Program
| 10:15am | Doors Open |
| 10:30am | Music & Singing with Daryl Henline & his daughter Lola |
| 11:30am | Family Yoga led by Ann Dennehy |
| 12:00pm | Buddhist Chanting for Kids & Adults led by the Sangha |
| $20-$10 adults/ $5 kids: all proceeds benefit ITBCI | |
About ITBCI School and Orphanage
The Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Cultural Institute (ITBCI) was established in 1954 by the Tibetan Lama, Dhardo Rinpoche, to provide a basic education for the children of some of the poorest Tibetan families. Today more than 200 children attend the school, including 70 boarders. Most are drawn from the local Tibetan refugee population, but the school also provides places for children of other nationalities from particularly poor backgrounds. In addition to English and mathematics, the children learn Tibetan language and traditional Tibetan drawing, music, and dance. Without the extraordinary efforts of institutions like the ITBCI School in Kalimpong, it is likely that the Tibetan language would have died out altogether.
Click here or click the school picture to see the ITBCI website.
About Dhardo Rimpoche
Dhardo Rinpoche was raised and educated within the classical Tibetan monastic system. He did his Lharampa Degree (Doctor of Philosophy) at Drepung Monastery and joined Gyud-med Tantric College. For forty years he lived in Kalimpong, in northern India,
where he founded an orphanage and school for Tibetan refugees and was the
abbot of Yiga Choeling Monastery in nearby Ghoom until his death.
For more information about the life of Dhardo Rinpoche, see the biography by Suvajra:
The Wheel and the Diamond:
The Life of Dhardo Tulku.