Today's episode is part one of three parts that will be shared over the coming weeks.
Time notes:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:51 Elizabeth’s early years at Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo’s retreat place, and about the Togdens and Togdenmas
00:07:14 What led Elizabeth to Gebchak gonpa.
00:09:00 The initial meeting between Wandrak Rinpoche and the Gebchak yoginis
00:15:00 How Elizabeth spent her time at Gebchak gonpa
00:18:40 Nangchen as a fertile ground for yogis
00:23:00 Gebchak founder Tsang-Yang Gyamtso & the Rime period
00:29:37 The way of the yogin scholar
00:37:00 The first Tsokyni Rinpoche's, vision
00:44:00 Karma mudra and the early years at Gebchak with yogins and yoginis
00:55:00 Origin and preservation of practice texts at Gebchak
00:56:00 The yogini Sherab Zangmo
00:59:00 Rebuilding Gebchak
01:05:00 The Royal Family
01:08:00 Gebchak practice path
01:15:00 16 retreat divisions and yidam accomplishment
01:28:00 Typical day during drubchen periods
01:34:00 Typical day outside drubchen
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About Elizabeth:
Elizabeth McDougal, known also as Tenzin Chozom, grew up in Western Canada and then trained as a Buddhist nun in India and on the Tibetan Plateau for seventeen years. Towards the end of her time as a nun – she studied a Masters of Indian philosophy at Banaras Hindu University and then a PhD (2021) at the University of Sydney.
Her research focuses on the modernisation of Tibetan Buddhist practice lineages and on pedagogy as a crucial bridge in translating pre-modern wisdom traditions to the modern world.
Elizabeth currently lives in Australia with her human and animal family where she lectures at Nan Tien Institute in applied Buddhist studies. She continues to serve as a Tibetan-to-English translator for Gebchak Wangdrak Rinpoche and other practice lineage lamas.
Elizabeth published a book in 2024 called "The Words and World of Gebchak Nunnery: Tantric Meditation in Context."
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