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Posts tagged "kushinagar"

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Jan
13
2015

Ambulance, Mosquito Nets and Blankets Offered to Villagers in Kushinagar

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, Social Services, Supporting our Lamas

In early 2014 Lama Zopa Rinpoche, via the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, offered a donation to Maitreya Project Kushinagar to be used toward the incredible humanitarian work they are now undertaking. Some of the money was used for a…

Oct
9
2014

Maitreya Project Trust Provides Medical Services in Kushinagar, India

Posted in FPMT News Around the World

In March 2014, Maitreya Project Trust (MPT), the organization responsible for constructing a very large Maitreya statue in Kushinagar, India, began offering basic medical services to villagers affected by the project. The MPT Healthcare Project, one of MPT’s social programs,…

Maitreya Buddha Project, Kushinagar

About the Maitreya Buddha Project, Kushinagar A magnificent Maitreya Buddha statue is planned for construction in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. After many years of work, artistic, and engineering renderings are complete. The site is about to be handed over by…

Dec
25
2013

Maitreya Project Commemorated by Indian Postal Service

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche News, Mandala

While attending the foundation stone laying ceremony for the Maitreya Project, Lama Zopa Rinpoche signed a special edition of a Maitreya envelope, issued by the Indian postal service to commemorate the December 13 event on the new land in Kushinagar.…

Dec
20
2013

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Speech from Maitreya Project Kushinagar Land Handover Ceremony

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche News

On December 13, 2013, the state government of Uttar Pradesh, India, handed over approximately 275 acres of land to the Maitreya Project, the FPMT Project to build an enormous bronze statue of Matireya Buddha. At the ceremony marking the historic…

Dec
19
2013

Maitreya Land in Kushinagar

Posted in FPMT News Around the World, Mandala

By Ven. Gyalten Samten The Maitreya Project is an FPMT project to build a very large statue of Maitreya, the future buddha, in Kushinagar and Bodhgaya. Just last week, the project took an enormous step forward, receiving land upon which…

Dec
18
2013

Laying the Foundation Stone on Maitreya Project Land

Posted in FPMT News Around the World, Mandala

By Ven. Thubten Labdron The Maitreya Project took an enormous step forward in its work to build a very large bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha, the future buddha, in Kushinagar, India, the holy site of Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana. The Uttar…

Dec
15
2013

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Attends Maitreya Project Ceremony

Posted in Lama Zopa Rinpoche News, Mandala

Lama Zopa Rinpoche was flown by the Uttar Pradesh State Government from Lucknow, India, to the site of the future Maitreya Buddha statue at Kushinagar for the foundation stone laying ceremony. Rinpoche and Akhilesh Yadev, the Chief Minister of Uttar…

Dec
15
2013

Ceremony Marks Handover of Land for Maitreya Project in Kushinagar

Posted in FPMT News Around the World, Mandala

The Uttar Pradesh State Government handed over a large segment of land to the Maitreya Project Trust on Friday, December 13, 2013, during a foundation stone laying ceremony. FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche flew to the event in Kushinagar…

Dec
12
2013

Maitreya Project Kushinagar Takes Important Step Forward

Posted in FPMT News Around the World

The laying of the foundation stone for a very large Maitreya Buddha statue in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, will take place during a ceremony on Friday, December 13, 2013. The ceremony and foundation stone laying will signify the handing over…

Maitreya Projects

One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions is to build 1,000 statues of Maitreya Buddha around the world. At present there are two Maitreya Projects, both in India. One Maitreya Project is based in Bodhgaya, the other in Kushinagar .…

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