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An urgent request for help from Tibet. The monastery of Riwo Choeling is situated in the district of Lhoka in Tibet, around a four hour journey by road from the capital Lhasa. Perched on the top of a mountain the actual monastery can only be reached by foot, and houses some of the most profound teachings of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. Aside from the few remaining older monks, many youngsters and children live there today, with a lot of enthusiasm, trying to follow the studies and thereby grasp and preserve this important spiritual tradition. However, the physical hardship is enormous: the monastery is extremely poor, and often isolated by snow for many months each year. Money is needed to buy fuel for the winter, food, shoes, material, medicine, paper and pens, covers... A concrete way to help this monastery to survive is that of adopting at a distance one of the monks: a part of the money (in total 50 cents a day!) will be used to cover the personal needs of the monk; and following the monastic rules which teach generosity, the rest is destined to help the whole community. It is a new friend who, from faraway, will remeber you everyday in his prayers. To help a monk at Riwo Choeling contact Help in Action: tel. +39 02 29000521, fax. +39 02 29010271. Enrica Mazzi |
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