Chagdud Khadro’s teachings arise from the blessing of twenty-four years with HE Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, and precious teachings from other Vajrayana masters. 
 
 In 1977, Chagdud Khadro’s work as a writer/researcher for the New Yorker took her to India’s Himalayan region where she encountered Tibetan refugees and the international Buddhist community. She found a deep spiritual affinity with the Nyingma school of Tibetan Vajrayana and met her teacher, His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.
They moved to the United States together where, in 1979, they were married. Throughout their relationship, Rinpoche gave Khadro constant training in the teachings and practices of Vajrayana, as well as in the organization of dharma activities. In the US, Khadro worked as the managing editor of Padma Publishing, printer of dharma texts for the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation. Rinpoche, Khadro, and several other writer/editors collaborated on his autobiography, Lord of the Dance. With his guidance, she also compiled commentaries of his teachings on Ngondro, P’howa, and Red Tara.
Finding a growing interest in Buddhism in Latin America, Rinpoche and Khadro moved to Brazil in 1995 to establish Khadro Ling, which is the base of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil’s more than twenty regional centers. In 1997, after Khadro was ordained as a lama, Rinpoche invested her as the future Spiritual Director of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil and Chagdud Gonpa Hispanoamerica.
Since Rinpoche’s Parinirvana in 2002, Khadro has traveled throughout the Americas, Europe, and Australia teaching and giving empowerments. Her special focus is P’howa, the transference of consciousness at the moment of death. Her teachings are known for their clear and relevant guidance.
At home in southern Brazil, Khadro main project has been the construction of a Zangdog Palri, “Glorious Copper Mounatain”, Guru Rinpoche’s Pureland. Its consecration by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche and other masters in December 2008, fulfilled a great aspiration of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche.  

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