FPMT Support for a Project
Rinpoche sent the following advice regarding whether a project should be within the auspices of the FPMT.
I wish you greetings. I am very happy with all the efforts that you are both making by spreading the Buddhadharma.
According to my observation, it does not come out beneficial for this project to be part of the FPMT. When I say part of the FPMT, please don’t think this means under a Western organization. The FPMT is an international organization, and the way we do things is that each center or project is relatively independent in its own country. This should be your experience regarding your center.
We make every effort to make the existence of a center or project beneficial to the people of that locality. There is no other concern or interest but that.
The FPMT has a very close relationship with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. As you know, the Tibetan people have preserved purely the Buddha's teachings in Tibet and also now in the great monasteries in southern India. Now we have Tibetan geshes teaching Buddhism to Indian people. In this way, we are returning the great kindness of the great mother, India. We are making a big effort to bring back Shakyamuni Buddha's lineage to India. Please don’t be concerned.
With much love and prayers...