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This organization was founded by Lho Ontul Rinpoche to benefit beings through the teaching of the Buddhadharma. We are a community that is spread across the United States and the world. We hope to bring students of the dharma together through the work of Lho Rigdzin. Your support is essential to our ability to provide resources and teaching tours. 

Fundraising for Tso Pema:
A Community in Need of Food

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 Dear Dharma brother and sisters,
 
We all are in the midst of unprecedented times which have inflicted much suffering due to COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the hard lockdown controls in India, many people are suffering because they are not able to earn daily wages to put food on their table and situation continues to become dire.
 
In order to combat the sufferings inflicted by COVID-19, Ontul Rinpoche’s monastery is planning on providing a basic food package to each needy family; local poor Indians and Tibetans (monks and lay man) who are under the poverty line. The cost of food package estimated at Rs800 which is around $11 that will serve 1 week of meal to all local residents of Tso Pema. With more than 200 people in the monastery’s area including Tibetans, local Indians and migrant workers, the cost of the food to last for a week is about $2200. Also,the Rinpoches (Ontul Rinpoche and his son Ratna Rinpoche) will be giving monetary donation to the local organization that will help people in crisis due to the COVID-19.
 
The long-term goal of the monastery would be to provide masks, hand sanitizers and other basic needs to Tso Pema residents who have become victims of the pandemic. The local residents of Tso Pema have minimal support and this contribution will bring immense value.
 
Also, Ontul Rinpoche’s monastery in Tso Pema, India is also facing many challenges. The day to day monastery operation is directly dependent on the income raised by café, small shop, guest houses, butter lamp offering and offering of pujas to the monks, however due to lock down everything has come to a standstill. The monastery’s Net Income was between Rs 50,000 to 60,000 for the month of December and January (peak season) but in the month of February was Rs 500 only due to the severe lockdown measures. There are more than 60 people including monks, nuns and lay people that live in the monastery.
 
Therefore, I am taking this initiative to contact all disciples, friends and those who are connected to Ontul Rinpocheto come forward with any donations that will go directly to much needed people in Tso Pema.

How to donate

  • If you wish to send the donation directly to the monastery, please find the bank account details here (please mention the purpose as “COVID19 welfare measures”)
  • For those who are in Canada, they may choose E-transfer to me at wanglha7@gmail.com and I can send it all together.
  • Those in United States, can send to Lho Rigdzin directly: www.lhorigdzin.org/support.html
 
Thank you everyone for taking the time to read this email and prayers to you and your family from this pandemic.
 
Wangchuk Lhamo (daughter of Drikung Lho Ontul Rinpoche)

Projects

How to Help

The following work is currently underway by the Lho Rigdzin Board:
  • Planning a 2017 teaching tour in the United States with Lho Ontul Rinpoche and Ratna Rinpoche. Funds are needed to support the travel costs and translators for teaching visits to the affiliate centers in Vermont, Florida, Arizona, and Pittsburgh. (Other teachings locations to be determined. If you are interested in hosting an event, please contact us.)  
  • Maintaining the records necessary to facilitate the Rinpoches' periodic teaching visits to the United States. 
  • Establishing a base for the activities of Lho Ontul Rinpoche and Karma Ratna Rinpoche in the United States for now and the future.
If you would like to support Lho Rigdzin and the projects described here, we welcome your help. We would enjoy hearing about your ideas as well. 

Please email the Lho Rigdzin Board with questions about how you may direct funds restricted to specific work. 
To support Lho Rigdzin administrative needs, visas, tours, please send donations via check or money order to: 

Lho Rigdzin
PO Box 14731
Tallahassee, FL
32317-4731
Donations to the charitable, 501c3 Tso Pema Lhopa Foundation can be made here: 

Lho Rigdzin InC. 

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