Mandala Dance of the 21 Praises of Tara
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has advised us to learn this Dance.
We are very excited about this, and there is much to accomplishing this. Phyllis Moses is graciously teaching us this dance.
Healing the Earth, bringing peace to the heart, inspiring and uplifting, the dancing Taras send their blessings, and prayers, into the world. It is with the purposeto awaken and embody the innate wisdom, compassion and skillful means that lie dormant within each one of us and bring benefit to all beings in this world that the Mandala Dance of the Twenty-One Praises of Tara is offered.
Stupa Project
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has advised us to build a stupa on our land to benefit all sentient beings who see it. We are researching stupas and hope to use some of the natural materials available to us in our area, just as has been done for centuries in Tibet.
Yangsi Rinpoche visited this fall and helped us locate the site for our stupa project for world peace. Rinpoche asked that we all bring rocks and stones to the land, perhaps one stone per week. For those who were at the ceremony, you know where the site is, and there is a pile started there, otherwise they can be left next to the shed housing the electricity, as you drive in on the left. Stones can be small or large, flat ones are great. With the offering of stones, the pile will grow with our intentions for peace and harmony throughout the world, and for the long life of his Holiness Dalai Lama and all our teachers.
Merit Box Project
If you would like to give to the FPMT Merit
box project, please bring your donations to class this week or no later than
January 31st. You can read about the charitable projects funded by the Merit
Box here: http://www.fpmt.org/projects/fpmt/merit-box.html
