Dhardo was one of the eight In March 2013, in Kalimpong, India, spiritual teachers of Sangharakshita, the several members of the Triratna Buddhist founder of the Triratna Buddhist Order Order had the great privilege to meet with and Community. He was considered by the present Dhardo Rinpoche, the Sangharakshita and many others to be a 14th incarnation in the Dhardo Rinpoche living , one who attains . Enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. Many people involved in the On June 19, 2013 the present Dhardo Triratna Buddhist Community feel a special Rinpoche blessed the site at Aryaloka connection to Dhardo Rinpoche, either personally or through meditation. He died in Buddhist Center for the future dedicated to his predecessor. He brought some 1990. precious relics from the late Dhardo Rinpoche’s personal collection, items that have been handed down from one ‘generation’ to the next: shards of bone from Tsongkhapa, Dhardo Rinpoche and Sangharakshita developed a strong friendship over the many the founder of the Gelugpa School of Tibetan , and the hairs of a dakini. years Sangharakshita lived in Kalimpong, India. It was through this friendship that they These relics will be placed inside the stupa along with other relics of the former both realized the transformative nature of spiritual friendship, which has become one Dhardo Rinpoche. of the key practices in the Triratna Buddhist Community. It was from Dhardo Rinpoche that Sangharakshita took his Bodhisattva vows and our Triratna Buddhist Community exists today as an enactment of those vows.

‘Stupa’ literally means ‘heap’ and was originally a simple mound of mud to cover relics. Over centuries

Buddhist took on distinctive forms. The

Bodhilocana, a well-loved member of the symbolism of the stupa shape represents the Buddha Aryaloka who passed away in in a meditation posture as well as the alignment of 2011, inspired others to build a stupa elements and energies for the attainment of dedicated to Dhardo Rinpoche. Through Enlightenment. her enthusiasm, dedication, and strong connection with Dhardo Rinpoche, Sonam , an accomplished Tibetan stonemason, Bodhilocana brought people together to who trained with a master stonemason at the Ganden help bring this idea to fruition. She will Monastery in Tibet, has agreed to build our stupa on not be with us in her bodily form to see the site blessed by Dhardo Tulku. He brings with him the completion of this stupa, but it is with experience in building stupas and knowledge of the great joy that we commit to bring this important , blessings and ritual objects to be included in the stupa. It will be dream into reality with Bodhilocana in built in traditional form from native stone, with a projected completion date of May mind. 2014.

The Stupa Project urgently needs funds to complete the building of this auspicious symbol of Enlightenment and memorial to Dhardo Rinpoche in the forest space above. If everyone touched by the project contributes $25-$50 we will have the necessary funds to complete the project. We encourage you to contribute and participate in this effort. The benefits of this stupa will be far-reaching and long lasting. You can, with your contribution, send a message of harmony, wisdom and compassion out to all sentient beings.

Envision a stupa at Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket, NH. 1. Visit www.aryaloka.org/get-involved/the-stupa-project/ and donate with This is to be the sixth stupa worldwide dedicated to the much respected late Dhardo Rinpoche. Considered a Bodhisattva, he was abbot of monasteries in India and the convenient payment button via credit card or PayPal. Bhutan, teacher, preserver of Tibetan culture, practitioner and spiritual friend to the 2. Send a check made out to Aryaloka Buddhist Center / 14 Heartwood Circle Triratna Community. / Newmarket, NH 03857. Specify on your check that it is for The Stupa Project. The stupa is to be a place of worship and inspiration, creating positive conditions for 3. Stay tuned for numerous ways to donate your time, skills and enthusiasm as the arising of the will to Enlightenment or . This project involves, and can building of the stupa gets underway in the spring of 2014. To contact the inspire and serve the North American Triratna Buddhist Community, other local Stupa Kula email [email protected]. Buddhists, the worldwide sangha and all sentient beings.

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‘…the most spiritually significant project in the Triratna Buddhist Community in North America in the last 20 years’… Dharmachari Thiradhamma, founding member of Aryaloka Buddhist Center Dhardo Rinpoche