Preserving Tibetan Buddhism
In a world of seemingly endless poverty and suffering, we have an opportunity to do much more than charity work. We can help to keep alive a priceless legacy that will shower its blessings for a thousand years to come. This is a window in history, a one-time opportunity to help save a great tradition.
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New DVD – “Dharma’s Children, Dharma’s Future”
We are happy to offer our new DVD, “Dharma’s Children, Dharma’s Future”. This video follows the young nuns of the New Monastery at Bhatoli Village throughout their day, as they study English & Tibetan languages and Buddhist scriptures & prayers. Proceeds will go towards completion of this & other facilities for nuns in northern India.
A complimentary copy of Dharma’s Children, Dharma’s Future will be sent to first time donors contributing $25 or more.
How You Can Help
Help us share the vision! By joining our e-mail campaign you can make your contribution grow.
Send us your e-mail address, and we will send you an appeal letter to forward to any friends
you think might be interested. Please help us to extend the hand of friendship to the nuns of Tibetan Buddhism.
Aloha and Welcome…
Ohana Maitreya is a partnership fund of the International Campaign for Tibet (ICT). Our mission is to provide grants to Buddhist Nunneries in India for the construction of Shedras, Institutes of Higher Buddhist Learning. We honor and perpetuate the values taught by Barbara Jarvis in the realms of equal opportunities for women in education, the arts, spiritual vocation, and in the experience of living in community. We promote the preservation of Tibetan Buddhist culture and the Himalayan spiritual traditions. We achieve these goals with integrity, efficiency and transparency.
What Does Ohana Maitreya Mean?
OHANA in the Hawaiian language means an extended network of family and friends. The Ohana Maitreya Fund is about friends coming together to effect positive change.
MAITREYA is a future Buddha of this world. According to Buddhist texts, Maitreya will be a successor to the historic Sakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. The name Maitreya is derived from the word maitri (Sanskrit) or metta (Pali) meaning “loving-kindness”, which is in turn derived from the noun mitra (Pali: mitta) in the sense of “friend”.