Greetings!
Allow me to extend a personal invitation to you, your family and friends to The Shaffer’s to share in the visit of the Tibetan Monks of the Gaden Jangtse Monastery.
A small group of monks from a monastery dating from 1409 in Tibet will be at my home for chanting, puja fire ceremony and teachings from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Wednesday, August 13th. They are here in America to do outreach, education, and fundraising for the monastery which was forced to relocate to south India after its destruction during the Chinese invasion and occupation in the late 1950's. From a population numbering in the 7000s, approximately 300 were able to flee to India and seek sanctuary. The Monastery has grown to about 2,600 Monks, Nuns and the many children sent to them by parents desperate to have their children raised as Tibetans which now cannot be done in their homeland. Because they are in India , there is no local Tibetan community to support them. They are able to grow some crops but the land is extremely poor and usually plagued by years of drought. Thus they come to us to share their heritage and ask our help! They bring with them a variety of crafts and Buddhist Dharma items for sale.
Donation is $20
For further information - Please call 781-857-2353 or e-mail vas4@comcast.net
Location – 500 Groveland Street, Abington , MA. 02351
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