Tsoknyi Nepal Nuns Earthquake Update

 



Dear friends, 

We are finally getting some updates from Nepal via Fionualla Shenpen, our Primary School Director and from Rinpoche. I’m sharing photos from yesterday showing the nuns and Khenpos from Tsoknyi Gechak Ling helping the local village of Chobar. Over 25 houses were completely destroyed and 9 lives were lost in the lower village.Rinpoche has clarified that the Tsoknyi Nuns Welfare Foundation will distribute our Emergency Earthquake Relief Funds through the nunneries. We will not just hand over money to other organizations or towns. Rinpoche intends to help Chobar first as it is only steps from our nunnery, but he also wants to help around Swayambhu and Nubri. His aspiration is to raise over $100,000-$150,000 from around the world to go to emergency relief first. Rinpoche, his staff, family and the folks in Kathmandu will determine where and how to distribute funds and help.

The nuns, staff and Khenpos are out actively working in the village of Chobar. They have split into three groups.

1. 30 nuns are out helping dig in the village and helping in any way possible

2. Another group is working to bring water and medicine

3. The third group is working to find food

You will see photos of this activity in Dropbox. I think Rinpoche would like for our sharing of these photos to really show the nuns working.

Also, monks from Osel Ling are helping at Chobar and near Tondro Ling in the Swayambhu area.

Rinpoche sent message to nuns to be sure to wear gloves and shoes so that they don’t get hurt or sick.

Rinpoche’s complete motivation is to relieve suffering of human beings. He says, “I am feeling really really sad for the people of Nepal. They are so poor, they have nothing.”

Later we will then transition to repairing the new buildings at Tsoknyi Gechak Ling, we’ll have to completely rebuild the old Shrine Hall at Tsoknyi Gechak Ling as well as the three year retreat nunnery Tondro Ling near Swayambhu.

Rinpoche also gave a beautiful teaching about the power of love in these tragic circumstances. I will email that later today with some photos that inspired him.

Thank you all for everything you are doing. Your care, gifts, help and service mean so much and all of us can help Rinpoche and the nuns make a difference in the suffering going on in Nepal.

Love,

Julie

Tsoknyi Nepal Nuns

970 846 1016

Click here to view Earthquake relief lower chobhar village

(Tsoknyi Nepal shared these files using Dropbox. Enjoy!)