Amitabha Foundation USA
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.
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.
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).
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!
Vajrasattva 5 families
Taipei, Taiwan
April 25 – May 10, 2014
Download the Taipei Vajrasattva retreat schedule as a PDF. For more information click here.
Outer, Inner, Secret and Innermost Secret Vajrasattva Teachings, Empowerment and Practice Retreat
Achi protector Empowerment and teaching
Blessing ceremony
Phowa group practice
Hong Kong
May 13-17, 2014
Sponsored by Peace of Mind Mercy Foundation. Call 9726 8469 (via whatsapp).
Download the Vajrasattva Teaching daily schedule Hong Kong as a PDF. For more information click here.
Outer, Inner, Secret and Innermost Secret Vajrasattva Teachings, Empowerment and Practice Retreat
