For the Mists: I trust that this calendar event is allowable. Peace!
From Drepung Loesling Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
Help Tibet Earthquake Victims - Prayer Vigil at DLM
Dear friends and members of Drepung Loseling,
You have no doubt heard that more than 600 people have died and an estimated 10,000, mostly ethnic Tibetans, were injured and left homeless in near-freezing temperatures in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck a sparsely populated region of Tibet in the early hours of April 14. More than 85 percent of the houses in Kyigudo, a town of 100,000 people nearest the epicenter, were destroyed.
We ask you to keep the victims of this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers. Many Tibetan communities in India and Tibetan Buddhist centers around the world are organizing prayer sessions, and our monks on the Mystical Arts of Tibet groups have also been conducting prayers for the Tibetan and Chinese victims of the earthquake.
We will also be holding a prayer session this Sunday as part of our regular Sunday morning meditation session at 11:00 a.m. and we invite you to join us then.
"As we have done in the past, when there have been natural disasters in Pakistian, Haiti, or here in the US, as with Hurricane Katrina, we encourage our members and friends to donate to relief funds, either directly or by sending your donation to us to form a collection that we will collectively donate. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, our Spiritual Director, will be donating $1,000 from his discretionary fund, as he has in the past. We will receive donations until May 5 and then send all the money we collect to the Tibet Fund in New York. We will inform you of how much was donated.
The Tibet Fund is the main organization in the US that raises funds for humanitarian causes for Tibetans. They have established an Emergency Earthquake Relief Fund and are working to ensure that resources reach those most affected by the quake and through channels that will provide meaningful assistance, both in the near term and as people begin to rebuild their community.
Their website is: http://www.tibetfund.org/
Donations may be made in person at Drepung Loseling or on-line here (select "Other" and write "Tibet Earthquake Relief" in the description box).
Please join us in keeping the victims of this earthquake in our thoughts and prayers and assisting financially if you are able."
From Drepung Loesling Institute, Atlanta, GA, USA
Help Tibet Earthquake Victims - Prayer Vigil at DLM
Dear friends and members of Drepung Loseling,
You have no doubt heard that more than 600 people have died and an estimated 10,000, mostly ethnic Tibetans, were injured and left homeless in near-freezing temperatures in the aftermath of the earthquake that struck a sparsely populated region of Tibet in the early hours of April 14. More than 85 percent of the houses in Kyigudo, a town of 100,000 people nearest the epicenter, were destroyed.
We ask you to keep the victims of this tragedy in your thoughts and prayers. Many Tibetan communities in India and Tibetan Buddhist centers around the world are organizing prayer sessions, and our monks on the Mystical Arts of Tibet groups have also been conducting prayers for the Tibetan and Chinese victims of the earthquake.
We will also be holding a prayer session this Sunday as part of our regular Sunday morning meditation session at 11:00 a.m. and we invite you to join us then.
"As we have done in the past, when there have been natural disasters in Pakistian, Haiti, or here in the US, as with Hurricane Katrina, we encourage our members and friends to donate to relief funds, either directly or by sending your donation to us to form a collection that we will collectively donate. Geshe Lobsang Tenzin, our Spiritual Director, will be donating $1,000 from his discretionary fund, as he has in the past. We will receive donations until May 5 and then send all the money we collect to the Tibet Fund in New York. We will inform you of how much was donated.
The Tibet Fund is the main organization in the US that raises funds for humanitarian causes for Tibetans. They have established an Emergency Earthquake Relief Fund and are working to ensure that resources reach those most affected by the quake and through channels that will provide meaningful assistance, both in the near term and as people begin to rebuild their community.
Their website is: http://www.tibetfund.org/
Donations may be made in person at Drepung Loseling or on-line here (select "Other" and write "Tibet Earthquake Relief" in the description box).
Please join us in keeping the victims of this earthquake in our thoughts and prayers and assisting financially if you are able."
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