Tsadra Foundation

Tsadra Foundation provided partial support for two women retreatants for the last two years of their retreat, 2004-2005. Chanteloube is the association regrouping several retreat centers established by Dudjom Rinpoché and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoché, and placed under the direction of Pema Wangyal Rinpoché, in Dordogne France. Traditional three-year retreats have been operating here since 1980. Retreats usually include a combination of first time retreatants and those who have already completed one or more three-year retreats. Tsadra Foundation provided grant support for 9 individuals participating in the three-year retreat 2003-2007 and support for all participants of this retreat in need of support for a retreat extension of 9 months. Tsadra Foundation provided partial or full grant support for 11 individuals in the three-year retreat 2008 - 2013. Situated in the Santa Cruz mountains, Pema Osel Ling has a three-year retreat center that has been in operation for many years. In 2005 Lama Tharchin Rinpoché decided to begin a three-year retreat for advanced students, most of whom had already completed one three-year retreat, and to introduce them to a level of instructions that he had previously not made available. Some participants were supported as individual grantees by Tsadra Foundation (see list above). At the completion of the three-year retreat, Lama Tharchin Rinpoché invited the group to remain for an eight-month retreat extension. Tsadra Foundation supported the full group of retreatants for this period July 2008 - February 2009.