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Browsing Archive: November, 2011

Message from SMD Boarding School Director

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Thursday, November 17, 2011, In : SMD Boarding School 

Tashi Delek from SMD
 
      Lhakpa Dorje D101  Boy 5 years   Class: LKG
Dear Friends of VVF,

At Thrangu Rinpoche's main school, the children are halfway through another year dotted with success!
TWO more Reading Angels were placed at the mountain school in Lhi.
Himalayan Teachers Project in Canada is funding training for FIVE young women, so they can finish high school and undergrad degrees in education to return to the mountains to teach.
In another Canadian initiative, TWO SMDers (one is a...
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COMPUTERS ARRIVE AT SMD Boarding School!

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Saturday, November 12, 2011, In : SMD Boarding School 
Thank you to Dr. Sanford and Ms. Leighton and her group for getting THREE laptops with learning software to SMD Boarding School in Nepal!

Last spring, Dr. Sanford of Braintrain.com donated 3 computers loaded with the TNT Reading System which assists users in acquiring English reading skills.   It also has components to traing and improve brain function. Dr. Sanford brought the units to Thrangu Monastery in Richmond, BC.

VVF in Canada waited for months before luckily meeting Marian Leighton of ...
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Calgary group sponsors Nepal nun in 3-year retreat

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Thursday, November 10, 2011, In : Thrangu Tara Abbey 
Thanks so much to Sara Jungen and her meditation group in Calgary.
They are supporting Metok #58 from Thrangu Tara Abbey in her 3-year
retreat far away in the Himalayas.
 
Metok is at Sher Gompa, a many day walk from the road.

The nuns have a center for traditional three year retreat in Manang situated in northern Nepal close to the famous Milarepa caves and the snow mountains of Tibet. Sher Gonpa was rebuilt and consecrated in August 2005. In retreat the nuns learn and medi...
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Tara Abbey needs funds for Shrine Hall Painting

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Thursday, November 3, 2011, In : Thrangu Tara Abbey 

Thrangu Tara Abbey Shrine Hall was consecrated in December 2008
but the interior paintings are still underway.
Some paintings have been completed but $2500
is still needed to finish the job.

Are you able to help?

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