Dongyu Gatsal Ling Nunnery

General support

Your donation will support a whole host of Nunnery expenditures such as site work - including landscaping, paths, walls, etc.; furnishings - including the library, classrooms, clinic and Study Centre puja hall; and the ongoing costs which are essential for the ongoing maintenance of the Nunnery.

Temple support

Whilst all the buildings in Dongyu Gatsal Ling are a blend of local and modern design, the Temple is being built in the traditional Tibetan style. It will be modest in size, but adequate for the Nunnery’s needs, with an interior embellished with statues, frescoes and thangkas in the classical Tibetan manner.

The main Temple decoration will be expensive. Your donation will go towards various items such as large clay statues, many thangkas, furniture (specially painted chokes/small tables for each nun are not included in this), cushions, bell and vajras, water bowls, butter lamps, ritual instruments, etc. These are not listed below but details will be available in due course.

Other specific needs

Statues for the large Puja Hall in the Study Centre:

Side Statues:

6.5 ft tall: MANJUSHRI	each	US$3,500
6.5 ft tall: GREEN TARA	each	US$3,500
5.5 ft tall: MAHA PRAJAPATI	each	US$3,025
5.5 ft tall: ANANDA	each	US$3,025

Statues for the Retreat Centre Shrine Rooms:

2 ft TSANGPA GYARE, MILAREPA (2), LINGCHEN REPA	each	US$550
1.5 ft DORJE SEMPAYAB YUM		US$790
1.5 ft DORJE CHANG		US$450
1 ft SARAHA, TILOPA, NAROPA, MARPA	each	US$350

The statues will be made individually out of clay by artists from Bhutan. After the clay has dried, the statues will be painted, filled with auspicious things, installed, and then blessed by H.E. 9th Khamtrul Rinpoche, Shedrup Nyima.

In due course we will also hope for donations for the statues in the main Traditional Temple but until the Temple is built the size etc. cannot be determined.

Thangkas: (Traditional Tibetan Paintings)
For the Study Centre and the two Retreat Shrine Rooms

	10	Small size Thangkas	each	U$500
	2	Large size Thangkas	each	U$2500

Thrones and Ritual Implements:

4	Simple wooden thrones	each	U$200
3	Ornately carved wooden thrones (for High Lamas)	each	U$350
	Large silver offering water-bowls (set of 7)		U$690
6	Silver Ritual Offering Spoons	each	U$40
3	Silver Ritual Offering Plates	each	U$100
3	Silver Incense Holders	each	U$250
8	Copper Bhumpa (ritual vases)	each	U$30
	Skullcups (big and small)	each	U$25
	Torma making facilities (bowls, plates, etc)	each set	U$30

Musical Instruments:

76	Chod Damaru (Drums)	each	U$35
11	Small Damaru	each	U$15
6	Big Drums,	each (approx)	U$300
5	Copper Gyalings, (Ritual Trumpet), small	each	U$250
4	Very big copper trumpets	each	U$690
20	Cymbals, 2 different kinds	each (approx)	U$180
60	Brass Bells and Vajra	each nun	U$30

Furniture for the Temple and Puja Hall:

Painted Chokse (prayer tables)

each

U$50

Library:

	Wooden Bookcases and furniture	Any contribution gratefully received
	Tibetan Texts	Any contribution gratefully received
	Dharma books in English or other languages are also welcome.

If you wish to donate one of the items listed above, please specify this when making payment. For Click & Pledge payments, please enter the amount you wish to donate into the General Support category and on the following page name the item.

Nuns’ Pujas (ritual prayers)

Nuns can dedicate pujas such as their daily Tara puja (good for removing obstacles and creating auspicious conditions) and their monthly Akshobhya puja (especially useful for the sick and recently departed). Donors should advise the name/s for whom the puja is to be dedicated and a brief reason for the request in the comment box when you make your payment.
There is no set fee but suggested donations are:
Daily Tara puja for one month: US$60
Monthly Akshobhya puja (one time for this 3 hour puja): US$30

At this time the DGL nuns have a full study programme so they are only able to make puja dedications as above. They are presently unable to undertake special sponsored pujas for individual requests.

Should you wish to make a donation, please click here. Methods of Payment.