On to Page 3Well, we did it! With clear skies, warm temperatures, and a lot of elbow grease, 14 Sangha members managed to bring in approximately 350 dollars for our center. A special thank you to Sears for the use of their parking lot. With smiles on our faces, we washed a lot of cars and met many nice people from our community.
Cloud Mountain, Washington
A two week Yamantaka retreat will be led by Jhampa Shaneman this September. It will include the full initiation, retreat, nightly commentary and fire ritual. Jhampa Shaneman completed a three year retreat of Yamantaka in India in 1983 under the personal guidance of Kyabje Ling Rinpoche.
Contact Jhampa at 1-800-819-2288, fax (250)746-8110 or e-mail jhampa@island.net for more details.
These tours are sponsored by Buddhist Association Tours in support of Dzongkar Choede Monastery, Hunsar, Karnataka State, India. Your participation in these tours supports a small monastery originally from the Drigye area of Tibet. This monastery is now famous for its Lama Dancing tradition, which it continues to do now in South India.
Tours include airfare between North America and India. 14 days all expenses regarding hotels, buses/trains, and sightseeing. Meals and personal expeditions are at your own cost. The tours end at various locations, individuals must return to the city of departure at their own cost. You are issued a 4 month air ticket, and can stay as long as you wish of the 4 months. The air tickets are open jawed, meaning you can depart from either New Delhi, Madras or Kathmandu back to North America.
For more information on these tours, contact Jhampa Shaneman or visit his website:
http://www.anchor-web.com/Daka/
Tibetan New Year -- February 1 to 14, 2000
This tour is an exceptionally comfortable trip. Then first days are in the Madras area and then a short train trip to Mysore city. Five days are spent at Dzongkar Choede monastery over the New Year period starting Feb. 5th. During this period we will include a day trip to the huge Rajiv Ghandi wildlife reserve where hundreds of elephants and a large population of tigers live. The final days are in Kerala State at Kovalum Beach. There is a wonderful dance festival each year in Trivandrum from Feb. 21 to 27 for those that stay on in Kerala. From Kovalum one could travel independently up to Dharamsala to attend H.H. the Dalai Lama's annual spring discourses which start February 25th. There are many other wonderful religious centers like Madarai and Trichi. One can depart India at a date of your choosing within 4 months from Madras, New Delhi or Kathmandu. Travel to these cities are the individual's responsibility.
Cost: Approx. $2,000 US (price is subject to adjustment)
Vajra Yogini Teachings in Dharmsala, India -- April 10 - 24, 2000
This tour is expressly for Tibetan Buddhists who either practice or wish to practice VajraYogini. Khalkha Jetsun Dhampa Rinpoche, the equivalent of H.H. the Dalai Lama for the country of Mongolia, will lead the teachings. This will include the initiation for Heruka Chakrasambhara, 5 Deities of the Bell, Vajra Yogini initiation and commentary for 10 days. Special transmission lineages for related common practices will also be given. An interview with H.H. the Dalai Lama will be requested (no guarantee he will be available.) The tour ends in Dharmsala when the teachings conclude, approx. 14 days. Jhampa Shaneman will translate the teachings. Departure within 4 months from New Delhi, Madras or Kathmandu are available. Travel to those cities is the individual's responsibility.
Cost: Approx. $1,550 US (price is subject to adjustment)
Tibet Overland Tour to Lhasa -- Summer/Fall 2000
This tour is with land rovers from Kathmandu to Lhasa. The tour will go from Kathmandu to Dingri via the pilgrimage sites of Milarepa. Accommodation will be rustic Tibetan inns or in tents. People have to be capable of handling the hardships this may involve. Next will be the Sakya area and then on to Shigatse and finally to Lhasa. From Lhasa everyone will fly back to Kathmandu. The tour includes 2 days in Kathmandu on arrival, 10 days in Tibet, and one night on returning to Kathmandu. New rules have just been started in Tibet that all tours must have constant Chinese supervision. Although with Jhampa and two of the Tibetan tour guides with us, many of the special sites will not lack in explanations of their significance. You then haveup to 3.5 months to continue on in Nepal and trek, visit Chitwan National Park, or go to India. Departure cities are Kathmandu, New Delhi or Madras. It is the responsibility of the individual to travel to any of those cities.
Cost: $3,000 US (price can be subject to adjustment)
