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At the heart of the Mongolian people’s spiritual re-connection and under the spiritual guidance of HH 14th Dalai Lama is the Grand Maitreya Project. The Project aims to help further Mongolia’s cultural revival by building the world’s largest beacon of Loving ♡ Kindness.
At the projects center will be a 177 foot tall statue of the standing Maitreya Bodhisattva. Maitreya is the Buddha, or Bodhisattva of Loving ♡Kindness. Connected to the statue will be a Kadampa stupa designed in the likeness of Lama Atisha’s own personal stupa. The stupa will house several interior teaching and meditation levels along with holy relics and other artifacts of the historical Buddha.
The statue site will be home to a new holy place for the Dalai Lama and will serve as an educational, spiritual and cultural center for the world. The statue site will also feature non-sectarian & international Buddhist temples representing many different lineages and traditions from around the world. Making the statue complex a unique place for all spiritual traditions to come together in peace.
“Grand Maitreya Project itself is indicative of a cultural divide finally being bridged.” ~ Lion’s Roar Magazine
In 1924 Mongolia became a victim of occupation followed by a revolution from soviet forces. By 1939 most all of their 1,000 Buddhist monasteries perished along with most of Mongolia’s Buddha statues and other symbols of truth & love.
Intention
Building large statues of Maitreya was an ancient spiritual tradition for many of the high Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhist lamas of the past. Many of the Lamas teach that the larger and more beautiful the statue of love is, the more people will learn about it, come into contact and benefit from this. The historical Buddha explained that when one sees an image of love and peace it makes one think of peace. The Project’s intention is that the size and beauty of this Grand Maitreya statue will bring this sacred symbol of Loving ♡ Kindness back to the beautiful people of Mongolia and at the same time to the attention of many people throughout the entire planet. Helping to create the needed conditions for peace on Earth.
Once the statue and stupa are complete, the project will then work to help create a culture of Loving ♡ Kindness for the world. One of the goals of the project is to offer free meditation training and many other educational services for people of all faiths and backgrounds.
“I am pleased and happy to know that the main part of the Grand Maitreya project will be dedicated for supporting education.” ~HH Dalai Lama
Donation Gifts
Experience the joy of giving and help our project grow. We Invite you to make a difference and join our family of Loving ♡ Kindness.
Beautiful Loving ♡ Kindness reward gifts are available at each donation level. All contributors are guaranteed to receive their gifts. Gifts will be shipped to all international locations. This is an incredible way for each contributor to earn an enormous amount of merit.
Funds in Action
Our overall goal is to raise funds to complete the statue and currently we have completed 35% of the statue construction.
We have now combined all of our statue fundraising efforts into this one Fundly campaign due to its popularity and with this we have raised the fundraising goal to request the total amount needed to complete the statue construction. The total amount needed to complete the statue construction is $800,000 total.
The additional $300,000 will be needed to create the donation gifts as we send them out. $150,000 will be needed for business administration fees and for licensing costs.
About
The statue site is located in a place Mongolian people affectionately call Heart Hill, just outside of the Mongolian capital city of Ulaanbaatar.
The Project is a non-profit, non-government organization with offices in Mongolia and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Project is being conducted under a spiritual advisory board led by the Dalai Lama, leader of Mongolian Buddhism HE Khamba Lama Gyabje Choijamts Demberel, Lama Jhado Rinpoche and Venerable Thupten Ngodup State Oracle of Tibet. Board of Trustee advisers include Professor Robert Thurman of New York City.
*Not affiliated with FPMT
Loving ♡ Kindness is all we need – thank you for your support!
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