Immediately following this year’s North American and European teaching tour, Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, Jetsün Dechen Paldrön, Venerable Tulku Dakpa Rinpoche, Lama Riga, Lama Tenkyab, and Samten Tse’s senior nuns traveled to Sikkim to receive the Nyingthig Yabzhi (Four-Fold Heart Essence) empowerments. Following the precious transmissions they also were able to do a short pilgrimage to a number of sacred sites and monasteries in Sikkim and West Bengal accompanied by about 125 monks from Mindrolling.