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Samadhi Retreat Schedule – 2007
June June 1 – 7 Centre for Conscious Living Morestown, New Jersey, USA Group is led by Rev. Carol Lawson. Flyer available here. June 8, 9, 10 Family Retreat At Samadhi Center (Mainly for the Czech People) Come and share with your family the spiritual atmosphere of Samadhi Center. We would…
Read MoreHumanitarian Mission to Burma/Myanmar
After one of the worst natural disasters in the history of Burma, Venerable Bhante Wimala was able to travel into the heart of the disaster area to help those who were affected. In April 2008 when a killer cyclone swept through southern Burma, close to one hundred thousand people lost their lives and several million…
Read MoreSamadhi Retreat Schedule – 2010
April April 8 – 13 Bhante Wimala at Samadhi Meditation Center April 14 – 21 Bhante Wimala at Nairobi Buddhist Temple April 25 One Day Spring Retreat at Samadhi Meditation Center in Prague April 30 – May 6 Bhante Wimala at Chrysalis Holistic Centre May May 7 – 9 Ayurveda…
Read MoreA Special Celebration – Concert Musicians
The following are some of the musicians who have volunteered to perform in the honor concert from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm. Fran Southworth has been singing since she was five years old, and writing and recording songs since she was fifteen. Her voice became familiar to the American TV and radio audiences through her…
Read MoreFive Students Receive Scholarships
Projects spring up as Bhante is intuitively led to them. We paid school fees for five students whose families were badly affected by the earthquake in Nepal. Each student had all his or her fees paid as needed for one year of collage education. Two of the students Ms. Krishna and Mr. Sachin were children…
Read MoreNew Building for Kalika Higher Secondary School
As we continue our efforts to rebuild schools that were destroyed by the deadly earthquake in Nepal, we have completed the construction and handed over a new building in Mahedrakanthi Higher Secondary School in Kalika, Nepal. This is the fourth school to receive a new building from us in the disaster Zone. At the inauguration…
Read MoreSchool Furniture Donation
We donated urgently needed school furniture to Sri Saraswathi Primary School in Kalika 9, Sindhupalchok District, Nepal. Kalika 9 is one of the most remote and difficult villages to get to in the Himalayan mountain range. After traveling by car on an unpaved, difficult and narrow road for a while, Bhante Ji hiked down to…
Read MoreBuilding A Village for Homeless People
Village for homeless people? Yes we built a village for homeless people in Mongolia. At the time I am writing this letter, I heard that the temperature is 40 degrees below zero. That is -40. It is very, very cold. Can you imagine being homeless in this kind of cold weather? When I saw their…
Read More100 Families Receive Winter Blankets
We were able to provide blankets for 100 families who lost their homes to the earthquake in Bhakthapure, Nepal. Among the many needy people during this critical time, we chose mostly senior citizens who are currently living in temporary housing. Since I had met these mothers and fathers in my previous visits to the area…
Read MoreJumdhi Village Gets Drinking Water
Bhante Wimala has inaugurated his 6th water project to provide water for the devastated earthquake victims in Nepal. This time we were able to provide drinking water for 120 families who live in Jamdhi village ward #1,3 and 5. After receiving a request for the drinking water project, Bhante Wimala visited Jamdhi. He saw how…
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