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Letter of blessing and inspiration by H. H. Chamgon Kenting Tai Situ Rinpoche Date: 25. April 2016 Palpung Europe - European Seat of The Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpa Palpung Institution and Palpung Thubten Chökhor Ling Monastic Seat was founded in 1727 in Eastern Tibet by the 19th incarnation of Marpa The Great, the 8th Kenting Tai Situpa, Situ Panchen. It became the Seat of the successive incarnations of the Chamgon Kenting Tai Situpas whose lineage is older than 2500 years, tracing back to Lord Maitreya. Palpung means Mount of Excellence, the glorious accumulation of the best knowledge and wisdom lineages in various fields: meditation, academics, literature, medicine, art, etc.; the glorious union of study and practice. Chöje Lama Gelongma Palmo has been studying and practicing the sacred dharma under the Palpung Sherab Ling Monastic Seat from her very taking refuge under Buddha, Dharma and Sangha from me. A Palpung lama, she carries out dharma activities in Europe in place of the Palpung lineage and myself. The Palpung Europe Purkersdorf city center is nearing its completion, yet some finalizing steps still need to be accomplished. The rural estate in Langschlag was just acquired and needs lots of labor and effort to be turned into a functioning practice place. I fully support her activities and am inviting anyone to participate in our pure and beautiful un- dertaking to bring to fruition the Palpung projects in Europe to preserve the precious Buddha dharma and make it available to everyone as a genuine offering to Lord Buddha’s lineage to benefit all sentient beings, bringing peace and harmony into our world. Yours in the sacred dharma, The Twelfth Kenting Tai Situpa The Supreme Head of Palpung lineage Institutions of Buddhism.

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