March 29 Tip: Attend Groundbreaking today for new Compassion Education Center

Attend Groundbreaking today for new Compassion Education facility at Louisville's Tibetan Center

(The March 29 Compassionate Living Tip from Interfaith Paths to Peace)

Louisville Building Compassion:  Ritual to Initiate Tibetan Education Center

(Louisville, KY)  The Drepung Gomang Institute (DGI), Louisville's Tibetan Buddhist dharma center, announces a "Consecration of the Ground" ceremony in preparation for the construction of DGI's Compassion Education Center: Saturday, 29 March 2014, 12:00 Noon to 1:30pm, 411 North Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY  40207.

Honored visitors for this colorful ceremony will include Louisville Mayor, Greg Fischer and the Venerable Arjia Rinpoche, Director of the Tibetan Mongolian Buddhist Cultural Center in Bloomington.

"Compassion," His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama teaches, is the wish for another living being to be free from suffering and the willingness the engage in action to make a difference.  When His Holiness blessed DGI on May 19, 2013 he challenged the leaders and members to develop a center of education that welcomes interfaith dialogue and shares the philosophy of compassion and non-violence. This Compassion Education Center represents DGI's commitment to embrace His Holiness' challenge.

Venerable Arjia Rinpoche and Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal, DGI Director, with assisting Tibetan Buddhist Monks will offer a "Ritual of the Earth" and "Consecration of Location."

"DGI is here to do the service of teaching compassion," noted DGI Director, Geshe Kalsang Rapgyal. The DGI Board of Directors considers the Compassion Education Center to be a component of Louisville Metro's ten-year commitment to the process of becoming a "Compassionate City" by making the teachings of compassion and non-violence accessible to all. 

The Drepung Gomang Institute, the Tibetan Buddhist dharma/teaching center of Louisville, is located at 411 N. Hubbards Lane, Louisville, KY 40207.  For more information on the center visit www.drepunggomangusa.com or call Anne Walter, President DGI Board of Directors, at 502-619-1652.