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Dharma Sangha, Buddha (in red robe) and Junsei Terasawa

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:58:05 -0800

Palden Dorje as seen by devotees at 50 meters. He sits covered by red robe. The 25 meter fence is noted

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:53:51 -0800

A Swing For Dashain Festival

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:31:45 -0800

A Swing For Dashain Festival

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:23:37 -0800

Pokhara, Nepal

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:07:08 -0800

The Halkhoriya Water-Supply Project

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:43:54 -0800

Palden Dorje says goodbye (2006)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:28:41 -0800

Map of Nepal

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:21:50 -0800

Ratanpur

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:51:23 -0800

How to reach Ratanpur and Terthup

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:53:03 -0800

Painting of Sambodhi Dharma Sangha by Anima Solaris

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:25:19 -0800

Your stories

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:20:24 -0800

Dear All,Please, send your stories (film or write them), connected with Dharma Sangha to info@etapasvi.com or post as comments (other comments will be hidden). Stories will be collected into a book for the Terthup Dharma Hall project. Anonymous names can be requested....

Command From the Bhagavan

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:15:28 -0800

1. Prayers of Kunchu Sum (the Three Divine Beings) 2. A message for world peace, for all living beings and for the welfare of humankind... 3. I salute the devotees of all Religions. 4. I salute monks and nuns...

World Peace Maitri Puja (Loving Divine Service) Schedule

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:06:31 -0800

The Prana Prtishtha (Life Bestowing) Ceremony of the World Peace Maitri Puja (Loving Divine Service) and the Darshan and Dharma Talk of Venerable Maha Sambodhi Guru Dharma Sangha will be held beginning Wednesday, March 21, 2012...

World Peace Maitreya Puja (Prayers) at Halkhoriya

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:55:03 -0800

Maha Sambodhi Dharma Sangha has announced World Peace Maitreya Puja, a five day prayer program from March 21 to 25, 2012 (Chaitra 8 to 12, 2068 in Nepali calendar), at Halkhoriya, Bara district, Nepal...

Official blessing program at Halkhoriya is postponed

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:54:58 -0800

Bodhi Shrawan Dharma Sangha has decided to postpone the official Tuesday and Saturday blessing program at Halkhoriya utill March 21, 2012 (8 Chaitra 2068 in Nepali calendar) due to the busy schedule in preparation for the World Peace Maitreya Puja (Prayers)...

Little Buddha (French documentary, January 2007)

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:53:42 -0800

The Return of Little Buddha

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:19:15 -0800

Spot where burnt cloth has been buried

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:10:16 -0800

Album and string

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:09:44 -0800

Praying

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:09:19 -0800

Guru

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:37 -0800

Meditating Buddha Boy

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:35 -0800

Guruji

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:31 -0800

Buddha Boy's smile

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:07:28 -0800

Dharma Sangha's photo processed by Linda Rocco

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:06:35 -0800

Buddha Boy Ram Bahadur Bomjan

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:05:40 -0800

Ram Bahadur Bomjan Meditates at Halkoria forest in Bara

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 05:05:28 -0800

Artistic rendition of Dharma Sangha by Will Bagley

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:55:36 -0800

On the way to Halkhoriya (on foot)

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:58:57 -0800

The Halkhoriya Water-Supply Project

Mon, 26 Dec 2011 20:56:27 -0800

The decision has been made to start a secured and durable water-supply project in Halkhoriya due to the limited storage of drinking water on the site. The new water project will seek to ensure the ongoing availability of drinking water to the site. It is planned to store the water in a tank elevated about 10 to 15 feet off the ground and located 4.5 km to the north from the site...

Nepal's mystery "Buddha boy" reappears

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:47:25 -0800

By Gopal SharmaMon Dec 25, 11:04 AM ET A mysterious teenaged boy believed by some to be a reincarnation of Lord Buddha has reappeared in eastern Nepal after vanishing for nine months, a witness and a television channel said on Monday...

Meeting in Halkhoriya on November 19, 2011

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:56:34 -0800

On 19th November in Halkhoriya meeting was held in presence of Sambodhi Dharma Sangha including all Central Committee members. As per Sambodhi Dharma Sangha’s wish central office will be in Halkhoriya from now on (it was earlier located in Kathmandu). Also new Internal Committee of 23 members was organized, it will be taking care of central office in Halkhoriya and all the internal jobs being near Sambodhi Dharma Sangha under his guidance...

Promise to grow a forest

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 23:41:18 -0800

When I was in school, on one geography lesson the teacher gave us the task to prepare a report on any country. We had to choose country by ourself. Most of my classmates made reports on well-known countries (England, Germany, USA etc.). There are about two hundred countries in the world, and for some unknown reason I chose Nepal. That time I knew nothing about this country: not even where it is located, or the name of its capital or that this is the birthplace of Siddhārtha Gautama...

Reflections on Sambodhi Dharma Sangha

Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:48:36 -0800

New book "Reflections on Sambodhi Dharma Sangha" by Andrea Good (LTJ, KhenpoDharma) released: At the age of 15 Palden Dorje (aka Buddha Boy), born Ram Bomjon and now known as Sambodhi Dharma Sangha, began a six-year meditation in the jungle of southern Nepal. Silently sitting under a tree without food or water for months on end, he began to draw the attention of countless onlookers...

Maitreya Statue

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:36:11 -0800

Painting by Jyampa Lhaden (Ivy)

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 04:22:15 -0800

"My visit to Nepal" by Atul

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 01:00:56 -0800

I would like to share with everyone my visit to Sambodhi Dharma Sangha on 1st August :). This has been a truly memorable experience of my life. I had been following Buddha Boy stories in the news for a long time, but always was only excited and never imagined that I was going to have Bhagwan's Loving and Compassionate hand on my head so early in my life...

Restoration of lake in Halkhoriya by Dharma Sangha's request

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:10:02 -0800

I would like to inform you about Halkhoriya lake, located approximately one kilometer away from Dharma Sangha’s tree. It is a huge lake, covering around 25 hectares, it is real sanctuary park of wild animals, beautiful birds and many other creatures. This lake is of great importance. Dharma Sangha was seen meditating on it’s bank. But time and human did not spare it, it’s sides are broken and cutted by people catching fish...

Progress of Kajokpa, lake and the legalization of Halkhoriya forest as a Dharmik Forest

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:18:21 -0800

Namaste and deep gratitude to all. We are working on the Kajokpa and soon it will be finished with the effort and the determination of all dhamma seekers and with the blessing of Maha Sambodhi Dharma Sangha. Since October 18, the bank account #00700501204269 has received NRS 317822.00 (4450 USD) and some of the devotees who visited Halkhoriya personally donated at the site...

Building Kajopa (hut) in Halkoriya

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:18:12 -0800

Dharma Sangha asked to build a Kajopa (hut) in Halkorya. Khenpo plans to make three rooms in it: one for Dharma Sangha, one for himself and one for devotees, so that they can come some time and take blessing and teaching from Dharma Sangha. There are many things to be built, but Kajopa is the first...

Terthup Dharma Hall

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:18:05 -0800

Palden Dorje has requested a monastery to be built, from which he will give teaching to the world. But The Dharma Hall is not made for Guruji; it is for everyone. Next year Palden Dorje will complete his meditation, after which he will begin to teach his insights to the world....

Dharma Hall (Monastery) building

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:18:01 -0800

Palden Dorje has requested a monastery to be built, from which he will give teaching to the world. He has drawn a diagram of how he would like the monastery. A Nepali architect has the diagram, and is making blue prints for the construction....

Dharma Sangha and the Purpose of the Terthup Dharma Hall

Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:13:43 -0800

Dharma Sangha Brochure [728 Kb] ...

"My first journey to Sambodhi Dharma Sangha" by Kim

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 09:08:22 -0800

One evening after dinner in October 2005, I was lying on the couch watching CNN news. On the screen came a story about a 15-year-old boy from Nepal who had been meditating under a tree for 6 months without any food and water. People were calling him Buddha Boy...

Meeting Buddha Boy (by Niranjan Kunwar)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:06:23 -0800

I was driving to Dover on M25 when my phone rang, it was my wife, she told me that our passports have just arrived. God… I was so relieved, as if a ton weight was put down from my shoulders...

Barry's Journey to Dharma Sangha

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:06:09 -0800

During my 2 trips South of Kathmandu to the Jungle in Bara District I have learned much. Regarding the people and environment surrounding Guru Dharma Sangha there are many smiles and on-going moments of compassion directed toward the welfare of all sentient beings...

My ordination

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:06:02 -0800

This is just my story on how I decided to become a monk under The Most Venerable Dharma Sangha. It wasn't my intention to do so in the beginning. I didn't have any great meditations or see him in dreams. But like most of the people I met, I felt like there was a connections and I had to see for myself if there was any validity to all these crazy feelings I was having...

Sakura’s Journey

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:05:58 -0800

A note from LTJ/Jyampa Dolma: Sakura lives in Teshikaga, a very rural area in Hokkaido, Northern Japan. These are her messages recording not only her first trip to Nepal to see Dharma Sangha, but her first trip abroad ever. Sakura and I have been close friends for almost 15 years. We “spiritually” grew up together, coincidentally reading the same books in our respective languages...