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Dear Dharma Brothers and Sisters,
| The Board of Directors of the Tibetan Meditation Center is excited to announce new developments in our goal to build a Retreat Center for practitioners in the West. Inspired by Khenchen Rinpoche's dedication to the Dharma, in 1998 we purchased over 35 acres of beautiful mountain land adjacent to the meditation center. With the generous help of supporters around the world, the mortgage on this land was paid in full, completing
Stage I of the Retreat Center project. We are now beginning Stage II of this important project--the building of a house for Khenchen Rinpoche and other lamas. This residence will provide Rinpoche with a suitable place to continue his important work of translating sacred Tibetan texts into English. It will also accommodate resident lamas, retreat masters, visiting teachers and dignitaries. We encourage you to join us in making Khenchen Rinpoche's vision a reality. The building of a retreat center is an important step in establishing the Dharma in the West. It will provide future generations the opportunity to study and practice. By supporting this project, we can practice the Paramita of generosity, which, in turn, will further our progress on the path toward the goal of bodhicitta, and the liberation of all sentient beings from the suffering of Samsara. |
 Khenchen Rinpoche |
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Your commitment to help build the new Lamas' residence and Retreat Center is a way we will honor Khenchen Rinpoche's twenty years of dedication in transmitting the Dharma to students in the West, and express our gratitude for having received these precious teachings. Khenchen Rinpoche has tirelessly worked to guide us in our practice of the Dharma, and to show us its benefits through his living example. He has shared these
teachings with literally thousands of students, translated many sadhanas for our daily practices, counseled and comforted countless individuals. Khenchen Rinpoche has guided us on the path to Enlightenment! Please join us in showing our heartfelt appreciation by creating a lasting legacy for his work, and nurturing the roots of the Dharma so that it may spread and benefit others. In addition to raising money for daily operating expenses and supporting a retreat master and resident lamas, we would like to pay off the mortgage on the additional land and complete the first phase of construction in TWO YEARS. Our goal is to find individuals or groups who will commit to either a ONE TIME donation or a MONTHLY PLEDGE. We will meet our goal of raising $300,000 IF: 200 people pledge $ 62.50 a month for 2years OR 400 people pledge $31.25 a month for 2 years OR 800 people pledge $15.60 a month for 2 years |
9301 Gambrill Park Road,
Frederick, MD 21702.
Please designate your check to the "TMC Retreat Land." We also accept donations by credit card. All donations are tax deductible.
If you are interested in helping with fund raising, or would like ideas on how you can participate, please contact me.
May all beings benefit from your generosity!
Sincerely,
Linda Wustenberg
Fund Raising Committee Coordinator
Linda Wuestenberg, 2241 Ryan Dr. Dodgeville,WI. 53533. (608) 967-9339
pnldkdc@mhtc.net
BROKEN MALA YOU WOULD LIKE REPAIRED?
OR JEWELRY MADE ESPECIALLY FOR YOU?
Custom malas and jewelry made on request
Cost: $ All monies above this cost will be DONATED TO THE RETREAT CENTER PROJECT.
Send your mala and jewelry requests to:
Elizabeth K. Hunton
61 Round Hill Rd.
Williamsport, PA 17701
(570) 327-9996
TMC Fund-Raising Committee Member
EBAY AUCTION FUNDRAISER
Would you like to support Phuntsok Dargye Ling? Here's an idea.....
Ani Jamyang will be posting auctions on the popular eBay auction site for the benefit of the Retreat Center Project.
There are two ways you can participate --
One is to donate mailable, saleable objects to our auction (these are deductable).
Here's how it works:
Take a picture of the item you wish to sell.
Send the photo to Ani Jamyang at: 7810 Ontario Rd., Gainesville, VA 20550,
or email a scanned photo to her at kpmonroe@erols.com.
Please include a description of the item.
Ani Jamyang will post the items that are donated.
Each auction will stay open for 7 days. She will make payment arrangements with the winner.
Once payment is in hand, she will contact the donor and inform that person to mail the item out ASAP.
The second way is to bid on our auctions.
Anila will send out a notice on the Drikung-sangha list on Yahoo! to alert Drikungpas everywhere that the item is available.
We hope you join us in this virtuous endeavor!
May all mother sentient beings, boundless as the sky, have happiness and the causes of happiness.
May they be liberated from suffering and the causes of suffering.
May they never be separated from the happiness which is free from sorrow.
May they rest in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion.
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This page last updated on: 04-28-2002