Archive Page - 2008
Donations for Austin’s Padma World Peace
Guru Rinpoche Statue:
THE POWER OF COMPASSION AND WISDOM
Padmasambhava, also known as the "Lotus One," Guru Rinpoche and Pema Jungney in Tibetan, is one of the greatest enlightened masters in Buddhist history. He lived during the eighth century, but his compassion and power, far from being irrelevant to the modern world, are indeed necessary and particularly effective in today's world.
AN ANTIDOTE FOR OUR TIME
This era is called an age of degeneration--on a global scale, sickness, famine, war and conflict continue to intensify, while individually our well-being and contentment diminish. In a well-known prayer of supplication, Padmasambhava is called the "Precious, supreme protector in these degenerate times." Through the strength of his loving kindness, paintings, statues and other images of this "supreme protector" are a source of calm and harmony wherever they are placed. By participating in their construction, individuals directly bring global benefit as well as making a personal connection to these blessings.
THE GURU'S BLESSING
To directly counter the prevailing negativity in the current age, in 2002 the Venerable Khenpo Namdrol Rinpoche, head of the Palyul Retreat Center in Nepal, initiated a project to create numerous statues of Padmasambhava. Austin, Texas has been offered one of these magnificent 19 ft. statues of Guru Rinpoche and we need your help to complete the construction. If you have any of the following items, or would be able to donate or offer some of them, please let us know as soon as possible what item(s) you want to offer - send us an email at info@palri.org
Items can be dropped off at 602 East 43rd Street anytime before June 20th.
DONATED ITEMS NEEDED BY JUNE 20th
In the base of the statue, weapons such as knives and firearms can be placed. They are placed at the bottom to symbolize the suppression of all harmful things, violence, and aggression.
In the statue, these are useful items:
- Dried flowers, herbs (such as lavender) please make sure these are bug-free (Herb Bar may be a good souce) ALREADY DONATED
- Wood chips and/or or powder of sandalwood. Need many trash bags full.
- ALREADY DONATED
Also needed:
- Medicines including vitamins (Please none made with animal products)
- Silk in any of the five colors or any color (no black) - (5 yds each of - Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, White)
- 2 Rolls of Five color string ALREADY DONATED
- Copper sheeting - ALREADY DONATED
- Flax seed - ALREADY DONATED
- 4 Cups Nonpoisonous camphor (reliable source http://www.bouncingbearbotanicals.com/camphor-crystals-p-322.html)
- Saffron
- Cedar/juniper/fragrant wood chips or dust (wood mill is a good place to ask for trash bags full of Cedar
- Beautiful stones, crystals, geodes, jewels, pearl, coral, turquoise, silver, gold, precious metals, coins, beads, beautiful things which represent wealth. Can be jewelry such as rings, earrings, etc
- Small amounts of whole grains, seeds or beans (not too much because it encourages insects)
- 30 boxes Incense: some Indian or chinese incense or medicines may have animal products in them, so please be careful to check the ingredients. In general, Tibetan incense is fine.
Items that CAN NOT be placed in the statue:
- meat
- alcohol
- onions, garlic
- anything containing animal products (some Chinese and Indian incense and medicines contain animal products, please check)
Within the next few days (by June 8th) , we need 3lb of each of these substances (these
will be used to paint the inside of the statue after it's primed, before it
goes in the temple if possible):
- non poisonous camphor
- powdered cardamom ALREADY DONATED
- powdered cloves ALREADY DONATED
- powdered nutmeg
- whole flax seed
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