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      <image:caption>N. L. Drolma through the looking-glass, Sangyum Kamala’s residence, Naranthan, March 2009</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View from HH Chatral Rinpoche’s monastery Rigdzin Drubpe Ghatsal of the sacred pools of Yangleshöd, Nepal 1997 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tibetan woman filling up a stash of plastic bottles with the blessed water of Yangleshö, Nepal 1997 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My three huge piggy neighbors on the street where I lived in Pharping, Nepal 1997 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Cover art to the program notes for the Kalachakra Initiation and teachings on nature of mind bestowed by HH the Dalai Lama at Madison Square Garden, NYC, Oct 1991</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Trulshik Rinpoche’s profile in the program notes for the Kalachakra Initiation led by HH the Dalai Lama, Madison Square Garden, NYC, Oct 1991</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>N. L. Drolma’s souvenir playbill, Lincoln Center, NYC 1986</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>HH the 14th Dalai Lama ~ 1990 (Photo source: Lama Yeshe Archives)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Calligraphic script of the Vajra Guru Mantra (by Drungyik Tsering)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Distant view of greenery from atop Lerab Ling, France, Summer ‘92 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Banner displaying the dharmachakra; “dharma wheel” symbol of Buddha’s teachings. Lerab Ling, France 1992</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Students in the courtyard by the tent where daily teachings and practice were held during the 1992 three-month retreat and years thereafter. Lerab Ling, Roquerdonde, France, July 1993 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Storm clouds and fierce wind whipping through prayer flags during the first international three-month summer retreat at Lerab Ling, Roquerdonde, France 1992 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tents of my fellow retreatants near the hilltop of Lerab Ling, France 1992 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sogyal Rinpoche teaching down by the waterfalls during Rigpa’s first three-month summer retreat at Lerab Ling, France 1992. (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sign asking visitors to respect the silence and boundaries of the 1992 three-month retreat at Lerab Ling (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Solo exhibition of paintings (oil on canvas) and mixed media, N. L. Drolma, Hunter Gallery, NYC 1986</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>N. L. Drolma, one year prior to wrestling with life-threatening illness.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Photo of N. L. Drolma by S. Skoglund (1985)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oil pastels by N. L. Drolma from series of self-portraits while undergoing chemotherapy, 1985</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Postcard image of peacock at Sterling Forest Gardens, NY, a souvenir of my visit there when I was nine years old. Fascinated by the bird’s ornate plumage, I pocketed an iridescent feather which I treasured throughout my teen years.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Oil painting on canvas, 5'x 7' by N. L. Drolma, 1986</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>N. L. Drolma sporting headscarf and fringe of synthetic curls, NYC,1986 (Student photo ID)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The grace of a butterfly, Lerab Ling retreat center, France, Summer 1992 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>N. L. Drolma and cart with too much luggage, Tribuvan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal 1994</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Fruit-seller, cow, motorcyclist, and Tibetan Buddhist monk at archway to the Great Stupa of Bodhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal 1994 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Guru Rinpoche is reputed to have said of this sculpture, “It looks like me,” and upon blessing it, declared, “Now it is the same as me.”</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“As the main approach to Mt. Everest, the Solukhumbu region has an almost mystical status in the world of trekking.”- Lonely Planet Guide</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Mala and my shorn ponytail, Thubten Choling Monastery, 1994 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“Ngawang Lodrö Drolma,” name given by Trulshik Rinpoche and written on official letterhead at time of ordination.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Two camera-shy monks and one high-spirited nun in the outer courtyard of Thubten Choling Monastery, Solukhumbu, Nepal. Winter 1996 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Sogyal Rinpoche leading the first three-month retreat at Lerab Ling, Roquerdonde, France 1992 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Alak Zenkar Rinpoche, NYC, 1993 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>“May bodhicitta, precious and sublime/arise where it has not yet come to be/and where it has arisen may it never wane/but grow and flourish evermore.” The Bodhicitta Prayer calligraphy courtesy of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in his room at Nagi Gompa hermitage, Nepal 1994 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Tsikey Choling Rinpoche, son of Tulku Urgyen, father of Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi (Photographer unknown)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>My makeshift quarters at Chatral Rinpoche’s monastery in Salbari, India 1998; it was razed later in the year. (Photo by N. L. Drolma),</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Snapshot of Chorten Khandro Pema Dechen and N. L. Drolma, Chorten Gompa, Sikkim, 1998</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Close-up of chorten at Dodrupchen Rinpoche’s monastery, Gangtok, Sikkim (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Image of Ariel, evocative of the mermaid figurine I offered to Rinpoche.</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Interior view of Chorten Gompa’s temple, Gangtok, Sikkim 1998 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>The 4th Dodrupchen Rinpoche Tubten Trinlé Pal Zangpo (Photographer and year unknown)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>N. L Drolma on bamboo bridge, Sikkim, India '97 (Photo: P. Rowan)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>View of the Freedom Tower and financial district from Hudson River Greenway, West Village, NYC 2023 (Photo by N. L. Drolma)</image:caption>
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      <image:caption>Yeshe Tsogyal (Victorious Ocean of Wisdom). Gouache and ink (on wood) by N. L. Drolma</image:caption>
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