Tag: Dhardo Rimpoche

The Stupa Project

Day 2

By Shrijnana on Thu, 10 Jul, 2014 - 03:06

Day 2

By Shrijnana on Thu, 10 Jul, 2014 - 03:06The base is almost complete.

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Aryaloka Stupa Mantras

By viriyalila on Wed, 9 Jul, 2014 - 15:07

Aryaloka Stupa Mantras

By viriyalila on Wed, 9 Jul, 2014 - 15:07

We’ve been gathering hand-written mantras from around the world for the new stupa to Dhardo Rimpoche at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in the USA…

We’ve been delighted to receive so many mantras from around the world! Thank you to everyone who has taken the...

The Stupa Project

Mantra Writing & Preparations - with Viriyagita

By viriyalila on Sat, 5 Jul, 2014 - 23:16

Mantra Writing & Preparations - with Viriyagita

By viriyalila on Sat, 5 Jul, 2014 - 23:16This Sunday morning, July 6th, following our morning meditation that begins at 10, Viriyagita will be spending time in the center shrine room writing and preparing mantras for the stupa. She will be ritually engaging in this activity between 11 am - 1 pm and welcomes others to join her. Some writing materials will be provided, but feel free to bring your own paper, pens, ribbons. This will be an opportunity for giving our collective energy and intent to the...

The Stupa Project

Photos of the Stupa Building Process

By viriyalila on Tue, 17 Jun, 2014 - 18:40

Photos of the Stupa Building Process

By viriyalila on Tue, 17 Jun, 2014 - 18:40

Construction of the stupa is progressing. In the last two weeks, Aryaloka friend Ralph Phipps dug the foundation hole, and mitra Rick Lee donated the materials and labor for pouring the cement. It took 14 cubic yards of cement. Now, on to the stonework!

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

Tuesday: Mantras!

By viriyalila on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 16:30

Tuesday: Mantras!

By viriyalila on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 16:30Mantra Writing Session - Tuesday this week, June 17, Viriyagita will host a mantra writing session at the center. As you likely have heard, a Bodhicitta Stupa is being built in Newmarket, NH at Aryaloka, organized by the Triratna Buddhist Community. Construction is now under way! They need hundreds, even thousands of mantras to place in the drum of the stupa. Join Viriyagita tomorrow evening 5-8 pm, in the shrine room, to engage in this devotional practice. If you...

The Stupa Project

Write Mantras for the new Dhardo Rinpoche Stupa

By shraddhavani on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 15:27

Write Mantras for the new Dhardo Rinpoche Stupa

By shraddhavani on Mon, 16 Jun, 2014 - 15:27Calling all members of the worldwide Triratna community! Here is an opportunity to have your personal expression of reverence for Dhardo Rinpoche included in a stupa that will “radiate love for thousands of years” (the words of the stonemason who will build the stupa). We need thousands of mantras to place in the drum of the bodhicitta stupa now under construction at Aryaloka. We invite you to write your favorite mantras – once or hundreds of times – and send...

Portsmouth Buddhist Center

A New Landmark for Buddhism in the West

By viriyalila on Sun, 15 Jun, 2014 - 14:50

A New Landmark for Buddhism in the West

By viriyalila on Sun, 15 Jun, 2014 - 14:50In just a few months, a new stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche will be built outside Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, New Hampshire,USA.

This will be the sixth such stupa located in a Triratna Buddhist Center. All of the existing stupas – at Tiratanaloka and Padmaloka in the UK, Guhyaloka in Spain, Vimaladatu in Germany and Sudarshanaloka in New Zealand – contain either ashes or relics of the late Dhardo Rinpoche, and this...

The Stupa Project

A New Landmark for Buddhism in the West

By viriyalila on Sun, 15 Jun, 2014 - 14:47

A New Landmark for Buddhism in the West

By viriyalila on Sun, 15 Jun, 2014 - 14:47In just a few months, a new stupa dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche will be built outside Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, New Hampshire,USA.

This will be the sixth such stupa located in a Triratna Buddhist Center. All of the existing stupas – at Tiratanaloka and Padmaloka in the UK, Guhyaloka in Spain, Vimaladatu in Germany and Sudarshanaloka in New Zealand – contain either ashes or relics of the late Dhardo Rinpoche, and this...

The Stupa Project

Radiating Love, For Thousands of Years

By VIRIYAGITA on Wed, 11 Jun, 2014 - 16:42

Radiating Love, For Thousands of Years

By VIRIYAGITA on Wed, 11 Jun, 2014 - 16:42The stupa for the late Dhardo Rinpoche is really on its way. I can’t begin to express what this means to me to see it coming into being. Not that I have ever lost confidence, but it is still heartwarming to see in the ground preparation for the foundation. the completion in sight. As Sonam, the stonemason, said: “It will radiate love for thousands of years”.