Where are all the Stupas in North America?
My friend Konchog, a monk in our community who lives in Mongolia, gave me some advice for this blog: use the blog to build a community of interest. That is simple enough advice, so let's do it.
Konchog is gifted in many ways, no least is that he is a professional writer. His passion is for Dharma -- the teachings and practices of Shayamuni Buddha -- and right now his life work is to assist in the revitalization of Buddhism in Mongolia. You can learn about this work and read a really well written blog here.
So, back to this blog about the Amitabha Stupa in Sedona, Arizona. We frequently get a question from visitors that goes something like this: "How many Stupas are there in the US?" To be truthful, I am not sure the exact number that our Lama has built, though 17 sticks in my mind. Maybe we are not so good at counting such accomplishments. Wouldn't it be good, however, not only to know about these Stupas but all Stupas in North America; and, to construct a map of their locations?
I have an idea: let's use this blog to accomplish such a project. Please send out the link to anyone you know who knows the location of a Stupa in North America. Here is a possible way to record that information:
Amitabha Stupa. Location: Pueblo Drive, West Sedona Arizona. Constructed by Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC). Completed 2004. website information: www.tara.org
Let's see what happens!
Konchog is gifted in many ways, no least is that he is a professional writer. His passion is for Dharma -- the teachings and practices of Shayamuni Buddha -- and right now his life work is to assist in the revitalization of Buddhism in Mongolia. You can learn about this work and read a really well written blog here.
So, back to this blog about the Amitabha Stupa in Sedona, Arizona. We frequently get a question from visitors that goes something like this: "How many Stupas are there in the US?" To be truthful, I am not sure the exact number that our Lama has built, though 17 sticks in my mind. Maybe we are not so good at counting such accomplishments. Wouldn't it be good, however, not only to know about these Stupas but all Stupas in North America; and, to construct a map of their locations?
I have an idea: let's use this blog to accomplish such a project. Please send out the link to anyone you know who knows the location of a Stupa in North America. Here is a possible way to record that information:
Amitabha Stupa. Location: Pueblo Drive, West Sedona Arizona. Constructed by Kunzang Palyul Choling (KPC). Completed 2004. website information: www.tara.org
Let's see what happens!
posted by Gonpo Yeshe (David) Williams at 6:44 PM
2 Comments:
Gonpo, you have many gifts as well. I'm not sure counting is one of them. There are 19 outdoor stupas at KPC-MD and two at KPC-AZ, for a total (ta da!) of 21. If you add the nine indoor stupas at the Maryland temple, you get 30. (So better set up some definition of "where.) KT
P.S. Your greatest gift, dear monk, is of course friendship! Happy New Year!
We are building a 50 foot stupa in the drodul chorten style symbolizing the stage of Buddhas enlightenment when he was able to subdue all negativity.
The Stupa is being built under the direction Bhakha Tulku Rinpoche by Vairotsana Foundation New Mexico.
The stupa is being built in the Zuni Mountains in west central NM.
www.zunimountainstupa.org or our new blog http://zunimountainstupanews.blogspot.com/
There are 17 stupas in New Mexico. Maybe five years back New Mexico magazine publihed an interesting article about stupas along the Rio Grande
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