Guru Rinpoche statue out of concrete with the help of students, and under his guidance the lha khang is swiftly taking shape. Twenty pedreros, Lama Norbu, Randy (an experienced masonry contractor who recently came to Khadro Ling), Suzie (an engineer who also recently arrived), Sônia, Chris, Eduardo, visiting North American sangha members Fred, Bruce, Gus, Dave, and various other helpers have until July to complete enough of the lha khang for the Tagsham Empowerments to be held there.
In less than three years, Rinpoche has sown an abundance of spiritual and material seeds here. Our entire continent is awakening to the wisdom, compassion, and power of a living tradition, and its peoples will forever be indebted to him. May his life be long and all his compassionate aspirations be fulfilled.
Clarita Maia
This special issue of the Windhorse will introduce you to H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s life and activities in Brazil and to some of the sangha members who live there. Those of us who have experienced the warmth and kindness of the sangha and striking physical beauty of the place appreciate why he is there. For anyone who has not yet been able to visit or is considering it, we offer this small glimpse of the place that Rinpoche presently calls home.
It all began in May 1991, when H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche first came to São Paulo, Brazil, at the invitation of a Buddhist center and a group of therapists. At that time Vajrayana Buddhism was still new to this country. Few lamas had visited, and there were only a few centers. For over a month, Rinpoche blessed us with his magnificent teachings. Near the end of his stay Manoel, Arnaldo, Yvone, Sônia, Lamara, Denise, and I requested that Rinpoche start a center in São Paulo. Odsal Ling was born.
Meanwhile in Belo Horizonte, Salim, Andrea, and Jussara were busy organizing Chagdud Dawa Drolma and planning the temple there. Today that temple is partially finished. It was there that Rinpoche and artist Glenn Sandvoss built the first Guru Rinpoche statue in Brazil.
As people’s interest in the dharma grew, we realized that we needed more guidance and asked Rinpoche to send us a resident lama. At first he promised to spend part of the year here; then he decided to send Lama Tsering. Finally, Rinpoche sent the greatest news of all—that he himself was coming. Brazilians are never indifferent to Rinpoche. They will approach him in public just to kiss, touch, wave, giggle, point, and stare. Brazil is hosting a true holy man, a great bodhisattva whose compassion and generosity attracts many people to his teachings, to the dharma.
The land he chose—now known as Khadro Ling—is located about four miles from the town of Três Coroas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in July 1995; Andrea and I had prepared a cabin on the land for them, but somehow we all ended up living in my apartment in town. We had the enormous task of building a shrine room, kitchen, and living quarters for Rinpoche and Khadro. The site was to be consecrated during a solar eclipse exactly three months away. Meanwhile Rinpoche traveled, taught, and established prac- tice groups and centers in five cities around the state, becoming well-known throughout the region. Because of Rinpoche’s openness to other religions, even people who had been upset by “all this Buddhist story” calmed down and accepted us. On the day of the eclipse, over 200 people came to the Red Tara ceremony. Immediately after that, Rinpoche, Khadro, and Andrea moved up to the land.
At the first Dzogchen retreat in 1996, there were eleven participants. A strong resident sangha began to gather that year, made up of Andrea, Eduardo, Adriana, Chris and Sônia, Cynthia, Mauricio, and others. Leda, Sibele, Angelica, and Luis Eduardo came from Porto Alegre to help whenever they could. Powerful winds blew blessings from prayer flags across the land and beyond the valleys below. Both Rinpoche and Khadro began to teach in other South American countries, helping to establish an exchange of dharma between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbors. That year we produced a video about Rinpoche’s activities in Tibet, the United States, and Brazil called Brazil: The New Land of a Tibetan Lama. When Rinpoche’s book Gates to Buddhist Practice was published in Portuguese, Rigdzin Editora was born.Khadro Ling hosted over forty retreatants for the Dzogchen retreat in early 1997. During the Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies that followed, we performed our first lama dances. By midyear, three students’ houses had been built on the land and two more started. New resident sangha members included Fernanda and Sergio and their son Diogo, Inez and her daughter Sara, Niuza, Liliane, and Trajano and Monica, who live nearby. Sadhanas were translated and Khadro’s Red Tara Commentary and Ngondro Commentary were published in Portuguese. Many people would come to Khadro Ling on Sundays, some from other countries, to see the center and meet Rinpoche. By 1998 the Dzogchen retreat had grown to 60 participants, and 220 were present for Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies. Rinpoche sculpted a Guru Rinpoche statue out of concrete with the help of students, and under his guidance the lha khang is swiftly taking shape. Twenty pedreros, Lama Norbu, Randy (an experienced masonry contractor who recently came to Khadro Ling), Suzie (an engineer who also recently arrived), Sônia, Chris, Eduardo, visiting North American sangha members Fred, Bruce, Gus, Dave, and various other helpers have until July to complete enough of the lha khang for the Tagsham Empowerments to be held there.
In less than three years, Rinpoche has sown an abundance of spiritual and material seeds here. Our entire continent is awakening to the wisdom, compassion, and power of a living tradition, and its peoples will forever be indebted to him. May his life be long and all his compassionate aspirations be fulfilled.
Clarita Maia
This special issue of the Windhorse will introduce you to H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s life and activities in Brazil and to some of the sangha members who live there. Those of us who have experienced the warmth and kindness of the sangha and striking physical beauty of the place appreciate why he is there. For anyone who has not yet been able to visit or is considering it, we offer this small glimpse of the place that Rinpoche presently calls home.
It all began in May 1991, when H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche first came to São Paulo, Brazil, at the invitation of a Buddhist center and a group of therapists. At that time Vajrayana Buddhism was still new to this country. Few lamas had visited, and there were only a few centers. For over a month, Rinpoche blessed us with his magnificent teachings. Near the end of his stay Manoel, Arnaldo, Yvone, Sônia, Lamara, Denise, and I requested that Rinpoche start a center in São Paulo. Odsal Ling was born.
Meanwhile in Belo Horizonte, Salim, Andrea, and Jussara were busy organizing Chagdud Dawa Drolma and planning the temple there. Today that temple is partially finished. It was there that Rinpoche and artist Glenn Sandvoss built the first Guru Rinpoche statue in Brazil.
As people’s interest in the dharma grew, we realized that we needed more guidance and asked Rinpoche to send us a resident lama. At first he promised to spend part of the year here; then he decided to send Lama Tsering. Finally, Rinpoche sent the greatest news of all—that he himself was coming. Brazilians are never indifferent to Rinpoche. They will approach him in public just to kiss, touch, wave, giggle, point, and stare. Brazil is hosting a true holy man, a great bodhisattva whose compassion and generosity attracts many people to his teachings, to the dharma.
The land he chose—now known as Khadro Ling—is located about four miles from the town of Três Coroas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in July 1995; Andrea and I had prepared a cabin on the land for them, but somehow we all ended up living in my apartment in town. We had the enormous task of building a shrine room, kitchen, and living quarters for Rinpoche and Khadro. The site was to be consecrated during a solar eclipse exactly three months away. Meanwhile Rinpoche traveled, taught, and established prac- tice groups and centers in five cities around the state, becoming well-known throughout the region. Because of Rinpoche’s openness to other religions, even people who had been upset by “all this Buddhist story” calmed down and accepted us. On the day of the eclipse, over 200 people came to the Red Tara ceremony. Immediately after that, Rinpoche, Khadro, and Andrea moved up to the land.
At the first Dzogchen retreat in 1996, there were eleven participants. A strong resident sangha began to gather that year, made up of Andrea, Eduardo, Adriana, Chris and Sônia, Cynthia, Mauricio, and others. Leda, Sibele, Angelica, and Luis Eduardo came from Porto Alegre to help whenever they could. Powerful winds blew blessings from prayer flags across the land and beyond the valleys below. Both Rinpoche and Khadro began to teach in other South American countries, helping to establish an exchange of dharma between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbors. That year we produced a video about Rinpoche’s activities in Tibet, the United States, and Brazil called Brazil: The New Land of a Tibetan Lama. When Rinpoche’s book Gates to Buddhist Practice was published in Portuguese, Rigdzin Editora was born.Khadro Ling hosted over forty retreatants for the Dzogchen retreat in early 1997. During the Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies that followed, we performed our first lama dances. By midyear, three students’ houses had been built on the land and two more started. New resident sangha members included Fernanda and Sergio and their son Diogo, Inez and her daughter Sara, Niuza, Liliane, and Trajano and Monica, who live nearby. Sadhanas were translated and Khadro’s Red Tara Commentary and Ngondro Commentary were published in Portuguese. Many people would come to Khadro Ling on Sundays, some from other countries, to see the center and meet Rinpoche. By 1998 the Dzogchen retreat had grown to 60 participants, and 220 were present for Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies. Rinpoche sculpted a Guru Rinpoche statue out of concrete with the help of students, and under his guidance the lha khang is swiftly taking shape. Twenty pedreros, Lama Norbu, Randy (an experienced masonry contractor who recently came to Khadro Ling), Suzie (an engineer who also recently arrived), Sônia, Chris, Eduardo, visiting North American sangha members Fred, Bruce, Gus, Dave, and various other helpers have until July to complete enough of the lha khang for the Tagsham Empowerments to be held there.
In less than three years, Rinpoche has sown an abundance of spiritual and material seeds here. Our entire continent is awakening to the wisdom, compassion, and power of a living tradition, and its peoples will forever be indebted to him. May his life be long and all his compassionate aspirations be fulfilled.
Clarita Maia
This special issue of the Windhorse will introduce you to H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s life and activities in Brazil and to some of the sangha members who live there. Those of us who have experienced the warmth and kindness of the sangha and striking physical beauty of the place appreciate why he is there. For anyone who has not yet been able to visit or is considering it, we offer this small glimpse of the place that Rinpoche presently calls home.
It all began in May 1991, when H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche first came to São Paulo, Brazil, at the invitation of a Buddhist center and a group of therapists. At that time Vajrayana Buddhism was still new to this country. Few lamas had visited, and there were only a few centers. For over a month, Rinpoche blessed us with his magnificent teachings. Near the end of his stay Manoel, Arnaldo, Yvone, Sônia, Lamara, Denise, and I requested that Rinpoche start a center in São Paulo. Odsal Ling was born.
Meanwhile in Belo Horizonte, Salim, Andrea, and Jussara were busy organizing Chagdud Dawa Drolma and planning the temple there. Today that temple is partially finished. It was there that Rinpoche and artist Glenn Sandvoss built the first Guru Rinpoche statue in Brazil.
As people’s interest in the dharma grew, we realized that we needed more guidance and asked Rinpoche to send us a resident lama. At first he promised to spend part of the year here; then he decided to send Lama Tsering. Finally, Rinpoche sent the greatest news of all—that he himself was coming. Brazilians are never indifferent to Rinpoche. They will approach him in public just to kiss, touch, wave, giggle, point, and stare. Brazil is hosting a true holy man, a great bodhisattva whose compassion and generosity attracts many people to his teachings, to the dharma.
The land he chose—now known as Khadro Ling—is located about four miles from the town of Três Coroas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in July 1995; Andrea and I had prepared a cabin on the land for them, but somehow we all ended up living in my apartment in town. We had the enormous task of building a shrine room, kitchen, and living quarters for Rinpoche and Khadro. The site was to be consecrated during a solar eclipse exactly three months away. Meanwhile Rinpoche traveled, taught, and established prac- tice groups and centers in five cities around the state, becoming well-known throughout the region. Because of Rinpoche’s openness to other religions, even people who had been upset by “all this Buddhist story” calmed down and accepted us. On the day of the eclipse, over 200 people came to the Red Tara ceremony. Immediately after that, Rinpoche, Khadro, and Andrea moved up to the land.
At the first Dzogchen retreat in 1996, there were eleven participants. A strong resident sangha began to gather that year, made up of Andrea, Eduardo, Adriana, Chris and Sônia, Cynthia, Mauricio, and others. Leda, Sibele, Angelica, and Luis Eduardo came from Porto Alegre to help whenever they could. Powerful winds blew blessings from prayer flags across the land and beyond the valleys below. Both Rinpoche and Khadro began to teach in other South American countries, helping to establish an exchange of dharma between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbors. That year we produced a video about Rinpoche’s activities in Tibet, the United States, and Brazil called Brazil: The New Land of a Tibetan Lama. When Rinpoche’s book Gates to Buddhist Practice was published in Portuguese, Rigdzin Editora was born.Khadro Ling hosted over forty retreatants for the Dzogchen retreat in early 1997. During the Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies that followed, we performed our first lama dances. By midyear, three students’ houses had been built on the land and two more started. New resident sangha members included Fernanda and Sergio and their son Diogo, Inez and her daughter Sara, Niuza, Liliane, and Trajano and Monica, who live nearby. Sadhanas were translated and Khadro’s Red Tara Commentary and Ngondro Commentary were published in Portuguese. Many people would come to Khadro Ling on Sundays, some from other countries, to see the center and meet Rinpoche. By 1998 the Dzogchen retreat had grown to 60 participants, and 220 were present for Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies. Rinpoche sculpted a Guru Rinpoche statue out of concrete with the help of students, and under his guidance the lha khang is swiftly taking shape. Twenty pedreros, Lama Norbu, Randy (an experienced masonry contractor who recently came to Khadro Ling), Suzie (an engineer who also recently arrived), Sônia, Chris, Eduardo, visiting North American sangha members Fred, Bruce, Gus, Dave, and various other helpers have until July to complete enough of the lha khang for the Tagsham Empowerments to be held there.
In less than three years, Rinpoche has sown an abundance of spiritual and material seeds here. Our entire continent is awakening to the wisdom, compassion, and power of a living tradition, and its peoples will forever be indebted to him. May his life be long and all his compassionate aspirations be fulfilled.
Clarita Maia
This special issue of the Windhorse will introduce you to H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche’s life and activities in Brazil and to some of the sangha members who live there. Those of us who have experienced the warmth and kindness of the sangha and striking physical beauty of the place appreciate why he is there. For anyone who has not yet been able to visit or is considering it, we offer this small glimpse of the place that Rinpoche presently calls home.
It all began in May 1991, when H.E. Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche first came to São Paulo, Brazil, at the invitation of a Buddhist center and a group of therapists. At that time Vajrayana Buddhism was still new to this country. Few lamas had visited, and there were only a few centers. For over a month, Rinpoche blessed us with his magnificent teachings. Near the end of his stay Manoel, Arnaldo, Yvone, Sônia, Lamara, Denise, and I requested that Rinpoche start a center in São Paulo. Odsal Ling was born.
Meanwhile in Belo Horizonte, Salim, Andrea, and Jussara were busy organizing Chagdud Dawa Drolma and planning the temple there. Today that temple is partially finished. It was there that Rinpoche and artist Glenn Sandvoss built the first Guru Rinpoche statue in Brazil.
As people’s interest in the dharma grew, we realized that we needed more guidance and asked Rinpoche to send us a resident lama. At first he promised to spend part of the year here; then he decided to send Lama Tsering. Finally, Rinpoche sent the greatest news of all—that he himself was coming. Brazilians are never indifferent to Rinpoche. They will approach him in public just to kiss, touch, wave, giggle, point, and stare. Brazil is hosting a true holy man, a great bodhisattva whose compassion and generosity attracts many people to his teachings, to the dharma.
The land he chose—now known as Khadro Ling—is located about four miles from the town of Três Coroas in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in July 1995; Andrea and I had prepared a cabin on the land for them, but somehow we all ended up living in my apartment in town. We had the enormous task of building a shrine room, kitchen, and living quarters for Rinpoche and Khadro. The site was to be consecrated during a solar eclipse exactly three months away. Meanwhile Rinpoche traveled, taught, and established prac- tice groups and centers in five cities around the state, becoming well-known throughout the region. Because of Rinpoche’s openness to other religions, even people who had been upset by “all this Buddhist story” calmed down and accepted us. On the day of the eclipse, over 200 people came to the Red Tara ceremony. Immediately after that, Rinpoche, Khadro, and Andrea moved up to the land.
At the first Dzogchen retreat in 1996, there were eleven participants. A strong resident sangha began to gather that year, made up of Andrea, Eduardo, Adriana, Chris and Sônia, Cynthia, Mauricio, and others. Leda, Sibele, Angelica, and Luis Eduardo came from Porto Alegre to help whenever they could. Powerful winds blew blessings from prayer flags across the land and beyond the valleys below. Both Rinpoche and Khadro began to teach in other South American countries, helping to establish an exchange of dharma between Brazil and its Spanish-speaking neighbors. That year we produced a video about Rinpoche’s activities in Tibet, the United States, and Brazil called Brazil: The New Land of a Tibetan Lama. When Rinpoche’s book Gates to Buddhist Practice was published in Portuguese, Rigdzin Editora was born.Khadro Ling hosted over forty retreatants for the Dzogchen retreat in early 1997. During the Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies that followed, we performed our first lama dances. By midyear, three students’ houses had been built on the land and two more started. New resident sangha members included Fernanda and Sergio and their son Diogo, Inez and her daughter Sara, Niuza, Liliane, and Trajano and Monica, who live nearby. Sadhanas were translated and Khadro’s Red Tara Commentary and Ngondro Commentary were published in Portuguese. Many people would come to Khadro Ling on Sundays, some from other countries, to see the center and meet Rinpoche. By 1998 the Dzogchen retreat had grown to 60 participants, and 220 were present for Vajrakilaya and Losar ceremonies. Rinpoche sculpted a Guru Rinpoche statue out of concrete with the help of students, and under his guidance the lha khang is swiftly taking shape. Twenty pedreros, Lama Norbu, Randy (an experienced masonry contractor who recently came to Khadro Ling), Suzie (an engineer who also recently arrived), Sônia, Chris, Eduardo, visiting North American sangha members Fred, Bruce, Gus, Dave, and various other helpers have until July to complete enough of the lha khang for the Tagsham Empowerments to be held there.
In less than three years, Rinpoche has sown an abundance of spiritual and material seeds here. Our entire continent is awakening to the wisdom, compassion, and power of a living tradition, and its peoples will forever be indebted to him. May his life be long and all his compassionate aspirations be fulfilled.
Clarita Maia
