SUFFICIENT FUNDS HAVE BEEN RAISED FOR THE 'AWAM DHARMA HOSPITAL' IN TIBET!
THANK YOU LETTER FROM KHENCHEN LAMA RINPOCHE:
Dear friends,
I am very happy to share the joyous news that sufficient funds have
been raised to purchase the house in eastern Tibet which will serve as
a hospital for orphans in my orphanage, elders and the local
community. Thank you so much for all the help and generosity you have
provided for this valuable project. The local people in this region
have very limited transportation means and would often spend long
hours, even days riding a horse or carrying a sick child on their back
in order to get medical help. The new hospital will significantly
improve their access to medical treatment and reduce their suffering.
I had the idea about the hospital for a while, but without your
generosity it was like a grass without the rain. Your help was needed
for this opportunity to come to fruition. I have given the new
hospital the name AWAM Dharma Hospital. This name represents the union
of compassion and wisdom manifested in your actions which resulted in
the establishment of the hospital and which will guide its
functioning.
The house sale has been finalized and remodeling work preparing the
house for use as a hospital is now finished. This included repainting
of the rooms and the fence around the property, landscaping of a small
garden, and preparation of some rooms of the house for storage of
medicines. The hospital is now fully functioning with two Tibetan
doctors and 3 nurses. The activities of the hospital started with an
opening ceremony on August 12 which involved extensive medicine Buddha
meditations and was attended by 21 lamas and close to 200 local
people.
I rejoice in all the good karma that resulted from this project, both
for people in Tibet who will benefit from it for years to come and for
those who contributed to it in any way. I will keep you informed about
the latest developments with the hospital. I am very grateful for all
your help with this project.
Dharma blessings,
Khenchen Lama Rinpoche