Posted on 7-11-2002

Bhuddist Centre Needs Support


The Jam Tse Dhargyey
Ling Trust regrets to inform you that it urgently needs financial support
to sustain the services it provides.

Tse Dhargyey Ling Trust is a Tibetan Buddhist Centre based in Whangarei.
We are unable to sustain the weekly financial shortfall.

From time to time people give
donations when they visit, or sponsor specific projects, but it is the
regular income that is needed to cover the regular outgoings required to
run and sustain the Centre.

In the 5 years since it's
registration, through the guidance of Thupten Rinpoche and Lhagon
Rinpoche, Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling has purchased and improved a
house/building on 7 hectares of a bush-clad hilltop, to accommodate
resident Spiritual Teacher Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley; Translator Tsering
Samdup; House Manager Judy Clark; and the steady stream of visitors and
activities.

It has a small Gompa
(Meditation room), office, ablution wing, accommodation, incredible views
and gardens. A house, 'No.2' has been added to the grounds for extra
accommodation and a Stupa (peace monument) is in the early stages of
construction.

The Trust has been involved
in the local and national community extensively since "Geshe-la" came to
New Zealand three years ago, offering service to and providing for the
needs of many people. (Internationally through the Dharma News email
newsletter.)

Last year, the Trust
organised the New Zealand Sand Mandala Tour to fifteen locations
encouraging the fostering of love and compassion as invoked by Chenrezig.
Senior student monks of Geshe-la: Jamyang Sherab and Sonam Norbu, met
close to half a million New Zealanders who came to participate in the
Mandala. All the funds raised through the mandala tour, and merchandise
sales etc, went directly into the vast costs of hosting such a tour, and
has managed to sustain the centre to some extent up until now.

Ven. Geshe Sangyey Thinley
works continuously with his students and teaching programme in Whangarei
and the many visitors he receives, as well as the increasing requests for
him to travel and teach throughout New Zealand.

The Centre is in need of
everyone’s support and assistance. Please help if you can.
How To Help:

1.Regular
automatic paymentshelps us with budgeting, (even $2 helps
cover the cups of tea for visitors). However any financial assistance,
even for a short time, is gratefully accepted.
Sustainable amounts shared by many is the ideal!



Please find attached a form
on how to do this. Once completed, this needs to be mailed to JTDL Trust,
P.O. Box 4366, Kamo.


2. Become a
Friend, orMember of the centreby
completing the application form, and sending it to us. This will assist
in sustaining the Trusts valuable work. Also, a greater membership base
provides leverage in negotiating grants and applications.

3. If you have contacts -
please forward this information on to any person, group or corporation
who fund worthwhile charitable causes…

4. For those who don’t have
money to offer, but would be happy to offer their time, and resources to
assist, or might like to form a fund raising committee or to become more
actively involved in the day to day running of the centre
(gardens/maintenance for instance), we’re open to all.

If you would like to talk to
us about the centre, please feel free to call Paul on 027 400 842, or in
the evenings on 09 435 4113, or Harald on Auckland 09 810 9328.

Thank you.



Sincerely yours,

Paul
Currie
and
Harald
Von Ahsen. On behalf of the Board of Trustees, Jam Tse Dhargyey
Ling Trust