Songtsen - How your donation will help

How your contribution helps

Your donation will help to preserve the sophisticated spiritual traditions of Tibet, and help sustain a people who, historically, have found great meaning and happiness in devoting themselves to Buddhist practice. Sponsorship of Tibetan refugees offer deprived families, orphaned children, monks, and nuns a sense of wellbeing, not only in terms of better health and living conditions, but also protection from displacement and the loss of their customs. Your pledges towards Padmakara have and will continue to preserve what are, in some instances, the last copies of a sacred Tibetan text to survive the Chinese invasion. Through supporting the preservation and reprinting of these texts, you are helping to safeguard the ancient knowledge of Tibetan Buddhism and make it available for future study. With your contribution towards KRF, you are helping to supply water reservoirs to Himalayan regions, without which villagers would have to walk several miles to the nearest water source, or to construct primary and secondary schools in regions that would otherwise have little or no educational resources. Your donations will provide tools, training, and skills to Tibetan refugees and allow them to become self-sufficient. You will also be sheltering hundreds of monks and nuns, as well as a continuous stream of newly arriving Tibetan refugees, through the construction of traditional monastic institutes and community housing.

Songtsen is a nonprofit organization that aims to help improve the life of Tibetans and to preserve and increase accessibility to Tibet’s spiritual knowledge and insight. Songtsen and its members are very grateful for the opportunity to help in the preservation and support of Tibetan culture. It is inspiring to see the beneficial results of Songtsen’s efforts. However, there is still a tremendous amount of help that is needed and it is a matter of utmost urgency for the people and culture of Tibet.

Priority areas include:

To rescue, preserve and make available the cultural and spiritual heritage of the Tibetans.
Preserving, studying, translating and publishing the major texts of classical and contemporary Tibetan literature. Bringing knowledge of the living tradition of Tibetan Buddhism to a Western public.
Providing regular support for several Tibetan monastery-schools and children’s communities in India and Nepal, including child development projects in exile communities and Tibet itself.
Working to re-establish and sustain the social and cultural life of Tibetan communities not reached by international aid, both in exile and in Tibet.

More than 85% of our work depends upon individual contributions…

We rely on the support of compassionate and humanitarian corporations, foundations and individuals around the globe. Through your support, we have successfully completed and continue to manage a number of projects. This would not be possible without you. In order to help us continue to provide invaluable services to the Tibetan cause, we appreciate any financial support you can provide. We are grateful for any amount of support no matter how modest. Your kindness and generosity are greatly appreciated!

The Benefits of Giving

"Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared." ~ Buddha

It is our sincere belief that sharing what we have with others and to make a contribution that benefits the greater community is to discover the extraordinary joy that comes from selfless generosity. In the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, the quality of selflessness, or wholeheartedly caring for others, is said to be the antidote to our suffering. As Shantideva said, “All suffering comes from wishing happiness for oneself. All happiness comes from wishing happiness for others”. In this way, giving becomes a practice of discovering our essence.

By providing the resources to help others, Songtsen helps to create an opportunity to enrich the world and our own experience, as well as to promote peace and harmony. We hope that such an opportunity will inspire beings to discover true wealth: the inner freedom that arises out of wisdom, compassion and profound joy.

Thank you for your valuable support!

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