From Carl Castro
Dear Noble Shambhala Sangha,
I wanted to share with you an email that I sent first to several Ripa sangha friends in the San Francisco Bay Area, and copied to several close Shambhala friends who attended the Royal Wedding of The Sakyong and The Sakyong Wangmo in February 2007 at the site of His Eminence Namkha Drimed Rinpoche’s new monastery, Rigon Thupten Mindrolling, in Jeerang, Orissa, India.
As most of you may well know, this monastery is currently being inaugurated by none other than His Holiness The XIV Dalai Lama, with The Sakyong Wangmo in attendance, along with the Ripa family. Alas, I’m not there!
But while feeling some longing, I came across a humorous photo from the monastery on the San Francisco Chronicle’s “Day in Pictures” webpage! Through this, I was able to find more photos of the event by an Associated Press (AP) photographer in attendance, Mr. Anupam Rath. These include photos of His Eminence with His Holiness, and of our Sakyong Wangmo and her sisters, the Ripa Semos.
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