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vietnam RELIEFPlease Help to Support OurTwo Monasteries in VietnamPlum Village, 27 March 2006Dear friends,We urgently need a car for Tu Hieu Temple in Hué, the root temple where Thay grew up as a novice. It may cost 15,000 US dollarsfor a second-hand Toyota van with twelve seats. The monks and nuns need to go teach in many sanghas about 50 to 200 km from theRoot Temple. They also need to shop daily for food for 100 monastics and for the 300 lay practitioners who come every Saturday.For the last nine months, they can only shop for 100 persons, riding on their motobikes and carrying big bags of vegetables.We also need to provide a new bed, mattress, and blanket for each monastic aspirant, at a cost of 45 dollars. Each new practitioneris a new spiritual worker to continue the work of Thay to alleviate suffering caused by misunderstanding, violence and abuse infamilies, etc.More and more aspirants want to study in the tradition of Plum Village at Tu Hieu and at our other monastery, Prajna near Bao Loc.[See Sister Dang Nghiem’s letter from Prajna Temple on page 28.] We are in great need of your help to continue this work.Please send your donation to one of the addresses below. We depend on you to continue this beautiful and noble service.Yours truly,Sister Chan KhongUnited StatesMake check payable to: UBC Deer ParkMail to: Deer Park Monastery2499 Melru LaneEscondido CA 92026, USA.or transfer funds directly to account of :Deer Park Monastery,Wells Fargo Bank,145 North Escondido Blvd.Escondido CA 92025Account # 029-1314078Routing transit # 121-04-28-82.FranceMake check payable to:EBU Village des PruniersMail to:Loving Kindness Temple13 Martineau33580 DieulivolFranceAttn: Sister Chan KhongEurope and AsiaTransfer funds directly to:UBS BankAeschenvorstadt 1CH Basel, SwitzerlandAccount of Sister CAO N.P.F. Chan Khongfor the Unified Buddhist ChurchAttn: Mr. Guy Forster;0233-405 317 60 D in USD,405 317 01 N in Swiss Francs, and405 317 61 F in Euros;Fragrance of Tea Flowers continued from page 29are somber, their hearts closed off, because they have witnessedsuch division and abuse in their root temples.Dear Thay, it is very painful to hear all of these stories andmore. In his last minutes before the Buddha died, he was so compassionateas to ordain Subhadda as his last disciple and to advisethe new monk to practice diligently towards liberation. Suddenly,I touch the immense love in your heart, and I understand why itpains you when we have to turn someone away from our practicecenter here—though our facilities are stretched beyond limit. Ourenvironment of practice has the capacity to nourish and enliven thefaith and aspiration in people. I sincerely hope that my brothersand sisters, monastic as well as lay, will come and help build truepracticing communities in Vietnam.Beloved Teacher, you are here in every second and everyminute. You are the tea flowers emitting fragrance throughoutthe mountains and valleys. You are the stream that flows throughall paths. Even though our center is newly established, with yourwisdom of Sangha building, the support of the Buddha and thepatriarchs, the wholehearted care of lay friends, and the diligentpractice of our brothers and sisters, Prajna is growing quickly andtremendously strong.Every late afternoon during the exercise period, some ofus practice martial arts, some weed the tea hillsides, and somejog along the creeks. Our sisters’ clear laughter intertwines withthe luscious green of the mountains. A chanting voice is heardnearby:Now that I have entered this holy placeI must use the sacred medicine to enlighten my spiritbefore I go out again.To you our deepest gratitude.Brothers and sisters at Prajna Temple,Dang Nghiem46 Summer 2006
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