Candlelight Puja to honour Joanna Macy

USA times – Saturday 16th – 6pm (PDT-San Franciso)/ 8pm (CDT-Dallas)/ 9pm (EDT-New York)

Australia/Asia/Eu – Sunday 17th – 11am (AEST)/ 9am(AWST,HKT)/ 6.30am(IST)/ 2am(BST-London)

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Beloved American author, teacher, eco-philosopher and activist Joanna Macy auspiciously passed away on Australian time Dakini Day, July 19, 2025 — a meaningful transition for one who so deeply embodied the purity of the divine mother and devoted her life to protecting Mother Earth.

For Khandro Rinpoche, Joanna Macy is her American mother and mentor. Khandro Rinpoche invites friends and admirers of Joanna to join her and the Khachodling sangha for a special Zoom prayer gathering on the next Dakini Day weekend, honouring Joanna’s profound legacy and transition.

The Flower and Candlelight ceremony on this day is a distilled version of the 49 day Shitro practice – 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities— an offering of light, love, and invocation for Joanna.  Together, may we transform grief and suffering into wisdom, and love into action.

Following this ceremony Khandro Rinpoche has arranged the full 49 day Shitro choega (puja) to be performed on Joanna’s behalf by Himalayan yogis and hermitages of Khachodling.

If you wish to make an offering for these pujas in Joanna’s honour please visit:

notate: Joanna Shitro