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Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo DIRECTOR Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo DIRECTOR GATSAL ISSUE No. 38 SUMMER 2021 Top, Astronomy club views the heavens from Temple roof, young “nunlet” Sonam Palmo lends her strength. Bottom, Temple Scenes from Lhabab Duchen 2020: Tsunmas with academic excellence awards, Tenzin Lhakpa, Dolma Keither and Gen Rigzin, Jetsunma la and Khenpo preside. comes together in one’s own living performed their Dakini Dances. We space. Thank you Zoom! plan to make this dance an annual event Dear friends, In September 2020 the new on this auspicious occasion. The temple Despite the continuing lockdown, academic term began with 3 of our and stupa were festooned by the nuns the past year seems to have passed senior nuns – Tsultrim Palmo, Jigme with strings of coloured lights. In the swiftly at Dongyu Gatsal Ling. We Chodron and Samten Chodron - evening the nuns performed the ritual have been careful to keep the nuns as taking on the roles as genlas or teachers to Shakyamuni and the 16 Arhats. safe as possible and so far we have all for the first time in DGL history. Our In January came the half-year remained well. Although we receive previous genlas from the nunneries of exams and then preparations for only rare visitors and the nuns do Dolma Ling (Gen Lobsang Dolkar) Losar or Tibetan New Year. The not leave the property, nonetheless and Namdrol Ling (Gen Jinba Sangmo) nuns cooked mountains of kapsi they have been able to carry on with remain with us and also our Khenpo (twisted fried pastries) and cleaned their studies and ritual performances Sonam Wangyal from Khampagar the whole nunnery assiduously. This and seem happy to be in isolation: it monastic college. We also have a lay year we could not visit Tashi Jong for has created a strong and harmonious teacher Gen Rigzin to instruct the the annual blessing from Khamtrul community. For myself it has been young nunlets. At this time two senior Rinpoche as both our communities a time of appreciation for the quiet nuns – Tashi Chotso (who was in are in lockdown. Nonetheless the nuns rhythms of the monastic year which is charge of our Tara Guesthouse) and enjoyed a merry picnic with many usually missed with all the travelling. Ari Chodron - both entered 3 years lively games and lots of good food! The nuns have also gained confidence retreat in our long-term retreat centre. One highlight was the tug-of-war in running everything by themselves. Early last November we celebrated between the genlas plus senior nuns There has also been the new Lhabab Duchen which commemorates and the khenpo and some visiting experience of international Zoom the occasion when the Buddha monks from Tashi Jong! Q&A sessions with Dharma groups returned to earth from Heaven by a After the festivities of Losar ranging around the world from the wondrous stairway after having spent came a week of Nyungney. This is Americas to Lebanon. This is a the 3 months Rains Retreat imparting a purificatory ritual based on the wonderful way to reach out to people the Dharma to his mother and other 1,000 armed Avalokiteshvara and with no need of packing, visas, airport celestial beings. In the morning there includes chanting, mantra recitation, hassles or jetlag! Instead the world was a picnic and at this time the nuns prostrations and fasting (including no 2 GATSAL ISSUE 38 Above, Inaugurating a new DGL tradition: Khandro Cham, Dakini Dances at Lhabab Duchen. liquid). Many ladies came from Tashi wall. Of course there was nothing to do crops but now they need sunshine Jong and also a number of monks and but to take them in and care for them. again to ripen their harvest. a togden who stayed in the short-term However we do not want too many Now the time for the annual exams retreat centre for the duration. In the dogs here (there is already our dog are with us and the nuns are seriously temple the monks sat in the row behind Zangmo who is still spry and healthy revising their lessons. In June the nuns the senior nuns. Khenpo Chöying at 14 on a purely vegetarian diet of will start their annual 2 months of Lhundrup who is the principal of the dal, rice and chapatis). We plan to retreat while observing noble silence. Khampagar monastic college at Tashi keep one of the puppies – now named Of course India is in a state of Jong officiated. Despite the austerities Tashi – and, after also neutering the terrible crisis nowadays on account of of this practice everyone emerged other 2 females, to try to find them the upsurge in Covid, especially in the looking radiantly happy (perhaps they good homes if possible. Likewise a cities. This is a time of great affliction were merely relieved to have made it to stray cat gave birth to 2 kittens who are and a cause of heartbreaking anguish the end!) being raised by the family of our cook. for so many. Our hearts go out to all Meanwhile we continue to receive Hopefully we have homes for them too those suffering, often with no proper applications from girls wishing to join after they have grown enough to leave care or hope. The nuns are performing the nunnery. It is encouraging that their mother. There are so many stray many extra rituals and sutra readings young people from the Himalayan animals in India but they are usually on behalf of India and the world. regions are still drawn to the monastic good tempered, intelligent and simply Meanwhile we send our loving best life and they settle down happily into in need of care and affection. wishes to all of you with our prayers the routine of study and ritual. Spring is with us and the flowers are that this time of pandemic may soon On Sunday evenings my assistant abundant while the trees and bushes pass and the hope that some people Tsunma Tenzin Dasel has introduced are all in glorious blossom. It has inhabiting this precious planet will a popular Astronomy class for which been dry until recently when we have have learned important lessons in the we purchased a telescope situated at experienced days of dramatic storms art of living consciously. the top of the temple. The nuns enjoy and rainfall that has helped to stave learning about the constellations and off the drought and has covered the With every good wish in the Dharma, our universe in general. mountains with snow once again. The A while ago someone deposited 3 farmers are grateful to the naga spirits small female puppies over the nunnery for bringing this timely rain for their SUMMER 2021 GATSAL 3 The Anniversary Day of VIII Khamtrul Rinpoche We celebrated the death anniversary of the Eighth Khamtrul Rinpoche on 1st January 2021. He was the root guru of Ven Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo. They met for the first time in Dalhousie. He was a very intelligent person. He was a wonderful artist, poet and wood crafter. He was a very kind and gentle person. He died in Bhutan. Every year we celebrate his Holiness’ death anniversary by discussing philosophy. And Ven Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo told us first meeting story with Rinpoche. Hearing her story, I felt like I have met him in person. After that our two senior nuns told us how to protect and hold our vows. Then we started our discussion. This celebration was different from last year’s, where the different audience asked debate presenters questions. But this year those who presented debate asked the audience for the answers. Anyone who wanted to could give the answer. In the night we did a special puja called Lama Chopa, and we offered a butter lamp ceremony. Ngawang Tsewang Chodron Clockwise from above: 8th Khamtrul Rinpoche, Temple Offerings, Jetsunma tells a funny story of meeting Khamtrul Rinpoche, Lighting butter lamps, Lama Chopa puja 4 GATSAL ISSUE 38 BIRD RESCUE: Meeting a new species at DGL Dragon Café In early May, as the spring sunshine lit up the nunnery “Let’s go inquire in our local bird books upstairs.” So, and the newly cleaned front glass window at the Dragon the three of us proceeded upstairs to sit out on the balcony Café shone in the mid-day sun, bird song and nuns’ laughter and investigate in the two lovely bird books, Birds of the filled the air. Until in a heartbeat, all went silent after a loud Himalayas and Birds of Kangra. Each nun holding a book, “THUD!” broke the moment. began her own way of searching, until the results came up The nuns immediately jumped into action to rush to see empty. Then Tsunma Dasel taught them how to use the what had happened. And there they discovered a lovely key guide to identify birds, a visual distinctive thumbnail creature none had ever seen before, laying on its side with as a quick way to identify birds. It was fun, like solving a blood coming out of the bill. It had not realized there was a mystery. We had to begin by looking for clues. What shape glass window and seeing only sunshine and blue skies, flew was our bird friend? What kind of bill did it have? How head on into the glass. Dazed, but still alive. long were the tail feathers? What colours did it present? The nun rescue team sprang into action. Yeshe Paldron Luckily, we had the photographs to use to match up. from Nepal, picking the injured bird up gingerly, put it Now we combed through the books, finding the directly close to her heart.
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