2008 The Blue Yonder Calendar (English and French) in partnership with Tashi Lhunpo Monastery


 

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The Blue Yonder in association with Tashi Lhunpo Monastery in South India is bringing out a fabulous limited edition calendar for 2008!

All the proceedings from the sale of these calendars will be donated to Tashi Lhunpo in Bylakuppe, Karnataka.

Copies are available in India at TBY office in Bangalore and  outlets of Sankars - The Book People.

In the UK, copies can be purchased at  The Blue Yonder stand at the World Travel Market,  London (12-15th Nov 2007)

In Switzerland, copies are available with "Dharmayana" Tavernier 9. 1170 Aubonne VD Switzerland

The original 15th-century monastery in Tibet still exists. Tashi Lhunpo monastery in India was re-established in 1972 by monks who had followed the Dalai Lama into exile. 2550 years after Buddha’s mahaparinirvana and by
 

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a strange twist of fate India still hosts the largest Buddhist monasteries of the world.

Mainly reestablished in northern and southern Karnataka, India’s most thriving monastic universities have been passing on the uninterrupted mahayana tradition of 5^th century Nalanda University (Bihar) and vajrayana practice as it spread throughout the Himalayan belt and beyond.

About 85 kilometers in the north-west of Mysore district at the foothills of the Western Ghats are located a group a stunning monasteries where more than ten thousand monks and nuns devote their life to the study and practice of Buddhist philosophy and meditation.

The vast population of these communities gathers people coming from countries as far as Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan and all the Indian Himalayan regions such as Zangskar, Ladakh, Spiti, Lahaul, Kinnaur, Sikkim, Darjeeling and Tawang in a spirit of compassion and deep devotion.

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