Dear Dharma Friends,
Education is the main key to helping others but educates someone needs lots of resources and effort. We can help others who are educating the monks, students, and orphanage centers. We can provide basic needs like stationaries, clothes, shoes, and meal to those places where they really need our support.
Celebrating birthday is one of an annual event that everyone looking forward to. Many years ago IBS in the USA initiated a Special Birthday Celebration event which going on for 7-8 years now. Last two years 100s of people celebrated their birthdays by either offering meals to monks in monasteries or helping poor children at school, orphanage or street beggars. Many generous people also donated blankets, shoes, scarf, bennies, socks, and t-shirts on their birthday occasions. We are very happy to be able to assist those who willing to celebrate their birthday in a special way.
Where you can do the meal offerings and good deeds on your Birthday:
1. Meal offering to the noble monks at different monasteries in Nepal, India or Bhutan.
2. Meal offering to orphanage centers in India, Nepal or Sri Lanka.
3. Meal offering at old aged homes in India, Nepal or Sri Lanka.
4. Meal offering to poor children Schools in India, Nepal or Sri Lanka.
5. Meal offering to blind brothers at Blind Center in India.
6. Meal offering to Beggars on the streets in India.
7. Supporting patients medical expenses from poor families.
8. Sponsor a poor kid for his/her education.
9. Sponsor a novice monastic for his/her monastic training.
10. Light offering at a monastery in India, Nepal or Bhutan.
Everyone wants to plans for their birthday. If you are thinking about celebrating this year birthday with some wholesome deeds. You can sign up now and reserve your date. By that, we can be organized in a better way.
What you need to do is :
1. Send your good name.
2. Let us know where you want to offer meals.
3. Tell us the day you want to offer the meal.
4. Tell us the amount you want to spend on your birthday offering.
We are more than happy to organized your birthday in a special way. May all beings be free from suffering and causes of sufferings.
Buddha blesses all.
Amituofo
