Catherine Pawasarat Sensei
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Catherine Pawasarat Sensei has trained daily with Acariya Doug Qapel Duncan since 1998 in an intensive spiritual apprenticeship that is rare in the modern West. She received lay ordination from Namgyal Rinpoche in 2003. With Qapel she is co-founder of Clear Sky Retreat Center in the BC Rockies, as well as their international virtual monastery Planet Dharma. She is also the world’s foremost English speaking expert on Japan’s Gion Matsuri Festival.