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Guhyasamaja Center Building Fund

"The essence of Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism, at the Dharma center, is compassion. The existence of the center becomes a solution, offering this education, lots of practice, and a good heart. This is the real solution for cultivation of world peace and peace and happiness for all sentient beings... Over the years, so many sentient beings come to the Dharma center. Just from one person coming, so many sentient beings have peace and happiness. If this one person practices compassion, stops giving harm to others, makes a vow and tries to do that, countless sentient beings don't receive harm from this person. This is the benefit to sentient beings. All the sentient beings receive benefit from this one person due to the center. That is your benefit. It comes from the director, from the secretary, from the teachers and translator, and from the whole community." ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Advice Book

Earlier this year we began a fund to get a stable, permanent location for our center. Since then we’ve numerous generous offers of help--monetary donations as well as offers to help with fund-raising, searching for a site, doing preliminary architectural plans, etc. So, we’re now ready to move to the next phase of fund-raising for the center’s building fund.

The Vision
Over the next 1-2 years, we plan to raise approximately $350,000 to use as a substantial down payment on commercial property in Northern Virginia for the center. The current plan is to find a property which will allow for further building in the future--which may or may not have a small structure on it. Once such a property is purchased, the next phase will be to build a meditation hall and a stupa. After that, further building of additional rooms (including residences for lamas and sangha) will progress over a period of 5-6 years as fund-raising efforts continue.

This first phase of raising the initial money needed to secure property is the most crucial phase to insuring that the center succeeds in obtaining a place that will allow the Dharma to flourish here in the DC area for many, many years to come. Essentially acquiring a stable location for the center is essential to the center’s success in it’s goals of continuing to host teachings
by Gyumed Khensur Rinpoche, continuing to host more teachings by visiting Tibetan and Western sangha, hosting more frequent ongoing classes focused on meditation and cultivating positive emotions, and also strengthening our growing sense of community with more events like children’s classes, Dharma movie nights, group prayer and meditation sessions, and the like.

Another goal in gaining a stable location is to provide a place for study and meditation in the Indo-Tibetan tradition not only for Western students but also for the local Tibetan community, for members of the Vietnamese community interested in India’s Nalanda tradition of Buddhism, and for other interested communities as well.

How You Can Help
Any offers of assistance are very welcome. In the fall we’re planning to hold a fund-raising dinner for the building fund which will include a talk by Khensur Rinpoche, Tibetan foods and performances, and a silent auction as well. Offers of items or services for the silent auction are welcome at this time (contact Lorne Ladner with any such offers.) Other offers of help with fund-raising efforts or ideas are also appreciated.

Donations
We are also now seeking donations to help move towards our goal of raising a significant amount of money in the next 1-2 years for this project. Please help as you can--thereby creating the cause together to have the Dharma flourish for the benefit of ourselves and countless others here in the national capitol area.

Donation Levels The Center’s Thank You Gift for Your Donation
$100 +
  • a Guhyasamaja Center t-shirt including the new, beautiful Center logo
$500 +
  • a Guhyasamaja Center t -shirt,
  • Buddha image (tsa-tsa) blessed by Khensur Rinpoche
$5,000 +
  • a Guhyasamaja Center t -shirt,
  • Buddha image (tsa-tsa) blessed by Khensur Rinpoche,
  • a tangkha (painted Buddha image) blessed by
    Khensur Rinpoche
$10,000 +
  • a Guhyasamaja Center t -shirt,
  • Buddha image (tsa-tsa) blessed by Khensur Rinpoche,
  • a prayer wheel (beautifully made, carved wooden wheel filled with microfilm mantras based on an original from the Dalai Lama,
  • a copy of the book “Wheel of Great Compassion”
$50,000 +
  • a Guhyasamaja Center t -shirt,
  • Buddha image (tsa-tsa) blessed by Khensur Rinpoche,
  • a prayer wheel (beautifully made, carved wooden wheel filled with microfilm mantras based on an original from the Dalai Lama,
  • a copy of the book “Wheel of Great Compassion”,
  • plus lifetime membership to the center,
  • puja done in your name at Sera Monastery in India
  • and permanent recognition of your contribution to the Dharma on a plaque in the center’s Stupa Garden

Please download the Building Fund Donation Form and mail it to:

Guhyasamaja Center
P.O. Box 1511
Centreville, VA 20122

Either enclose a check, or click here to donate via credit card or PayPal. If you choose this method, please be sure to make a note of this on the Building Fund Donation Form.

Questions? Contact Lorne Ladner, Center Director, email: Director "at" guhyasamaja.org.

last updated: September 25, 2008


 

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