Your year end tax-deductible donation will help ensure that Pema Osel Ling continues to thrive as a place where you and others can be immersed in the blessings of the Buddha Dharma.
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche leads Lama Sonam Rinpoche students in prayer at our offering pond (left); Guru Rinpoche statue at Pema Osel Ling (right)
Total needed to prepare for severe winter weather - $52,300
- Tree Removal – 5 large Fir trees present extreme danger - must come down - $10,000
3 Generators – $27,000
- 1 to Keep our water system operating - $8000
- 1 to Power the Main House where lamas and families stay - $9000
- 1 to Power the path lighting and sangha house and cabins where sangha and other guests stay - $10,000
- Generators will power lights and appliances but will not handle multiple electric heaters
- Need to replace 8 electric heaters with propane $500 each - Total $4,000
- New water heater for sangha house - $750
- Gas fireplace insert heater for Main House - $2,930
- Road past Sangha House graded and paved - concrete pad $1,000
- Propane concrete pads and cable trenching - $2,000
- Round House – Lower room where we store costumes and produce art floods and we have been covering the ground with rolls of plastic temporarily to prevent water entry; we need to install gutters - $2,000
- Minimal gutter installation on Main House - $1,000
- Trench and install French drains for Round House - $3,500
How You Can Help Protect Pema Osel Ling Today
Year-End Friend $25 - Buys 50 yards extreme weather foil tape, brass fittings for heaters and water tank
Year-End Supporter $54 - Buys 100 ft. underground feeder wire, T- valves for heaters
Year-End Pillar of Dharma $108 - Buys propane kit for Main House gas fireplace, 25 ft. conduit for generators, vent grills for Main House heat
Year-End Daka/Dakini $250 - For grading and road base for Sangha House
Year-End Founder $500 - Buys heater for a cabin
Year-End Patron $1,000 - Paves Sangha House hill road, installs French drains at Round House
Year-End Benefactor $2,000 - Buys gas fireplace for Main House, gutters at Round House
Please consider becoming a Wish Fulfilling Jewel with a donation of $2,500 or more. E-mail offerings@vajrayana.org and we will contact you personally.
You may also make a donation in any amount here, or by sending a check to Vajrayana Foundation, 2013 Eureka Canyon Road, Watsonville, CA 95076
Recurring donation - If you wish, you may split up your donation over three months Dec - Feb.
Supporter Recurring Pledge: $18 per month for 3 months
Pillar Recurring Pledge: $36 per month for 3 months
Daka/Dakini Recurring Pledge: $83 per month for 3 months