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Author: Candia_Ludy

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Candia Ludy has been a student of Buddhism for over 30 years. She lived at Karme Choling in 1989-90 and worked many summers at Shambhala Mountain Center. She also has lived and worked in East and West Africa and the former Soviet Union. She is co-founder of foodaid.com, now the Munsel Foundation. She holds a Master of Fine Art from Memphis College of Art. Presently she is Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche's Shambhala secretary and director of his center, Pema Karpo, in Memphis.

May 02
Friday

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche’s 10 Years in America

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 Khenpo Gawang RinpocheKhenpo Gawang Rinpoche’s Ten Years In America Celebration

by Candia Ludy

Khenpo Gawang Rinpoche arrived at the Denver, CO airport from India on April 20, 2004. Immigration had many questions for him that he couldn’t answer with his limited English.

Ten years later on April 19th he arrived again from India at the Newark, NJ airport with an American passport, good English skills and no questions from immigration.

The next day on April 20, 2014, at Pema Karpo Meditation Center in Memphis, TN, we celebrated his first 10 years in America and the West.

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The Last Days of Khenpo Gawang's Father
The Last Days of Khenpo Gawang’s Father – HIGHLIGHT
11 responses - Posted 04.20.11
By Khenpo Gawang Several people have asked me to share the last part of my father’s life. My father, Dechen Chogyal, passed away on February 15, 2011. In December 2010, my father was in retreat with my mother and my older sister. At that time he became very ...continue
Munsel School - Surviving the Earthquake
Munsel School – Surviving the Earthquake – HIGHLIGHT
1 response - Posted 05.04.10
It is Tuesday night at 11PM. Khenpo Gawang is in Memphis at the computer waiting for a Skype call from Yushu. This is the third week of giving dharma teaching to a group of villagers. Time goes by and no one comes online for ...continue
Wisdom Arises in Memphis and a Book is Born
Wisdom Arises in Memphis and a Book is Born – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 12.26.09
Earlier this December, we held a double celebration day at Pema Karpo Meditation Center. Khenpo Gawang finished his first eight-session Shambhala Online class and unveiled his first book, The Sadhana of Shakyamuni Buddha. Taking the Wisdom chapter from The Way of the Bodhisattva by Shantideva as ...continue
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Memphis
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits Memphis – HIGHLIGHT
no responses - Posted 10.07.09
Tuesday, September 22, His Holiness the Dalai Lama opened a three-week tour of North America in Memphis, Tennessee. His Holiness was the recipient of the 2009 International Freedom Award given by the National Civil Rights Museum, housed in the former Memphis motel where civil rights leader ...continue


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