mission and goals

"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

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

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Our current (2010) goals and a bit beyond are:

• To begin the development of specific practice materials for Rinpoche's students
• To complete a shrine to the land protectress Dorje Yudronma on the Yeshe Rangsal retreat land by spring 2010
• To complete the construction and landscaping for a Shrine/Tent by August 2010
• To explore and complete the planning for new creative partnerships with humanitarian and dharma organizations
• To publish a new book by Rinpoche on Bodhicitta for a more public audience in 2010/2011
• To continue to provide material and financial support to the Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns of Nangchen in Tibet and the Tsoknyi Gargon Ling monastery in Nepal
• To fulfill the Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns' endowment by the end of 2010
• To complete construction of a new Shrine Hall for the Tsoknyi Lineage Nuns of Gargon Ling in Nepal in early 2010
• To support Rinpoche's teachings by organizing all Pundarika sponsored retreats