Mettaloka retreat centre appeal
A retreat centre for The Low Countries (Belgium and The Netherlands)
An old farmhouse, built in 1880, about 100 meters from a large estuary, with 5 acres of land, located halfway between the Amsterdam Buddhist Centre and the Ghent Buddhist Centre and easily accessible for the Buddhist Centres from Arnhem, The Hague and Antwerp.
Have a look at the pictures.
We need another ₤ 70.000,- will you help us?
Over the years Dutch Order members have, between them, lived and worked in the UK for 147 years helping to build up the FWBO and the WBO in the UK and beyond. Will you help us now that we would like to create better conditions for spreading the Dharma and building Sangha in the Low Countries? At the moment we hold 21 retreats a year even though our Sangha is still relatively small. We’ve been renting places for over 20 years.
The residential community will be Akasasuri, Khemasiri, Manigarbha, Sarojini and Sobhanandi.
Akasasuri writes -
Dear friends,
I'm writing to ask for your support for establishing a retreat centre in The Low Countries (Holland and Belgium).
A few months after my arrival back in Holland (2003) I've been involved in trying to establish a retreat centre here......from property search to fundraising. Currently Manigarbha and myself share a flat and we organise all our retreats, nearly every other weekend, from home. We go on all the retreats supporting/leading/co-leading some of them; doing the cooking and organising on nearly all of them.
This is THE place
Voices in our local sangha say 'this is THE place' and all are very keen for this to come off. We feel very well supported by the Sangha in Belgium and Holland and it has been a great delight to be on the receiving end of so much financial and emotional support, especially the faith and trust that people have put in Bhante's explanation of the Dharma and through that in us who are trying to get this off the ground.
The residentail community is keen to start and so is the Sangha here in The Low Countries.
WE ARE READY TO GO…JUST SOME MORE MONEY REQUIRED
Please send any contribution, however large or small, to:
Natwest account 65912225, branch sort-code 01-06-88, made out to Akasasuri, BIC: NWBK GB 2L, IBAN: GB55 NWBK 0106 8865 9122 25
Triodos account in Holland 212442511, made out to Metta Vihara, Bilthoven, BIC: TRIONL2U, IBAN: NL13 TRIO 0212442511
Heartfelt metta,
Akasasuri on behalf of Khemasiri, Sobhanandi, Sarojini and Manigarbha
An old farmhouse, built in 1880, about 100 meters from a large estuary, with 5 acres of land, located halfway between the Amsterdam Buddhist Centre and the Ghent Buddhist Centre and easily accessible for the Buddhist Centres from Arnhem, The Hague and Antwerp.
Have a look at the pictures.
We need another ₤ 70.000,- will you help us?
Over the years Dutch Order members have, between them, lived and worked in the UK for 147 years helping to build up the FWBO and the WBO in the UK and beyond. Will you help us now that we would like to create better conditions for spreading the Dharma and building Sangha in the Low Countries? At the moment we hold 21 retreats a year even though our Sangha is still relatively small. We’ve been renting places for over 20 years.
The residential community will be Akasasuri, Khemasiri, Manigarbha, Sarojini and Sobhanandi.
Akasasuri writes -
Dear friends,
I'm writing to ask for your support for establishing a retreat centre in The Low Countries (Holland and Belgium).
A few months after my arrival back in Holland (2003) I've been involved in trying to establish a retreat centre here......from property search to fundraising. Currently Manigarbha and myself share a flat and we organise all our retreats, nearly every other weekend, from home. We go on all the retreats supporting/leading/co-leading some of them; doing the cooking and organising on nearly all of them.
This is THE place
Voices in our local sangha say 'this is THE place' and all are very keen for this to come off. We feel very well supported by the Sangha in Belgium and Holland and it has been a great delight to be on the receiving end of so much financial and emotional support, especially the faith and trust that people have put in Bhante's explanation of the Dharma and through that in us who are trying to get this off the ground.
The residentail community is keen to start and so is the Sangha here in The Low Countries.
WE ARE READY TO GO…JUST SOME MORE MONEY REQUIRED
Please send any contribution, however large or small, to:
Natwest account 65912225, branch sort-code 01-06-88, made out to Akasasuri, BIC: NWBK GB 2L, IBAN: GB55 NWBK 0106 8865 9122 25
Triodos account in Holland 212442511, made out to Metta Vihara, Bilthoven, BIC: TRIONL2U, IBAN: NL13 TRIO 0212442511
Heartfelt metta,
Akasasuri on behalf of Khemasiri, Sobhanandi, Sarojini and Manigarbha
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