On July 22, 2010, Lama Tsultrim’s husband, David Petit, dies suddenly of a heart attack. He is cremated in front of the stupa that he built on the land. At the time of his death, he is proclaimed a great yogi by many lamas who knew his practice and the signs at the time of his death. In the days following his death, there are numerous rainbows as well as one of the rarest atmospheric phenomena, a moonbow, which, on the third day, extends from Ekajati Peak in the center of the land to the house where David died. Extensive traditional rituals are performed for him at Tara Mandala and at A.dzom Rinpoche’s monastery in Tibet for 49 days. David’s tögal teacher, Tsoknyi Rinpoche, performs the 49th-day ceremony at Tara Mandala.

David’s ashes are blended with clay and made into tsatsas (clay stupas with mantra roles inside). They are then placed in a tsakang (a memorial stone house) on Prayer Flag Ridge, where he had practiced in the early mornings.

Lama Tsultrim makes an extended pilgrimage to Asia, starting with a six-week stay in Kangding (Dartsedo) where she receives the entrustment ceremony (katey) and oral transmission (lung) of Dzinpa Rangdröl from Do Dasel Wangmo, the great-granddaughter of the tertön Do Khyentse.

Lama Tsultrim goes to central Tibet to Machig Labdrön’s cave and birthplace where she receives the second terma from Machig Labdrön and the Chakra Dakinis.

She then travels to Nepal and India, where she is re-acquainted with the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley, and Sey Rinpoche, the son and lineage holder of Apho Rinpoche. She visits Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche in Australia and makes a short visit to New Zealand.

Tulku Sang-ngag Rinpoche writes a long-life prayer for Lama Tsultrim Allione.