Gaden Tashi Choling Gompa

A letter from Sharon Gretzinger:

Dear Sangha and Zasep Tulku Rinpoche's Dharma students and friends  

As we come closer to the 60th Birthday of our beloved teacher
Zasep Tulku Rinpoche we are all thinking of our own personal
wishes for him. Of course this brings us to thinking of his wishes
for the celebration of his birthday and the wonderful dream he
wants us all to participate in. Rinpoche's dream of a Long Term 
Tantric Retreat Temple right next to the current temple
Gaden Tashi Choling Retreat in the pristine mountains of Nelson B.C.  

Rinpoche's dream is our dream also, Rinpoche's dream is coming 
into reality, Construction of the Temple already started in April, it 
is going very well. Rinpoche and sangha members are pleased with 
the progess, it is going to be wonderful temple, to see pictures of
the temple go to: http://gadenforthewest.org/images/simpleviewer/index.html    

Rinpoche wants to build this temple as a place for all of us to do 
long term retreats and he wants us each to have the sense and 
experience that it is our own. To this end he has asked us not to
give him birthday presents but to give donation toward the completion 
of the new Long Term Tantric Retreat Temple.  

As we have thought about this we have thought that people would
like to make offerings for specific parts of the temple so we made 
a list of the parts you may wish to contribute to and want to share 
this with you so that you can choose where your money will go.
What we need in this new Long Term Tantric Retreat Temple follows:  

Roof, walls, siding, floors, heating, electricity, plumbing, lighting,
doors, windows, septic tank, cupboards, landscaping, tools, trees,
altar, Deity statues advice according Rinpoche, carpets, mats, cushions,
paint, sink, tea kettle, etc.  

Rinpoche wants everyone to know, once the temple is built we will always
keep the list of the names of donors, contributers and volunteers and every 
time we do group retreat Rinpoche will make request that we will pray for 
good health happiness and Dharma realizations of all the donors, 
contributors and volunteers to remember your kindness and gift from the 
heart to Buddha, Dharma, Sangha.   

We hope that this list helps you to find a place for your offering for
Rinpoche for his birthday dream.  

We will give you a tax deductible receipt for all your offerings.  

If you have any questions please ask my self, Pamela Graham and Peter Lewis.  

yours in the dharma  

Sharon Gretzinger