The Vajrayana Foundation is a Tibetan Buddhist retreat and teaching center founded by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche. It is a Nyingma center in the Dudjom Tersar tradition. Also a non-profit organization, it was created by Lama Tharchin Rinpoche to establish the Buddha Dharma in the West. The main retreat center for the Vajrayana Foundation is Pema Osel Ling (Lotus Land of Clear Light), located in Santa Cruz, California.
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Offerings
In 2020 we began accumulating the Vajra Guru Mantra to bring balance to the World. We have collectively achieved our goal - 100,000,000!
Tulku Thadral Rinpoche would like us to accumulate another 100 Million.
We have reached 9.4 million as of July 15 2025
Join us to start accumulating at any time and submit your totals, weekly, monthly or otherwise to offerings@vajrayana.org
Thank you for helping in this great effort!
Swift Rebirth Prayers for H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche III Sangye Pema Shepa
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