News Release

09/02/08
Dorje Chang Buddha III Comes to America; Lecture at Providence Public Library, Sept. 25

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, accompanied by Lama Hongxi Zazang and Lama Puti Duxi, will be at Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street (Barnard Room) on Thursday, September 25, (5:30 – 7:30 pm) to give a free lecture on who Dorje Chang Buddha III is and how we know he has come to America. Rinpoche will also discuss why Dorje Chang Buddha III has come to America, the treasury of teachings he has brought us, and how to obtain these treasures.

This lecture is part of a tour of the USA to introduce H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to the West and present the treasury of Buddha-dharma contained in the recently released book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. The book also documents how and why His Holiness was recognized by the most highly accomplished Buddhists in the world today. At a special ceremony held April 3, 2008 at the Library of Congress of The United States, Dr. Judy S. Lu, Director of the Asian Branch of the Library of Congress, accepted five of these holy books for the Library’s permanent collection. While in town, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche will donate a copy of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III to Providence Public Library. This 500 page first-edition contains both English and Chinese text.

The tour began July 2008 in California and will end in January 2009 in Hawaii. During this tour, Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche will give public presentations in over 50 cities, in 31 states. This mission, sponsored by the International Buddhism Sangha Association, will also visit and make offerings at many stupas and holy sites across the land praying for world peace, the good fortune of all Americans, and the prosperity of the country. They will also distribute copies of this amazing book in all 50 states to Buddhist temples, dharma centers, governmental leaders, public libraries, and others.

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the former Carol Hojun Welker of New Concord, Ohio, is a close disciple of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and is one of ten eminent monastics at the Hua Zang Si, Buddhist temple in San Francisco. She has dedicated her life to propagating the dharma as taught by Shakyamuni Buddha and Dorje Chang Buddha. Anyone interested in obtaining good fortune and happiness, becoming enlightened in this lifetime, and learning more about why and how Dorje Chang Buddha has come to America should attend this lecture.

To follow Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche’s tour across the United States, visit www.zhaxizhuoma.net/EVENTS/TOUR/itinerary.html.

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