tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post5350364859015800650..comments2024-03-25T17:38:01.020+08:00Comments on Digital Tibetan Buddhist Altar: What's the Story, Samye?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-31648917635799203472009-07-07T15:52:29.823+08:002009-07-07T15:52:29.823+08:00nice updated history of samye... really feeling so...nice updated history of samye... really feeling sorry for the destruction... what will they get after destruction...? it must no happen....Kaarmaa Tshyulthrim Tshayranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530448530567183652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-27149597673125727222009-06-04T10:34:45.052+08:002009-06-04T10:34:45.052+08:00I'd love to see that picture of Tarthang Rinpo...I'd love to see that picture of Tarthang Rinpoche... I think Lama Kunga in Kensington has had his eye on Albany Hill for awhile too. I'll be visiting with him later this month... I was out on the Bay last month with Tulku Hungkar Dorje Rinpoche and other students of his father, H.H. Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, doing a Tsa-tsa Ceremony, with small gilt stupas made with Lamasang's cremation ash etc. The ceremony took place out by the Golden Gate, and I was struck by just how visible Albany Hill is, from just about anywhere on the entire Bay. Right now the top of the hill is an Albany City Park, and basically a run-down, trash-strewn, eucalyptus forest/fire hazard (a disastrous condo-leveling fire was narrowly averted last year), and is apparently, based on my observation, a place to meet anonymous same-sex casual-encounter playmates. There was also a murder up there last month. So, it doesn't look like the City is putting much money, energy or attention into the place. For starters, the eucalyptus could be milled into lumber to turn a profit while eliminating the fire danger, and the City of Albany, like that little city in Spain with the big stupa, could benefit from pilgrims' and tourists' locally generated revenue. I wouldn't, however, think The City of Albany would be an optimal steward for such a project... A privately owned island in the Bay would likely eliminate a few miles of red tape... and present a different set of challenges. It would probably cut down the potential vandalism quotient... Of course, Alcatraz would be perfect - especially the location - but long odds. I was also thinking of the spacious north end of the Berkeley Marina... the City of Berkeley being particularly Tibet-friendly right now, as well as the University's new Khyentse Chair. What would be the protocol regarding building a statue and/or stupa on landfill? Do you know of any reliable geomancers (sp.?) in the Bay Area who might be consulted re: site choice and geomantic analysis? Any other suggestions about anything? Sorry about the rambling length of this post, but, as you say, "Things like this CAN be done!" and, I've got nothin' better to do.Orgyen Chokyi Dorjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260726238153262344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-78821487043730235472009-06-03T23:22:57.158+08:002009-06-03T23:22:57.158+08:00Albany Hill would be good, you are quite correct. ...Albany Hill would be good, you are quite correct. Years ago, Tarthang Rinpoche went there and began laughing and dancing. We used to have a picture of that somewhere, but after 40 years...<br /><br />There are also islands in the Bay that are actually privately owned... that one off Angel Island, and another one farther up toward Richmond.<br /><br />Things like this CAN be done!Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607443504553459238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31865608.post-24626710279588391822009-06-03T16:17:42.035+08:002009-06-03T16:17:42.035+08:00Dear Rinpoche,
I live in Berkeley (on Indian Rock ...Dear Rinpoche,<br />I live in Berkeley (on Indian Rock Ave.) and I vote for Albany Hill as the perfect site for a huge Guru Rinpoche statue (gazing West through the Golden Gate) AND/or a huge Stupa supported in Rime fashion, and with an ecumenical spirit of religious cooperation and aspiration for healing and sanity among all us folks on the planet. I would bet there would be some enthusiastic supporters among our Eastern sangha, who perhaps have a clearer sense of the vast merit accrued in supporting such an endeavor. I can see it now, "The East is West Project"! Anyway, I've done some cursory research, schmoozing etc., and would love to talk about it with you (or anyone else) sometime. <br />Thanks a lot, Tenpa, for whatever it is you're doing... and please keep on doing it for many years to come.<br />Highest regards,<br />Orgyen Chokyi DorjeOrgyen Chokyi Dorjehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260726238153262344noreply@blogger.com