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The Empowerment
Saturday, 16 August 2008
Slideshow: Empowerment
Returning home in the midnight raindrops of Sakyong Wangmo goodness
By Alice Haspray
 Today doesn’t fit into words. My emotions were dragons of longing. Seeing His Holiness Penor Rinpoche ascending the throne with all of his heart and all his effort—helped by all of his monks. So frail and so much lungta. Bestowing this empowerment was the meteoric iron aspiration of his lungta heart. It took all of his strength.....continued
Khandro-la transforms into the Sakyong Wangmo
By Carol Johnstone
Yesterday, Shambhala received a new Queen. As the Sakyong said later that evening at a celebration party for the investiture and empowerment, even though everyone had been calling his wife the Sakyong Wangmo, she wasn't until His Holiness Penor Rinpoche put the crown on her.....continued
Penor Rinpoche arrives in Halifax
Slideshow: Rice and Tea Ceremony.
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The Shambhala Investitures
Sunday, 17 August 2008
Slideshow: Investitures
Sad joy
By Alice Haspray
Sunday was the day that Lady Diana became Druk Sakyong Wangmo. Powerful and tender in her formal military uniform. I felt more than thirty-five years of being in her presence, and that feeling was more than memory. Her smile, her eyes—each time I see her, I feel the Druk Sakyong's heat. It is tangible in my heart. I want more of her and more of him. Khandro Tseyang was radiant and open sitting on her chair facing the dragon queen.....continued
The celebration
Slideshow: Celebration
Garden Party at the Court
By Carol Johnstone
It couldn't have been a better afternoon. After days and days of rain, this one afternoon was sunny and just the right temperature. People gathered and hob-knobbed for an hour or so drinking sangria punch and eating cakes and cookies. Then the principals came out to sit under their pavilions. Toasts were made and we were treated to another performance by cellist Claudio Bohorquez.....continued
Lady Diana Mukpo
Halifax, 15 August 2008
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Welcome to our coverage of the Sakyong Wangmo empowerment, which took place in Halifax last weekend (August 15-17, 2008).
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Comments and offerings
Medieval gossip!
We should all become Tibetans! Nauseating. -B. Delight
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Sakyong Wangmo Empowerment
August 16, 2008
This morning during Rigden guru yoga
the Sadhana
Streams through my mind.
A river of radiance,
clear,
true,
Rain of blessings ringing out mingling with tears
Becoming the river.
Then out of Vajrasattva's white peace I see a woman
alone,
proud and vulnerable,
ready,
walking up to the front door at Karme Choling,
standing and waitng.
bare feet.
Her beauty and grace take my breath away!
Not too loudly so as not to disturb practice,
wanting to disturb practice,
Mark calls up to the window,
"There's an eagle and two osprey flying overhead!"
with gratitude,
Megan Godfrey
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Thank you for the very moving slide show. It brings great joy to get this glimpse of this momentous occasion. -Madeline Bruser McGaw
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What beautiful photos. It's so nice to see the event today and not have to wait for 2 or 3 months before photos trickle out to the sangha on the outskirts of Halifax. What delight. Thank you again! Cheers, Tracy Suchocki
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Providing this video clip is a great service for those of us who could not come to Halifax for this powerful event. -Margaret-Anne Scott
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Awesome, more please!
-Dan Hessey
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