Projects
A New Home for
Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling
12971 Leslie Street, Richmond Hill,
Ontario, Canada L4E 1A2
In 2000, Lama Tashi went to India to pay homage to His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa,
Urgyen Thinley Dorje. Lama consulted his holiness for directions in carrying on his
dharma work in Canada. Karmapa advised Lama Tashi that he should establish a centre
in Toronto for the benefit of many more people. In the spring of 2002, Karma Tekchen
Zabsal Ling was founded.
Having operated dharma activities out of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ng for many years, not a
day went by without students of Lama Tashi wishing to have a proper facility to do
extended practice. The search for a suitable place for a dharma centre started in
the spring of 2003. After months of searching and with blessings from the lineage,
we found a property situated on a beautiful lot at the northern edge of the city of
Richmond Hill in the Greater Toronto Area. Lama Tashi, in constant telephone
consultation with the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche, believes that he has found the
place that will satisfactorily meet our requirements.
We are requesting you to participate in realizing our vision for the new home for Karma
Tekchen Zabsal Ling. We need funds immediately to renovate the property into a
dharma centre for all of us. The immediate plan is to convert an existing workshop
adjacent to the main house to a retreat centre. We want to have the centre ready by
next summer for the visit by the Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche and other masters who
will come to officially open the Centre and to teach here.
We will renovate this new home to accommodate approximately 50 people to do group
practice. It will provide accommodations for visiting Masters who are giving
teachings here. It will be avaliable for students coming here to receive teachings
from Lama Tashi, to stay for practice or to do retreat. It will be a place that you
have helped to build and helped dharma to flourish. It is a place from where
the torch of the Kagyu Lineage will be carried to reach countless sentient beings near and
far.
We are blessed to have His Holiness, the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa,
and The Very Venerable Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche endorsing
the building of a centre for KTZL. Please join us in making aspirations and
dedications to bring dharma to many sentient beings, just as the Buddhas and bodhisattvas
before us left behind their teachings to lead us to enlightenment.
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Please participate in
creating the new home of Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling by making a donation for the
following needs:
- Loan repayment
for the purchase of the home
- Renovations to
the buildings
- Purchase of
dharma items for shrine rooms
- Ongoing
overhead and operating expenses
You may also help us
by becoming a member of KTZL; by participating in our activities and by offering your
services or skills to help us build our centre to better serve your needs. To become
a member, please print Membership form and mail to our
office.
To give your donation, please print our Donation form and mail your donations to our office.
Karma Tekchen Zabsal Ling is a registered not-for-profit organization. Charitable
donations to KTZL are tax-deductible.
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