On 30th December, 2009, His Holiness Karmapa arrived at Gaya Airport shortly after eleven o’clock. Inside the airport VIP lounge he was received by various Indian dignitaries including the ADM Uday Kumar and the Airport Controller Mr Prabhu Dev. His Holiness was there to inaugurate a brand new project between Gaya Airport Authority and Tergar Monastery to reforest part of the airport land, which is currently lying unused.
Rangjung Khoryug Sungkyob Tsokpa, the environmental organization for Kagyu monasteries and centers established by His Holiness, initiated this project during Kagyu Monlam of this year with the blessing of the State Government of Bihar. On the 29th, fifty monk and nun volunteers from Khoryug came out to the airport to clean the grounds as a gesture of friendship, and to prepare for the sapling plantation.
During today’s inauguration ceremony, Gyalwang Karmapa was the first to plant one of ten young Ashoka trees in a small garden area in front of the terminal entrance. The rest
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Because of the aridity of the environment, this is the wrong time of year to plant some species of native trees and a separate area of 15 000 square metres has been set aside for the second stage of the project, planting a greater variety of trees during the rainy season, June and July 2010. Karma Gendun, the Nepal coordinator for Khoryug said, “I pray that the tree sapling planted by His Holiness will be like a blessing that grows up and benefits all the world and all sentient beings. The Nepal monasteries belonging to Khoryug commit to implementing as many of the the 108 environmental solutions as possible, as His Holiness has asked us to do.”
The project has been dedicated as a long-life prayer for His Holiness the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa, and a commemorative stone has been erected bearing his words:
“Protect the earth. Live simply. Act with compassion. Our future depends on it.”
great great great what buddhist people can do useful projects
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mr. wilfred pfeffer germany
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/03/100311-mountaintop-mining-west-virginia/
Earth cloaks our heaven, our “HOME.”
http://www.youtube.com/homeprojectFR#p/f/1/jqxENMKaeCU
Deep veneration and sincere gratitude to His Holiness Karmapa.
Ever faithfully Yours,
Yeunten Nyuyenthi Mydung from Paris
The Buddha cultivated an ocean of blessings,
Many as the atoms in all lands;
Produced by the powers of his mind and will,
The enlightenment site is pure, without any taint.
Wish-fulfilling jewels are the roots of the trees,
Diamonds are their trunks;
Nets of jewels cover them
And a rich fragrance surrounds.
The tree branches are adorned by all kinds of gems,
The limbs are of precious stones, soaring high;
The branches and twigs hang thickly, like heavy clouds:
Underneath sits Buddha on the enlightenment site.
The site of enlightenment is unthinkably vast:
The trees surround it, covering all;
The dense foliage and luxurious flowers mutually cover and reflect,
While in the flowers grow gemstones’ fruits.
From among all the branches emanate beautiful lights
Illuminating the whole enlightenment scene;
Pure, bright, inexhaustible,
This appears by the powers of the Buddha’s vows.
Banks of precious stones are the flowers,
Reflections shining like patterned clouds;
The encircling trees perfume all around:
The enlightenment site’s adorned everywhere.
See in the site of the Buddha’s enlightenment
Lotuses and jewel nets, all pure;
Flames of light in whorls appear from here,
Music of bells and chimes come from the clouds.
All the wonderfully adorned trees
Existing in all the lands
Appear in the enlightenment tree;
Buddha, beneath it, sheds all defilement.
The site of enlightenment is made of vast blessings;
The tree branches rain jewels without end.
In the jewels appear enlightening beings,
Going everywhere to serve the Buddhas.
The realm of the Buddhas is inconceivable;
They cause all the trees there to produce music -
In accord with the enlightened way developed by the Buddha,
The hosts of beings, hearing the music, can see it all.
Helping the environment and the garden:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/nasalife/features/biochar.html
A 57-minute film that can be seen in full screen, entitled “Battle for Trees,” that was made in 1993 and is still relevant today in all parts of the world:
http://www.nfb.ca/film/battle_for_the_trees/
May the few existing forests be saved by responsible selective logging, without dedicated environmentalists needing to resort to “fighting and being hauled off” for the health of the Earth, our home!
Latest NASA report that life-saving mangroves are dwindling:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/scarcer-forests.html
Hi All,
Airport Controller, Mr. Prabhudeva is a real good man. He got a chance to work for a few days with him. He is really a nice person and sweet at heart too.
May god bless him..
With Regards,
Varun Bhardwaj