About Us
About Us
Konchok Yeshe Lhamo, Drupon Thinley Rinpoche and Lopon Kinley, September 2006
Practices at the Drong Ngur Center are focused within the Drikung Kagyu lineage. Nearly all Yeshe's Tibetan teachings and retreats have been with the lamas listed below. Based upon HE Garchen's definition of root lama as one from whom you receive Refuge and Bodhisattva vows, her root lamas are HE Garchen Rinpoche, Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche, and HH the Dalai Lama.
15 years family membership in Tri-State Buddhist Temple (Pure Land Jodo Shinshu)
"Enlightenment is transcendance of the finite human mind." -- Kono Sensei
- Sangha hosted Monshu Koshi Ohtani (Supreme head of the lineage)
during his first visit to the USA from Kyoto, Japan.
- Son earned Cub scout and Boy scout religious medals, Metta and Sangha, respectively,
from Buddhist Churches of America.
The Drikung Kyabgon His Holiness Chetsang Rinpoche
"... the mind is likened to an eagle who is going fishing, scanning the waters and paying very close attention to what is going on out there in the water. At the very first sign of a fish coming near the surface, the eagle is ready to dive down and catch it. Meditation requires just such a state of mind ..."
-- The Practice of Mahamudra, Snowlion Publications, 1999, p. 64
- Refuge Vows
- tantric teachings and empowerments
- Upasika vows - Lay ordination
- instructions on teaching Dharma students
His Emminence Garchen Rinpoche
"When your mind is in the right place, there is no place for negativities to take root (the wrong place isn't there anymore)." -- November 2001
- Refuge Vows
- tantric teachings and empowerments
- Bodhisattva vows
Khenchen Gyaltshen Rinpoche
"Dharma practice is like dishwashing soap for the mind." -- April 2006
- Bodhicitta instruction and practice
- teaching and working with a Dharma group
Drupon Thinley Ningpo Rinpoche
"Whatever practice you are doing, do it in a very uniform way." -- November 2003
- Refuge Vows
- tantric teachings and empowerments
- Bodhisattva vows
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
"Never lose sight of the primary objective of Dharma -- taming one's own mind -- discipline over one's mind." -- September 2005
- Preparatory teachings by Ven Claude DÕEstree
- Teachings on ShantidevaÕs Bodhisattvacharyavatara
- Tonglen Practice
- Bodhisattva vows
Janelle (Yeshe) earned her bachelor of science from Colorado State University, and her master's from CU - Boulder. She has worked as a reporter, editor, deputy sheriff and college instructor. Her graduating class at the Colorado Law Enforcement Training Academy voted her "Least likely to ever have to use a gun." She was inducted into professional honoraries Alpha Zeta and Kappa Tau Alpha, has received two commendations from the Weld County Sheriff, and numerous press club awards for writing and photography. Janelle and her husband, Bob, are natives of Colorado. They have two children and three grandchildren.
REFUGE SANGHA SEPTEMBER 2006
DRONG NGUR - Two Wings of Skillful Means and Wisdom
May all mother sentient beings, boundless as the sky,
have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May they be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May they never be separated from the happiness which is free from sorrow.
May they rest in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion.
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