20th Anniversary Cellebrations

Dear friends
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to come along and participate and share in our very special celebrations at Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling on the weekend of the 4th to the 6th October.

HONOURING OUR PRECIOUS SANGHA
We are celebrating and honouring the wonderful 20 years that our resident Spiritual Teacher Ven. Geshe Sangey Thinley ~(((Geshe-la)))~ has dedicated to us all during his time in New Zealand and everything that this encompasses.
We are also celebrating and honouring all of our root teachers including the late Ven. Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey, the late Thupten Rinpoche and Lhagon Rinpoche, YOU and all of our friends and precious dharma community at large.

YOUR PERSONAL HEARTFELT INVITATION
We have invited and will be hosting many of our very special and close Sangha friends from across New Zealand for this event, and warmly invite and welcome every single person that has been a part of this journey – WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU – please join us to join us for this most auspicious occasion.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Friday 4th – 6pm shared WELCOME dinner at the Centre

Saturday 5th
7:30am to 8:30am – Meditation at the Stupa
9:30am to 12:30pm – Long Life Ceremony
12:30pm – Shared Lunch at the Retreat House (bring a vegetarian dish to share)
3pm to 4pm – Chenrezig Ceremony for Compassion
6pm – Buffet Dinner & speeches at local restaurant $55 a head (email dharmanewzealand@gmail.com to book your seat)

Sunday 6th
7:30am to 8:30am – Meditation at the Stupa
10am to 11:30am – Tara Ceremony
12pm – Shared Lunch at the Retreat House (bring a vegetarian dish to share)
Afternoon outing depending on weather
6pm – Dinner at the local Indian $25 per head

BILLETS
We are also asking that our local community extend a hand and offer accommodation to our visiting friends if you are able – and if you are visiting and need to be billeted – please let us know so that we can connect everyone up.

ACCOMMODATION
We will be booking several members of the Sangha at the Discovery Settlers hotel in town, and they have reasonable prices if you would like to stay there too:
$99 for a single and two tiers for twin: $119 or $129
Contact them directly to book:
http://www.discoverysettlers.co.nz/

COSTS
All of the events at the Buddhist Centre for the weekend are being offered free of any charge. There is a charge for the dinners and for the commemoration booklet which all need to be booked and paid for in advance.

DINNERS
We need firm bookings from you if you are planning to join for either or both the dinners – as we need to book and pay for these ahead of time.
Saturday 5th @ 6pm at Discovery Settlers in Hatea Drive at $55 per person.
Sunday 6th @ Kamo Shiraz at $25 per person.

Please make a payment to our account for this, and place the words ‘banquet’ and how many people you are booking for. If you would like to sponsor a sangha meal, or a portion of a sangha meal – add this to the amount let us know by email.

COMMEMORATION PRAYER BOOKLET
A book containing all the prayers needed for the weekend and some photos and stories is being collated and is estimated to cost $20 each. Any surplus funds generated from these will be donated to the Sangha.

OFFERINGS
We will be making extensive offerings to the Sangha during the weekend – both in the form of accommodation and financial offerings.
In addition to this we are also wishing to invite friends to maybe write a poem or a short speech, or play some music – or some form of entertainment on the nights of the dinners.
Have a think and let us know if you are interested.

DONATIONS
Donations towards the hosting and travel costs of the Sangha and offerings for the ceremonies and organisation of this event would be appreciated and can be made into our bank account or brought to the centre. All tax deductible.

BANK DETAILS
Our Bank Account Details are:
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Trust,
BNZ (Bank of New Zealand) Whangarei:
Account Number: 02 0492 0418 461 00

Please remember to put your name in the reference and anything we need to know.

CONNECTION – reaching out xxxx
Please help us get the word out and share this event to anyone you know has been a part of this journey over the last 20 years – we would love to see everyone – ALL WELCOME ♥

FOR LOCAL YOCALS
If you’re in Whangarei and have some spare time over the coming weeks – we would love your help getting the gardens and place ready to receive all our friends. Let us know if you have some spare time and energy to help out.

COMMUNICATION
The email address for everything: dharmanewzealand@gmail.com

Thanks and big love
Kaari and Paul
Co-Directors
Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling Trust