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The Samye Wall Hanging
A SPECIAL LOSAR GIFT
Simeon Schnapper, a longtime student of the Khenpos, was
walking through the market in the old city of Lhasa, when a
Tibetan carpet vendor called out to him: “Hey! I remember
you! You are friends with the guy who wears wild shirts.”
Simeon smiled broadly, knowing that he was referring to none
other than Bill Hinman, a great Dharma patron of the Khenpos
and Padmasambhava Buddhist Center and one of Simeon’s
closest friends. The vendor explained, “He asked me to make a
wall hanging of Samye a long time ago for a monastery in New
York, and it’s been sitting in the back of my shop for about six
years. Can you take care of it for him” Simeon nodded yes.
The colorfully woven carpet left the shop with Simeon, who
immediately sent it to the Khenpos at Padma Samye Ling. This
specially commissioned wall hanging of Samye Monastery
arrived at PSL just in time for
Losar. “Ha Ha Ha, Ho Ho
Ho!” Simeon wrote in his
email to the Khenpos and
Ani Lorraine, “Even six years
after his passing, Bill is still
giving gifts.”
Bill, may your immeasurable
generosity continuously benefit
all beings! You are always
close to our hearts, and clearly
we continue to be close to
yours as well. ■
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