{"id":1830,"date":"2025-02-07T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-07T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/WPnew\/?page_id=1830"},"modified":"2025-10-30T00:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T00:19:12","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1830\" class=\"elementor elementor-1830\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f38ebf4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f38ebf4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d5af7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12d5af7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Who We Are<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bea1844 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bea1844\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2eda0a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2eda0a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choga_portraite-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3740\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choga_portraite-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choga_portraite-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ultimatemeaning.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Choga_portraite.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5689123 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5689123\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9518be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9518be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our Teacher<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cc440e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cc440e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lama Choga is a Tibetan-Buddhist of Canadian decent who spent 12 years in cloistered retreat and is now dedicated to promoting the ancient wisdom of Tibetan Buddhism in the West.<\/p><p>In an attempt to promote the contemplative arts here in the West, he established the Insight Sangha- an NFP dedicated to providing real opportunities for sincere practitioners.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8103e15 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8103e15\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8a0b32 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8a0b32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6abab6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6abab6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Teachings<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a94cd0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a94cd0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Dharma taught by the Lord Buddha over 2600 years ago. 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