"You can awaken a sense of responsibility for all the other sentient beings who are exactly the way you used to be, tormented by negative emotions. You can begin helping them--first one, then two, then three and finally all sentient beings."
Tsoknyi Rinpoche III
Pundarika Foundation’s primary mission is to support the teaching activities and humanitarian work of Tsoknyi Rinpoche by:
Keeping alive the wisdom of the Dharma
Sustaining practitioners who preserve the teachings of the Buddha as a vital tradition
Helping people experience inner peace, to better face the challenges of modern life with compassion and sanity
Our current (2007 to 2008) goals are to:
Provide $180,000 essential emergency funds each year to monastics in Nepal and Tibet
Create an endowment of $2.6 million to permanently fund the monks and nuns in Nepal and Tibet by the end of 2008
In 2007, perform an in-depth medical survey and needs assessment for the Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns in Tibet
Shift Rinpoche’s residence to the Yeshe Rangsal retreat land utilizing proceeds from the sale of his current home; complete the shrine to the land protectress Dorje Yudronma
Make teachings more accessible on the web using state of the art technology by mid-2008
Publish a new book by Rinpoche on Bodhicitta in 2008
