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From: Michael Casper <Michael_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:48:59 2004 Message-ID: <000d01c13d41$2f266ae0$0200a8c0_at_Domain> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C13D1F.A7962500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable donation ----- Original Message -----=20 From: wylie Schwartz=20 To: current list=20 Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 1:01 PM Subject: donation Dear Friends of Namgyal Monastery, I am forwarding a press release from the office of His Holiness which = explains=20 they are contributing financially toward the relief efforts in New York = City.=20 The Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, along with the Tibetan Association of = Ithaca, would like also to contribute financially to this cause. We are = collecting donations from today through tomorrow night when we will = present the money to the Red Cross after the Candelight Vigil at 7pm. If = you would like to make a donation at this time, that would be wonderful. Thank you and warmest regards. THE DALAI LAMA SENDS CONDOLENCES AND A DONATION OF $30,000 TO MAYOR=20 GIULIANI FOR THE NEW UORK CITY RELIEF EFFORTS NEW YORK - On September 13, 2001, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent=20 a letter to New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, through the Office=20 of Tibet New York, in which he states, "I have just written to President = Bush expressing my deep sense of shock at the devastating terrorist=20 attacks that took place....We are deeply saddened. Our prayers go=20 out to the many who have lost their lives, those who have been injured=20 and the many more who have been traumatized by this senseless act=20 of violence." His Holiness the Dalai Lama, on behalf of the Tibetan people, is=20 donating $30,000 towards the relief effort as a "symbolic gesture=20 of our solidarity with the people in New york City" Nawang Rabgyal, the Representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas, will deliver this donation to Mayor Giuliani. =20 In yesterday's letter to President Bush, the Noble Laureate concludes=20 with these poignant remarks: "It may seem presumtuous on my part, but I personally believe we need to think seriously whether a violent=20 action is the right thing to do and in the greater interest of the=20 nation and people in the long run. I believe violence will only=20 increase the cycle of violence. But how do we deal with hatred and=20 anger, which are often the root causes of such senseless violence?"=20 The exiled leader appealed for a calm and farsighted response to=20 the attacks. The Prime minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile and the Chairman=20 of the Tibetan Parliament also sent condolence letters to the President=20 and the New York City Mayor. The Tibetan leaders conveyed their=20 confidence that the U.S. as a great nation will overcome these recent=20 events and the American people will show their resilience, courage=20 and determination. A special Prayer Session was held yesterday at the main temple in=20 Dharamsala, India for all the victims of the terrorist attack. More=20 than a thousand people joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama in prayer=20 for the victims. Today members of the Tibetan community of New York and New Jersey=20 will be holding a prayer service at 6:00 p.m. in Union Square. All=20 who wish to attend are welcome. ### The office of Tibet New York is the official representative office=20 of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile=20 to the Americas. ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C13D1F.A7962500 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>donation</TITLE> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2614.3500" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:wschwar1_at_twcny.rr.com" = title=3Dwschwar1_at_twcny.rr.com>wylie=20 Schwartz</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A href=3D"mailto:wschwar1_at_twcny.rr.com"=20 title=3Dwschwar1_at_twcny.rr.com>current list</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, September 14, 2001 1:01 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> donation</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><TT>Dear Friends of Namgyal Monastery,<BR><BR>I am = forwarding a=20 press release from the office of His Holiness which explains <BR>they = are=20 contributing financially toward the relief efforts in New York City. = <BR><BR>The=20 Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, along with the Tibetan Association of = Ithaca, would=20 like also to contribute financially to this cause. We are collecting = donations=20 from today through tomorrow night when we will present the money to the = Red=20 Cross after the Candelight Vigil at 7pm. If you would like to make a = donation at=20 this time, that would be wonderful.<BR><BR>Thank you and warmest=20 regards.<BR><BR><BR><BR>THE DALAI LAMA SENDS CONDOLENCES AND A DONATION = OF=20 $30,000 TO MAYOR <BR>GIULIANI FOR THE NEW UORK CITY RELIEF = EFFORTS<BR><BR>NEW=20 YORK - On September 13, 2001, His Holiness the Dalai Lama sent <BR>a = letter to=20 New York City Mayor, Rudolph Giuliani, through the Office <BR>of Tibet = New York,=20 in which he states, "I have just written to President <BR>Bush = expressing my=20 deep sense of shock at the devastating terrorist <BR>attacks that took=20 place....We are deeply saddened. Our prayers go <BR>out to the = many who=20 have lost their lives, those who have been injured <BR>and the many more = who=20 have been traumatized by this senseless act <BR>of violence."<BR><BR>His = Holiness the Dalai Lama, on behalf of the Tibetan people, is = <BR>donating=20 $30,000 towards the relief effort as a "symbolic gesture <BR>of our = solidarity=20 with the people in New york City" Nawang Rabgyal,<BR>the = Representative of=20 His Holiness the Dalai Lama to the Americas,<BR>will deliver this = donation to=20 Mayor Giuliani. <BR><BR>In yesterday's letter to President Bush, = the Noble=20 Laureate concludes <BR>with these poignant remarks: "It may seem = presumtuous on=20 my part,<BR>but I personally believe we need to think seriously whether = a=20 violent <BR>action is the right thing to do and in the greater interest = of the=20 <BR>nation and people in the long run. I believe violence will = only=20 <BR>increase the cycle of violence. But how do we deal with hatred = and=20 <BR>anger, which are often the root causes of such senseless violence?" = <BR>The=20 exiled leader appealed for a calm and farsighted response to <BR>the=20 attacks.<BR><BR>The Prime minister of the Tibetan Government-in-Exile = and the=20 Chairman <BR>of the Tibetan Parliament also sent condolence letters to = the=20 President <BR>and the New York City Mayor. The Tibetan leaders = conveyed=20 their <BR>confidence that the U.S. as a great nation will overcome these = recent=20 <BR>events and the American people will show their resilience, courage = <BR>and=20 determination.<BR><BR>A special Prayer Session was held yesterday at the = main=20 temple in <BR>Dharamsala, India for all the victims of the terrorist = attack.=20 More <BR>than a thousand people joined His Holiness the Dalai Lama = in=20 prayer <BR>for the victims.<BR><BR>Today members of the Tibetan = community of New=20 York and New Jersey <BR>will be holding a prayer service at 6:00 p.m. in = Union=20 Square. All <BR>who wish to attend are welcome.<BR>###<BR><BR>The office = of=20 Tibet New York is the official representative office <BR>of His Holiness = the=20 Dalai Lama and the Tibetan government-in-exile <BR>to the=20 Americas.<BR><BR><BR></TT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000A_01C13D1F.A7962500-- Received on Fri 14 Sep 2001 01:17:50 PM PDT |
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