Help Spread the News About Tickets to Karmapa’s Public Teachings

Dear Friends in the Dharma,

Karmapa is coming to America! We are writing to share some exciting news about the visit and to ask for your help.

In the next couple of weeks tickets will go on sale for His Holiness the 17th Karmapa’s public teachings in New York City, Boulder and Seattle.  An email will be sent to you announcing when tickets are on sale.

Because time will be short between the announcement of ticket sales and His Holiness’ arrival in the U.S., we would like to ask for your help in spreading the news so we can ensure that everyone who wishes to see Karmapa in America gets a chance to do so.

In particular, we request that all Dharma centers connected to His Holiness Karmapa kindly help spread the news by letting their students, members and contacts know when tickets for the public teachings have gone on sale.  The visit organizing committee relies on national, regional and local Buddhist sanghas to spread the news and help make His Holiness Karmapa’s historic first visit to the U.S. a successful one.

Individuals are also welcome to help spread the news by forwarding the announcement to interested friends, family and fellow practitioners.

Spreading the news through our sangha networks when tickets go on sale is one of the most important ways that sanghas and individuals will be able to support His Holiness Karmapa’s tour.

Thank you in advance, and through this activity may countless beings make auspicious connections to His Holiness Karmapa, to the Buddhist teachings, and to the genuine mind of enlightenment.

Other Resources for Dharma Centers

Dharma centers and other organizations may now use predesigned banner ads to link to the official visit Web site. Banner ads are available for download as JPG files in three horizontal sizes and one vertical size.

Dharma centers may also download a beautiful 8.5" x 11" color flyer to print and distribute to members.

To download the banner ads and the flyer, visit the Resources for Dharma Centers page on the site. Other materials to help centers promote the visit will be posted on this page as they become available.

Information and Inquiries

If you have an inquiry, please call the number below (which will allow you to contact the appropriate planning committee) or send an email to the planning committee in the city nearest you. Before contacting us with a question, please read the FAQs page to see if we have already answered your question.

Visit Information Phone: (206) 219-0147

New York, NY: inquiries.east@karmapavisit.org
Boulder, CO: inquiries.central@karmapavisit.org
Seattle, WA: inquiries.west@karmapavisit.org

We hope that this site will provide all who are interested with important information about His Holiness Karmapa’s historic first visit to the West.

Yours in the Dharma,
Karmapa in America
National Coordinating Committee (NCC) for U.S. Visit, 2008

A Project of Karmapa Foundation
H.H. Karmapa’s Office of Administration, U.S.

See also:
www.kagyuoffice.org – Official Website of His Holiness Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje (Karmapa’s Office of Administration, India)

The following are the most current photos of the Bodhgaya project site.

Front view - January 2008

Rear view - January 2008

The following are the most current 3D perspectives of the Bodhgaya project made for us by the Architect.

Bodhgaya plan phowa

Bodhgaya plan temple

Dear Dharma brothers and sisters,

I would like to announce dates for the next annual Phowa course in Bodhgaya which will be from January 15 to 25, 2009

Registration for the Phowa course in Bodhgaya is not necessary — the teachings are free. If you wish, you can make personal offerings for the course and to the teacher.

The course is located behind the main stupa complex. Ask at your hotel or look for signs posted around the Mahabodhi stupa.

To give you an idea of the daily schedule you can download the 2008 Phowa schedule here in MSWord format, or here as a PDF

Best wishes and warm regards,
Truelha

Dear Dharma brothers and sisters,

I have just returned from Kathmandu after almost three weeks and am attaching some recent pictures to update you on the Amitabha Foundation project in Kathmandu and the Bodhgaya project.

The work is going very well. Cement carving is complete and painting has started in the main ground floor temple and the veranda. Flooring work in the veranda and exposed areas are continuing and wood work for doors and window shutters are progressing. Railings for the different floors are being welded and fitted. Civil work is almost complete except for some minor touch ups here and there.

The construction of the rain harvesting water tank will start soon and connecting roads will be created to start work on the retreat cottages.

I am returning to Bodhgaya on the 15th of December. The main temple is up to the plinth level and the floor slab will be caste after the water proofing work is complete.The footings are being caste for the foundation of the quarters.

Warm regards,

Truelha

Amitabha Foundation Temple North East view

Amitabha Foundation Temple South East view

Amitabha Foundation Temple 30.11.07

Bodhgaya project 24.10.07