Nyung-Ne 2003

Nyung-Ne 2003 Click here to read tales of adventure from the 2003 Nyung-Ne
1. Ven. Ailsa the super-nun, who flies back from India each year especially to organise and lead the 8 Nyung-nes leading up to Saka Dawa.	2. The Chenrezig altar and offerings, with the flowers from Gunter Lillie's funeral offered as a centerpiece. Their beautiful scent lasted for days.
3. New friends Alan and John, were amicable company, whether it was a speaking or non-speaking day. It was Alan, after a huge lunch, who suggested we have a 'designated prostrator', and the rest of us could just rejoice!	4. Francis; very, very happy at the big breakfast, after having completed all 8 Nyung-Nes, despite her chronic arthritis.
5. Don't tell Eddie (whose job it is to clean LTC)! Miffi was sprung doing a touch of karma-yoga housework in the gompa.	6. The exquisite mandala house, with multi-level offerings and brocade curtains.
7. The light offerings at the stupa. Just after we had finished lighting all 1,000 of them, and literally 20 seconds after we had offered them to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, a gust of wind came and blew them all out in one go!	8. Christina Smerdon (nee Whiteside) and Mandy McNulty, on opposite ends of the political spectrum, but very close Dharma friends. Christina is the new LTC treasurer.
9. Everyone who did the 8 Nyung-Nes assembled at the feet of Chenrezig. This thanka was especially unfurled fro the occasion, an event that happens maybe once a year.	10. Age has no sway at a Nyung-Ne; the oldest, Alice (at 69 she is an indomitable prostrator) and the youngest, Samara (who had her 19th birthday during this retreat).
11. "Show us yer muscles!" Having just completed all 8 Nyung-Nes (that's 16 days remember!), the Langri Tangpa Centre students feel a millions dollars - and invincible! (From left to right: Miffi Maxmillion, Alice Turnbull, Christina Smerdon (nee Whiteside), Mandy McNulty, Gayle Laverty, Ven. Lozang Tsultrim, Samara Tolstrup and Alan Carter.)
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