08/12/04 Maitreya Project Heart Shrine ..Relic Tour Chicago...

Maitreya Project Heart Shrine

Relic Tour

  Karma Thegsum Chöling and the Maitreya Project Heart 

Shrine Relic Tour, it is my pleasure to invite you to a Special Reception and 

Blessing to initiate the opening of the Relic Tour in Chicago.

                                OPENING RECEPTION & BLESSING

                WHO:    Chicago-area Dharma leaders

               WHAT:  Special Reception & Blessing

               WHEN:  Friday, August 13, 2004 ~ 6:00-8:00 pm

               WHERE:  Karma Thegsum Chöling in Cicero

                                 2100 S. Central Ave. (1 blk north of Cermak in Cicero)

                                 Free parking is available ½-block south of KTC

This extraordinary collection includes relics of the historical Buddha 

and his closest disciples— Maudgalyayana,  Sariputra, and Ananda—as well as

relics of many other Buddhist masters from the Chinese, Indian, and 

Tibetan traditions.  More information on the tour is available at

http://www.maitreyaproject.org/.

When the tour concludes in 2006, the relics will be enshrined permanently in

the 500-foot (152 meter) bronze Maitreya Buddha statue currently being 

built in Northern India.  The statue will benefit the entire world by 

reminding people of every nation of the need for loving-kindness and peace—inner 

peace as well as peace within the family, community, and world.  The Maitreya

Project also will benefit the people of India through its economic 

benefits and education and healthcare programs.  The Maitreya Project is 

directed by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who has been invited to attend Friday evening’s

reception, and we are eagerly awaiting his reply.

The Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour will be presented in three

Chicago venues:

 Sat & Sun., August 14-15 ~ Karma Thegsum Chöling Dharma Center, 2100 S.

Central, Cicero - 10 am - 5 pm

 Wed. & Thurs., August 18-19 ~ Healing Earth Resource Center, 3111 N.

Ashland, Chicago, 4-8 pm

 Sat. & Sun., August 21-22 ~ The Theosophical Society, 1926 N. Main,

Wheaton - 10 am -5 pm

 If you plan to attend Friday’s reception, you may let me know by 

replying to this message.

 Ellen Sullivan

Director

Karma Thegsum Chöling

Chicago KTC is a center for the practice and study of Tibetan Buddhism 

in the Karma Kagyu tradition.  KTC is an affiliate of Karma Triyana

Dharmachakra (KTD) of Woodstock, New York, the North American seat of 

His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa Orgyen Trinley Dorje.

 Chicago Karma Thegsum Chöling

2100 S. Central Ave.

Cicero, IL  60804

708-652-9722

www.chicagoktc.org