Martha entered our mandala as a Naropa undergraduate student in the early 1980's after raising her family and moving to Boulder from California. She loved her fellow students and brought her humor, love of beauty and delight to every classroom. Naropa suffered terribly in those days, on the verge of closure constantly. Only after she graduated did she disclose to me, over a lunch at the Boulderado, that she was the anonymous donor of a million dollars to our endowment, the purchase of property near Lincoln School, and the support for renovation of our main building, meaning that Naropa could continue and the faculty and staff could be paid. I broke down and wept! In the years that followed, I accompanied her on adventures in her world of largesse, including the opening of Gampo Abbey, the discovery of the building for Shambhala Centre Halifax, the support of Nalanda Translation Committee, and so forth. Through it all, she was committed to the propagation of the Vidyadhara's world in tangible, strategic, pragmatic ways and was always humble, playful, and discerning. We can never repay her generosity and kindness. She was also a lot of fun! May her transition be smooth and luminous.