A total of 10 countries qualified to the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games at the Pan American Canoe Slalom Championship held in Tres Coroas, Brazil. The three-day continental championship was broadcast live on the Panam Sports Channel from April 28-30 Brazil hosted an exciting weekend of canoe slalom action in Tres Coroas during the 2023 Pan American Canoe Slalom Championships The continental event served as the only qualifier for the sport that gave athletes and countries their tickets to compete at the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games this October 10 countries were able to qualify in the men’s and women’s C-1 K-1 and extreme K-1 events that were held from April 28 to 30 with only the senior events awarding qualification to Santiago 2023 Brazil led all countries with three gold medals in the senior events led by double Pan Am Games champion at Lima 2019 Ana Satila in the women’s C-1 event as well as Omira Estacia Neta in the women’s K-1 and Guilherme Rodrigues in the men’s extreme slalom competition Chile only had to compete in each of the competitions at the championships to qualify for the Games in their country they secured qualification in five of the six events and even earned the gold medal in the men’s K-1 thanks to Andraz Echevarria Olguin’s great performance in the final Argentina and the United States earned the final two gold medals with Lima 2019 silver medalist Sebastian Rossi winning the men’s C-1 event for Argentina and Team USA’s silver medalist from Lima 2019 Evy Leibfarth taking the continental title in the women’s extreme slalom competition one wild card quota for Santiago 2023 remains in the men’s and women’s C-1 and K-1 disciplines The Pan American Canoe Federation (COPAC) will also have to determine additional qualifiers in the men’s and women’s C-1 and K-1 events as not enough athletes reached the finals at the championships to fill the nine available quotas to Santiago 2023 Seven athletes qualified in the men’s C-1 event Jhon Rodriguez Canela (PER) and Angelo Sosa (VEN) COPAC will soon determine the final two qualifiers plus the wild card quota Maria Inzunza (CHI) and Marianna Torres Briceno (VEN) leaving three more athletes to be determined by COPAC in addition to the wild card spot Another seven athletes qualified in the men’s K-1 discipline as Echevarria Olguin (CHI) took the gold followed by Lima 2019 champion Pedro Goncalves (BRA) Leonardo Curcel (PAR) and Solomon Maragh (JAM) The final two qualifiers plus the wild card are to be determined Omira Estacia Neta of Brazil won the women’s K-1 event followed by qualifiers Florence Maheu (CAN) Carmen Ramirez Bustillos (PER) and Marianna Torres Briceno (VEN) Only one quota remains to be determined as well as the wild card nation In both the men’s and women’s extreme slalom events all qualifiers to Santiago 2023 were confirmed at the championships in Brazil The men’s event will feature Guilherme Rodrigues (BRA) Kyler Long (USA) and Antonio Reinoso (MEX) The women’s extreme slalom at Santiago 2023 will consist of the following athletes: Evy Leibfarth (USA) Maria Inzunza (CHI) and Ana Fernandes Castro (PAR) Panam Sports congratulates all of the athletes who competed at the 2023 continental championship and those who qualified for the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games The canoe slalom events at Santiago 2023 will take place from October 27 to 29 at the Aconcagua River in Los Andes The second date of the Diamond League promises a lot A historic day was lived this afternoon in Bayaguana The renowned athletic tournament will bring together great figures of world and […] the Pan American Sports Channel will broadcast […] The prestigious athletic events of the World Athletics This attractive event that brings together the best duos of the North The highest Chilean authority surprised everyone by publishing on his social networks […] Seven countries earned the chance to compete at the Paris 2024 Olympics […] Angie Palacios and Neisi Dajomes showed their strength by winning their respective […] We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings This website uses cookies in order to provide you with the best possible user experience. 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Male and Female Internet Expanded Sex Work from Finding Sugar Daddy to Selling Used Panties Earth Had 2.5 Billion Tyrannosaurus Rex and Other Revelations With a Surplus of 300 Million Covid Vaccines the US Is Doing Too Little to Vaccinate the World one of the most beautiful and compelling friends I’ve ever had was backpacking through Nepal where she came upon one of the world’s pre-eminent Buddhist teachers at an “empowerment” ceremony humbly made an offering of a jar of honey and a white scarf to the wizened She asked if she could become his assistant from her home base in a fantastically colorful  and ornate compound in Brazil she has become one of the greatest spiritual leaders in the male-dominated global Buddhist movement The Jane I knew in 1970s New York was tempestuous storming around the city in skinny jeans and boots She was sparkly in her demeanor and speech as if she had been sipping champagne day and night She was secular and stylish and a connoisseur of fleshly pleasures and she was screaming up at my second-story window She was stomping her feet and punching the air and sobbing It looked as if she were about to rip  her blouse off Her problem was that the man she lived with was with me He and I had been friends before Jane even met him the editor of one of the nation’s most prestigious magazines – and  a prominent original thinker in the world of journalism and literature – had taken me to the famed Café Carlyle for drinks after spending the afternoon discussing my next writing project I was delighted that evening to witness the charming talents of Bobby Short who had been the nationally known singer and pianist at the Carlyle for decades His “high-spirited but probing renditions of popular standards evoked the glamour of Manhattan nightlife,” the New York Times wrote in his 2005 obituary So it had been yet another memorable big-city night for me which became even more memorable the longer Jane screamed Bob’s initial reaction was to ignore her I wanted to reassure her that nothing was going on “Can’t we invite her up so I can meet her and then you two can go on home?” I said I stepped out onto my little balcony and asked her to come upstairs She even wore her hair in a sort of bob and spoke with the unmistakable accent of wealth and privilege She was a fact-checker at the New Yorker magazine which seemed like the perfect pit stop for someone just out of Barnard or Radcliffe who was plotting her path to greater things When I explained to her the nature of my relationship with Bob she looked at me with those mesmerizing eyes of hers and asked if we could have lunch some time soon Jane became a wonderful friend – incredibly generous and thoughtful I was never completely comfortable with her because – as I have written before – I felt somewhat shy with women at that time and tended to hang out with male friends I didn’t feel interesting or dynamic enough to provide satisfying company for Jane She glittered and twinkled like no one I’ve ever known She had a robust mind – she grasped new concepts with stunning alacrity – and she had a marvelous way of weaving what she had just learned into the existing content of her vast and well-tended intellect This she did while still playing the role of a saucy party girl from a bygone era when wry Jane wanted to stalk the city – seeing whether it was organizing a fabulous party or totally redoing Bob’s apartment Maybe if it had occurred to me that she was sort of like a whirling dervish her subsequent plunge into an exotic religion wouldn’t have seemed so incredible Jane was also known to have a raging temper although I never witnessed it after that first night I am told she had screaming fights – most likely with lovers rather than friends – that could involve quite a bit of broken glass mercuriality and tempest that the practice of Buddhism seeks to annihilate She acknowledges that her “self-righteousness and harsh speech” were the aspects of her ego that she first addressed in her practice when she bought a round-the-world plane ticket and jammed a few things into a backpack although I did assume she’d return in a few months full of colorful stories with which to regale her large circle of New York friends had left New York within a couple of years after Jane did – told me he’d heard that she had “found herself a guru” and had become his “helpmate.” It seemed to me that Jane had a pattern of attaching herself to esteemed men and making herself essential – by administering their lives by serving as a soundboard and eventually by becoming a muse and/or lover I wasn’t able to find her until about a year ago She is known throughout the vast Buddhist empire as Chagdud Khadro I found an account online by an American woman who described meeting Khadro “formerly known as Jane Dedman,” in some wild jungle setting I was ecstatic at having located her after all these years It was thrilling for me to see pictures of her – bless you Google images – ranging from the late 1970s to the present I was overcome with emotion to hear her voice in a couple of YouTube videos and on MP3 clips of her seminars on various aspects of Buddhist discipline with that endearing tipsiness and sense of enchantment in her speech The American woman who had stumbled upon Jane in the rain forest said that at that time Jane characterized her role as essentially being the housekeeper for His Eminence Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche the renowned teacher in the Nyingma school of Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism He was the spiritual guide for tens of thousands of followers Jane devoted herself to him and to her mastery of Buddhist precepts She and Rinpoche traveled the world as he gave teachings and empowerments to throngs of dedicated students Rinpoche accepted a calling to spread the Dharma (the teachings) in South America and he and Jane established Chagdud Gonpa at Khadro Ling a breathtakingly beautiful enclave in Brazil which they  built as their base of operation and which is the main temple in the Chagdud Gonpa global network of  missionary organizations Jane was ordained as a lama in 1997 – two decades after she immersed  herself in the study of Buddhism – and  she was invested by Rinpoche as the future spiritual director of Chagdud Gonpa Brasil She has continued to hold this position since his death nine years ago to seminars and retreats – which are often in incredibly spectacular settings – and  teaches the development and completion stage practices of Vajrayana focusing particularly on the teachings of death and dying and on the practice of P’howa the transference of consciousness at the moment of death “P’howa transforms death into an opportunity for liberation rather than merely a severance from what we have known and loved in life It assures us that we won’t die in a state of spiritual uncertainty and drift helplessly after death,” Jane explains Her teachings have found a receptive audience not only among dharma students but also among health professionals who are seeking new more profound techniques to alleviate the pain and grief ofthose they work with Jane told me that she still experiences a sort of stage fright before these intense instructional sessions She becomes overwhelmed with doubt about whether she is really “worthy” to be looked up to as a great teacher She agonizes over whether she will be able to establish the necessary rapport with the gatherings of strangers and will succeed in articulating  the difficult and nuanced material in which she believes so passionately “the flow” rises up and carries her along and she becomes exhilarated by the energy that is given and taken as each session unfolds Jane believes that an unmistakable “karmic connection” must exist between teacher and student if the transmission is to be successful She felt this connection the moment she saw Rinpoche This emphasis on a powerful rapport is called guru yoga I love to work closely with a roomful of people particularly if they are learning a practice Sometimes that sense of a seamless mandala arises,” she said (A mandala enables one “to access progressively deeper levels of the unconscious ultimately assisting the meditator to experience a mystical sense of oneness with the ultimate unity from which the cosmos in all its manifold forms arises.”) I enjoyed the way Jane described to an interviewer the way she gauges her students: “People enter with different degrees of readiness based on their previous spiritual development Some struggle to purify tremendous negativity and have to pass through a lot of cycles of confusion along their spiritual path Every increase in compassion and inner peace is a personal triumph Other people hear high teachings just one time and the words resonate with a knowledge that until then lay dormant in their mindstreams they develop very quickly if they find a qualified teacher to guide them.” Jane has come a long way since the day she impulsively offered herself to the great Rinpoche Jane served as a homemaker for him – truly the maker of a home – for an exalted spiritual leader She derived great satisfaction in being a sort of enabler for him She took care of everything mundane so that he could focus on the profound and the eternal and she spent all of her spare time immersing herself in the practice of this complex and challenging way of being “For about four months we had a kind of teacher-student honeymoon during which I seemed to do no wrong Rinpoche never criticized me,” Jane recalls “Then we moved into a phase of about four years in which I seemed to do nothing right and not always privately…for me they were like electrical storms and I can honestly say there was no resentment We would be laughing ten minutes later.” That sounds like the New York Jane’s style of romance I think the tantrums may have been her way willfulness and volatility made her all the more alluring would be inclined to pin her down and kiss her forcefully melting her tempest into tears and/or laughter but I expect that it could become tiresome as one matured Jane wanted to be subdued by someone or something Throwing fits was her way of “asking for it.” I think she yearned for a force greater than she to put her in her place – although it needed to be a very nice place – and maybe that is what Buddhism has done for her Jane recalls a day-to-day process in which she was attempting to rebuild herself “I was learning how to check my motivation how to see things beyond my own point of view I’m still learning these things,” she said She initially resisted Rinpoche’s pleas for her to enlarge her role beyond that of domestic helpmate “Rinpoche thought I had ability as a writer and that any other activity should be secondary,” Jane recalls “He thought I was wasting my main opportunity to benefit others.” She assumed more and more administrative duties which she says she “wasn’t particularly good at I didn’t know how to incorporate the skills of others Then I would despair of ever subduing my harsh speech of being able to maintain smooth relationships in the sangha (the community) because I learned a lot about dharma center administration and I learned to have a deep appreciation for administrators.” Jane’s husband was regarded as the fourteenth incarnation of the previous Chagdud Tulku and – at the age of three – he was sent to a monastery to begin a seven-year retreat I sometimes had glimpses of absolute open awareness,” he wrote in his autobiography and stayed in a number of Tibetan refugee resettlement camps in India where he was attending a series of empowerments when my irresistible friend Jane approached him in 1978 with the now-legendary white scarf and jar of honey He gave her instruction in Buddhist practice and accepted her offer to be his attendant in retreat Although Jane soon asked to become his wife it wasn’t until late 1979 that the pair were wed in South Lake Tahoe fulfilling a mission given him by the Dalai Lama several years earlier It had taken this long for him to get a visa and he organized the construction of the Chagdud Gonpa Foundation Several groups in Oregon and California continue to study his teachings he and Jane founded Padma Publishing (USA) which published many translations of Tibetan works into English and Portuguese Jane loved this work and was deeply saddened to leave Padma She compiled Rinpoche’s teachings on the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro the Longsal Nyingpo P’howa and collaborated with him on his autobiography he helped to establish Chagdud Gonpa centers throughout the Western Hemisphere These include more than 38 Dharma centers under his supervision and inspiration He continued his exhausting schedule of teachings and empowerments on the continent and around the world until his health declined Jane has continued to work with a “miraculously assembled team” of lamas and talented sangha members to construct a Guru Rinpoche Palace (Zangdog Palri) and accomplish projects related to education There is much in the fundamental values and ideals of Buddhism that is very appealing and I believe it is particularly relevant to me for some of the same reasons that it was to Jane when she was initially drawn to it If I had the will and strength to live with real integrity I would devote myself to following this path I simply don’t – the whole process overwhelms me There are aspects of modern Buddhism that are somewhat concerning irrespective of the faith’s basic premises It seems to some extent to have become a Big Business – much in the way yoga has – and those who wish to explore or receive training in the faith are charged lots of money to attend various retreats that are held around the country and around the world It is entirely possible that the funds collected are used in a way that we would regard as legitimate but the seminars do seem elitist in ways that are incongruous with the faith There is also a lot of what most of us would regard as hocus-pocus in the practice of Buddhism I had always though of it as a simple philosophy of goodness forbearance and the taming (ideally elimination) of the ego “mirror divinations,” clairvoyant experiences celestial surges and empowerments that make it all seem a bit cult-like This opinion probably just reflects my ignorance and I suppose one could respond that virtually every other religion has similar aspects magical experiences and powers may keep those of us who have a more rational linear approach to life from exploring Buddhism I reprint below an account of the death of His Eminence Chagdud Rinpoche which exemplifies what I’m talking about To believe it requires a leap of faith that many of us may be unable to make: worked with a student artist to complete a statue of Amitabha and led a training in phowa (transference of consciousness at the moment of death) for more than two hundred people He continued teaching with great vigor until about 9 pm on Saturday night November 16 he suffered massive heart failure while sitting up in bed Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche then remained in a state of meditation  for almost six full days The ability to remain in meditation after the breath stops is known as (t’hug dam) Jigme described this in a release to the Brazilian press: my father remained in a state of meditation for almost six full days that prevented the usual deterioration of his body The ability to remain in a state of meditation after the breath stops is well known among great Tibetan masters but circumstances have rarely allowed it to occur in the West Chagdud Rinpoche remained sitting in a natural with little visible change of color or expression Rinpoche showed no physical signs that his meditation had ended In the interim we were in constant consultation with a lawyer and other officials about local customs and regulations his meditation ended and his mind separated from his body He took on the signs typical of those occurring within the first 24 hours of death It appears that my friend Jane has carried on his work with great devotion and integrity I know that she is happy and has no doubt that she is doing work that is profoundly worthwhile it’s hard to believe that she doesn’t want to come home Jane was a featured teacher at retreat in Ireland last year.I know and the people there have been her family for more than half of her adult life It’s just that she’s so far away Jane – Your Highness – I miss you We haven’t seen each other since our late twenties I returned to New York from a business trip – it was probably in 1975 – to find my door busted in including the irreplaceable jewelry my grandmother had brought with her from Poland in 1900 I was shaken – in shock –  and felt lonely sitting there amid the wreckage I just had to call someone and describe what had happened to me Jane asked me what I missed the most of all that I had lost and I replied – without hesitation – “my radio.” If I have music a digital AM/FM clock radio was delivered to my door and “WBLS: The Total Black Experience in Sound” was lifting my spirits and getting me back into the groove of life That was Jane before her “enlightenment.” Sylvia Kronstadt is a semi-retired writer/editor living in Salt Lake City her magazine articles appeared in some of the most prestigious publications in the country She has since worked as an editor for newspapers and magazines Her most recent article appeared in the Chronicle of Higher Education in April She didn’t mention in the article that she met three young men at the “ball” – two of them were diplomats and one was president of the Brazilian American Society – who she dated for a time was being invited to their family gatherings She wishes she had a family like that – so much fun and warmth Most Brazilian lullabies and children songs are scary like hell The chairman of the Post Office Parliamentary Inquiry (CPI) “The history of photography is directly related to the point of view of a window,” the Rio de Janeiro-based Alencastro says. “It was from there that, in 1826, Niepce took the first photograph in history from the point of view of the window of his house in the countryside of France the window starts to represent the border and the abyss between the outside and the inside world After turning his own home into a camera obscura by completely blocking off all light except for a single small pinhole Alencastro reached out to other photographers and invited them to join his project Alencastro shared his thoughts and tips on both technical details as well as the message for each photo what we see projected is a world upside down just like the chaos that we follow around the world” You can find more of Alencastro’s on his Instagram Become a PetaPixel Member and access our content ad-free Subscribe!function(m,a,i,l,s,t,e,r){m[s]=m[s]||(function(){t=a.createElement(i);r=a.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];t.async=1;t.src=l;r.parentNode.insertBefore(t,r);return 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