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Browsing Archive: February, 2012

SMD School Director visits Vancouver***

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
Join Us in Vancouver!!

*Shirley Blair, Director of SMD Boarding School is in Vancouver this week!!

Please join us    
10:00 AM    THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23
The Terraces
1570    7 Avenue West  
Vancouver, BC
(604) 738-8380
We will meet for a slide presentation of SMD Boarding School in the theatre at The Terraces.
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Losar Greetings (Tibetan New Year)

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Wednesday, February 15, 2012,
Dear Friends of Vajra Vidya Foundation,

This is the time of the new year in the Tibetan lunar calendar.  This is the Year of the Water Dragon.  It is a time of renewal and celebration.

"The Losar Festival in Tibet is the biggest event in the year. Celebrated with great fervour the event is filled with age old ceremonies that commemorate the struggle between good and evil. The Tibetan people come out on the streets and chant, pass fire torches, dance and sing - a time for general merriment e...
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Only two weeks until the Edmonton fundraiser

Posted by Vajra Vidya Foundation on Monday, February 13, 2012,

Jane Marshall's update.

Just over two weeks until Back Over the Mountains: A Fundraiser and Silent Auction. 

Please join us! You can purchase tickets by clicking HERE.

In this week's update, I'd like to share some information about Shree Mangal Dvip Boarding School, where half your donations from our special evening will go. I was able to visit the school in 2009 and have written several articles about it:

The Fragile Walls of Learning. The Edmonton Journal, August 2008.
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Vajra Vidya Foundation VVF is Thrangu Rinpoche's Canadian foundation. Vajra Vidya Foundation is the fundraising organization for Namo Buddha Foundation, a registered Canadian charitable organization founded by Thrangu Rinpoche to undertake charitable projects.
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