Kunsang Ling
Kunsang means Samanthabadra in Tibetan and Ling means Island, therefore Kunsang Ling is the “Island of Samanthabadra”.
Samanthabadhra is the primordial Buddha or Dharmakaya Buddha and a great Bodhisattva. Just like in this image, he is often portrayed in indivisible union with his consort, Samanthabadri.
Samantabhadrī is shown in white, the color of wisdom and pristine primordial purity. Samantabhadra is shown as deep-blue. Like the sky that in its depth appears blue, Samantabhadra represents the limitless unboundedness of śūnyatā or empty openness.
However, the sky is not ‘really’ blue: similarly Samantabhadra is not truly blue, nor is the Great Mother ‘truly’ white. These are symbolic and representational in nature.
Yeshe Tsogyal
Kunsang Ling feels very close to the Divine Feminine and therefore the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal.
We offer and practice the Dakini Ngöndro, a Ngöndro and Sadhana terma revealed by our Lama, that is the very means to accomplish Yeshe Tsogyal.
Yeshe Tsogyal is called the “Great Wisdom Queen of Bliss”. She is a historical figure, a great Yogini who attained enlightenment in her lifetime. She was the main student and consort of the eight-centruy tantric master Padmasambhava.
Yeshe Tsogyal promises to continue to respond to the prayers of devotees, to appear to adepts in visions, and to continue to send forth emanations.
Kunsang Wangmo Pekar Khandro
Pekar means White Lotus, and Khandro translates as Dakini. Kunsang means Samanthabadri and Wangmo means powerful Lady. Therefore, Pekar Khandro Kunsang Wangmo means “Dakini of the White Lotus, The powerful Lady Samanthabadri”.
Kunsang Wangmos spiritual journey started at age 12, where she sought out a spiritual teacher to learn Meditation and became a vegetarian.
At age 19 she visited India for the first time and fell in love with the country, especially with the spiritual side of India. From there on, she attended many retreats and studied with multiple teachers and traditions in the Hindu Pantheon, already dipping her toes into Buddhism through Theravada and Zen.
She always felt attracted and at home with Tibetan Buddhism, spent time at Tibetan Monasteries and at Boudanath Stupa in Kathmandu, but did not feel clarity to enter the path till she met A.dzom Rinpoche.
At some point in her spiritual trajectory, she felt the need to look deeper into her Psyche and started to study Psychology and worked with different therapists. She found the systemic and modern trauma therapeutic approach especially helpful for her spiritual oriented mindset. She also trained as a family constellation and womb awakening facilitator.
Nowadays, when she is not sitting in formal Meditation, she works with spiritual practitioners in one to one counselling and coaching sessions, leads groups for women, holds retreats and teaches about Psychotherapy and Spirituality.
OUr Lama a.dzom rinpoche
A.dzom Rinpoche is an accomplished Dzogchen master, a Tertön or revealer of new teachings, and a Mahāsiddha. Together with his wonderful sister Jetsunma, who is considered by many great masters and yogīs to be an emanation of the Goddess Tārā, he runs a picturesque monastery and retreat centre in the lofty mountains of Eastern Tibet. The monastery is named ‘Odyāna Samādhi Monastery’, after the great tāntric seat of Odyāna to the North-West of Kashmir, birthplace of the great master Padmasambhava, 8th century CE.
Jetsunma
Our Lama´s wonderful sister Jetsunma, who is considered by many great masters and yogīs to be an emanation of the Goddess Tārā.