KHENSUR KANGURWA RINPOCHE FOUNDATION

 

Tibetan Buddhist Institute

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Tibetan Sponsorship Schemes

Khensur Kangurwa Rinpoche

  Tibetan Sponsorship Schemes

Annual Newsletter

In 1959, because of the increasingly oppressive Communist occupation of Tibet, Khensur Rinpoche followed the exiled spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, HH Dalai Lama, into India.  In a period of a few short years, over 6,000 monasteries in Tibet were  destroyed, including Sera Monastery, one of the most famous and largest in Tibet at that time. Many thousands of monks and nuns were imprisoned, suffering extreme torture in an attempt by communist dictators to annihilate Buddhism and its followers. As the genocide of Tibetans continues to this very day, some still manage to escape  and find a haven in the re-established Sera Monastery in  Southern India.

This sponsorship scheme was originally established to help support monks at Sera, and also their relative nuns or lay Tibetans (mostly children) who live nearby in camps, or in  Jungchub Choeling Nunnery (about 200 kilometers away) in India.   Today the scheme sponsors monks, nuns and lay Tibetans in India, as well as Nun at Nyagye Nunnery in Tibet and students at Gyalten Charity School in Tibet.

"Your assistance enables us to maintain our traditions in the monastic system, and bring the message of peace and love to all sentient beings."
 Khensur Kangur Rinpoche

The scheme supports monks, nuns and lay Tibetans living in India, students at Gyalten Charity School and nuns at Nyagye Nunnery in Tibet.
 

Scheme Summary

  • Sponsors pay $10.00 (Au) a month.

  • The recipient receives the entire $10.00. 

  • Nothing is kept back for expenses.

  • The scheme is administered by volunteers.

  • Receipts are issued yearly for all payments.

  • Recipients sign for their contribution. 

  • Records are audited annually

  • The scheme is based in Adelaide, Australia.

  • Sponsors and recipients can correspond.

  • A Meeting Place for Sponsors

    You are most welcome to join our chat group specifically for sponsors with our scheme. Sponsors can share queries, discuss ideas and experiences, show photos and share  letters from those we sponsor.

  • Sponsor in perpetuity

You might like to deposit any spare  money you may have into your account and let it accumulate . This has three advantages: 

  1.  The  target of Au $3,000 for sponsoring your sponsee in perpetuity will eventually be reached

  2.  Scheme earns the interest and helps pay running costs.

  3.  You won’t ever be behind.

 

In July 2006 the scheme sponsored 1092 persons.
There were 649 sponsors (some sponsors have more than one recipient).
There are nearly 450 monks, nuns and school children awaiting sponsorship.

The scheme currently has sponsors from Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, India, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Spain, South Korea, Japan, Canada, Malaysia, Sweden, Kuala Lumpur and USA. 

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