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Monlam Chenmo

How to Make Offerings

Sponsorship and Donation Form

ESTABLISHED BY JE TSONG KHAPA in Tibet, the Great Prayer Festival (Monlam Chenmo) brought together in prayer tens of thousands of monks and nuns of different lineages from all over Tibet. It also gave lay Tibetans an opportunity to make offerings to the holy beings and the sangha.

The first 14 days of the Tibetan new year celebrate the days Buddha performed miracles, with the 15th being the Day of Miracles. Monlam Chenmo ends with a procession in which a statue of Maitreya Buddha is escorted by the sangha and the lay community together around the stupa, while special prayers are made to Maitreya Buddha, requesting him to come quickly to lead all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment.

More than 2000 monastics will again gather at Kopan for teachings and prayers this year. During Monlam Chenmo, food, tea and cash is offered to the sangha every day. The Most Venerable Jangtse Choeje Rinpoche Lobsang Tenzin, the Ex-abbot of Gyume Tantric College and next Ganden Tripa, will be teaching every day during Monlam.

You can make the following Offerings to the Sangha Assembly:

Food offering per monk/nun per day = US $ 1
Cash offering per monk/nun per day = US $ 1
Offer as much as you like

You can also offer
Tea 50 US$
Breakfast (tea and Bread) 80 US$
Lunch (rice, dhal, vegetables, fruit) 623 US$
Dinner (soup, bread) 259 US$

We also invite you to sponsor the following pujas (U$ 150 each):
White Umbrella Deity
Tara Praises
Monlam Namgyal (8 Auspicious Prayers)
Heart Sutra
Palden Lhamo Torma offering
Extensive Bath Offering
Extensive prayers and sutra recitation

During the five days of Monlam, thousands of lights will be offered.
Set of 200 lights = 10 US$

The dedication of sponsors will be read aloud during the sessions on all five days.
Please contribute towards this auspicious event.

My contribution towards the Great Prayer Festival

?The main thing for success is to practice generosity, making offerings to the guru, Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, and practicing generosity and kindness toward sentient beings.? ~ Lama Zopa Rinpoche

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You may contribute to any one or more of the following:

Purpose Amount in US$
Food offering Total
Cash Offering for Sangha Total
General offering (any amount)
Pujas (US $ 150 for each puja)
Light Offering US$10 for 200 lights
Dedications:
 

Paying for Your Monlam Chenmo Offerings- Please choose an option (R)
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After submitting this form you will be able to make a secure on-line payment through the FPMT credit card facility.

NB: We can make automatic monthly deductions for your sponsorship, see below.......

This is a first installment on monthly sponsorship. Please contact me to arrange subsequent payments.

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You will receive an e-mail confirmation outlining your payment details. Please print this e-mail and post it along with your draft or check to the below address. Please make payable to"FPMT inc" in US dollars. Personal checks can only be sent by US residents.

FPMT Inc
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For all donation, please be sure to send us the names and dedication. Payments and dedications should be received by March 10, to facilitate the preparation of the offerings.