Becky | Amitabha Foundation

24 Hours Remaining in our Challenge to Support Safe Childbirth in Rural Tibet

June 29, 2014 by Becky

Nomad parents with newborn visiting our clinic in Rima, Tibet

We are using Global Giving, an international fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations, to raise money for our clinic and safe childbirth program in Tibet. Because of everyone’s generosity, we will now be listed as a permanent partner with Global Giving. We have already raised a total of $22,194 toward our goal of $25,000. We are currently in first place among all the projects, so we have a good chance to receive an additional $5,000 in bonuses. You can check the Leaderboard to follow our progress. Make a donation online by June 30, 2014, or by check or wire transfer, to help take us to the goal!!

Make checks payable to GlobalGiving Foundation, put “Amitabha Foundation Project #17151” in the memo line, and mail it to: GlobalGiving, 1110 Vermont Ave NW, Suite 550, Washington, DC 20005

Click here to read about our project and to help! Your donation and support by sharing the project with your Facebook network benefits the Tibetan nomads in Ayang Rinpoche’s birthplace area immediately, and also gives us access to corporate sponsorship and grants, and a broader base of donors for our public health work. Make a donation in someone’s name and they will receive a card acknowledging your gift.

THANK YOU!

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Ani Samten’s “Month in Pictures” at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery

June 22, 2014 by Becky

Monk at Bylakuppe Monastery

Ani Samten, an American nun who has been teaching English at the monastery since 2011, has sent a series of photo albums she has been taking monthly and sending to her friends and family. She gave us permission to post these for people who are interested in life at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery. See the archive here.

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2015 Phowa Course in Bodhgaya

June 5, 2014 by Becky

Shakyamuni Statue at the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya

The Twenty-First Annual Phowa Course in Bodhgaya will be held 8-17 January 2015. Ayang Rinpoche gives his 10-day Phowa Course annually at the holy place of Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment, Bodhgaya. The course is free to participants. Rinpoche encourages everyone to attend the entire course, and to stay through the last day for the Tsok Offering Prayers.

Please make your hotel and travel arrangements early as Bodhgaya will be unusually full of pilgrims in January. For your reference, please see the 2014 Daily Schedule Bodhgaya Phowa Course. We will post the 2015 daily schedule as soon as it becomes available.

Rinpoche gives the Introduction to the True Nature of Mind teachings following the Phowa Course in alternate years. The next teachings will be in 2015.

Bodhgaya logistics and travel information and Bodhgaya Phowa Course site map

Rinpoche invites everyone, whether or not they can make a pilgrimage to Bodhgaya this year, to make an auspicious connection by sponsoring the Phowa Course. The teachings are free to participants, so sponsorship is essential to pay for all the arrangements, including venue and sound equipment rental, tea service, text and photo printing, travel and accommodations for Rinpoche and his attendants, etc. Please share the merit of your generosity in one of the following ways:

(1) Send a check in USD to Amitabha Foundation, 11 South Goodman Street, Rochester, New York 14607 USA (donations are tax deductible in the US);

(2) Wire your donation directly to the Drikung Charitable Society (not tax deductible);

(3) Pay by credit card or Paypal using the button below (donations are tax deductible in the US).

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We Need to Raise $5,000 for Tibet in June

June 4, 2014 by Becky

Our Global Giving Challenge to Raise $5,000 for Safe Childbirth in Tibet

We are using Global Giving, an international fundraising platform for nonprofit organizations, to raise money for our clinic and safe childbirth program in Tibet. We need your help to be listed as a permanent partner with Global Giving—we have to raise $5,000 from 40 donors before June 30, 2014. Click here to read about our project and to help! Your donation and support through your social media network benefits the Tibetan nomads in Ayang Rinpoche’s birthplace area immediately, and also gives us access to corporate sponsorship and grants, and a broader base of donors for our public health work. Make a donation in someone’s name and they will receive a card acknowledging your gift–a perfect Father’s Day gift, birthday or graduation present!

Filed Under: AF News, Announcements