Himalaya Karuna Deutschland e.V. Through this page we will keep you informed of new developments and activities! Below you will find an overview in reverse chronology: ------------------ NEWS 14th May 2012 Lama Sönam flies to Kathmandu. (together with Tobias Röder, the Kamalashila Institut manager) On the 23rd of May Lama Sönam attended Kyabje Tenga Rinpoche’s funeral attended by many hundreds of his followers and students from all over the world. In an email sent on the 26th of May, Lama Sönam explains that his Retreat will begin on the 3rd of June. "I'll begin my retreat on 3rd of June just before Saga Dhawa Duechen which great of Buddha enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana."
We wish Lama Sönam all the best and an inspiring and fruitful time! We eagerly look forward to seeing him again in 2012! 6th May 2012 Farewell party for Lama Sönam 
Photo © Kamalashila Institute Friends and Sangha members sat together until the small hours listening to Lama Sönam tell stories from his youth and his time in the Kamalashila Institute. Further Photos: https://plus.google.com/photos/106658700636525756402/albums/5741541619715154417?banner=pwa
22nd April 2012 Membership Meeting Himalaya Karuna e.V. The board consists of 4 people including a treasurer, who were chosen by the membership on the 22nd April for a period of 2 years:
Univ.-Prof. Peter Kiefer (Würselen)
Anne Katrin Voss (Würselen)
Anne Verena Groß (Fulda)
Ursula Bollinger (Bietigheim-Bissingen) Many thanks to Robert Reh, who was a founding member for 4 years. The following people were also chosen as members of the extended board: Heidrun Bingenheimer, Barbara Bußmann, Hannelore Dillenberger, Wanda Forster, Yvonne Leeker- Rumetsch, Katja Rühl, Hans Saramok, Christine Voss-Schuler und Dorothea Voßwinkel-Kiederowski. The extended board will meet 2 times a year to share actions in agreement with the board.
12th April 2012 Himalaya Karuna e.V. celebrates its 4th birthday! 2008 – 2012: in the last 4 years the association has donated 29.482,00 € towards its chosen projects. Lama Khenpo Chokey has sent us new plans and information on the Temple building "Butshok Gompa": These are available at Downloadseite At the end of 2011 a Stone cutting machine was purchased. During the year an enormous quantity of boulders - some from the river – were carried to the building site and now can be cut to size. This has saved material and transport costs! Wood is brought from quite far away and is kept to a minimum so limiting the impact to the environment. 
Collection point for the stones and boulders. 
Collection point for the stones and boulders 
Cut stone blocks 
One of the 2 Stone cutting machines 
Wood storage  Wood is brought from quite far away 
Wood storage 
Quality control of the wood quality
11. November 2011 - Fulda - 20 h
Bildvortrag von Lama Sönam über Manang
Lama Sönams presenation will be shown in Fulda! Slideshow with Lama Sönam on Manang
Lama Sönam shows impressive fotos from his homeland Manang and will talk about his personal impressions, encounters and experiences of his journey to Nepal for the first time in 17 years. Sprache: englisch with german translation. The money of the presentation and the following buddhistic weekend will be donated to Himalaya Karuna thanks to "rundum-mensch" ! im
AUf UND DAVON outdoorzentrum
Brauhausstraße 5
36037 fulda
www.rundum-mensch.com Download: Flyer Vortrag Lama Sönam Fulda
1. Oktober 2011 - Frankfurt
Slideshow with Lama Sönam on Manang
Lama Sönam shows impressive fotos from his homeland Manang and will talk about his personal impressions, encounters and experiences of his journey to Nepal for the first time in 17 years. Sprache: englisch with german translation. Zentrum für Körperbewusstsein & Meditation
Katja Rühl
Flinschstraße 35
60388 Frankfurt-Riederwald
www.lebensfreude-zentrum.de Download: Flyer Vortrag Lama Sönam Frankfurt
25th April 2011
Lama Sönam in Nepal
Lama Sönam has just returned from a trip to Nepal where he visited his homeland Manang for the first time in 17 years!
See the emotionally touching photos with Choje Kama Phuntsok here: https://picasaweb.google.com/112048645676602246709/ChojeLamaHimalayaKarunaHelpingToOldPeople
http://lekling-shedra.blogspot.com/2011/04/helping-to-old-people.html
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March 2011
1000 Copies of Puja Texten printed
A very generous single donation enabled two very rare tibetan puja texts to be computerised and printed. This project was carried-out by Karma Lekshey Ling Shedra in Kathmandu and each Karma Kagyu-Monastery in Nepal received thirty copies. This not only means that important Puja texts have been made accessible to monasteries but that a contribution has been made to the preservation of Tibetan culture.
Please visit the homepage for more:
Link
http://lekling-shedra.blogspot.com/2011/03/publication.html
There are also some great photos here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/leksheyling.shedra.2011/PhakmoAndGyaljamSponsoredByHimalayanKaruna#
16. Dezember 2010 News Lama Sonam has news from Manang about the temple project. Here are first plans and even a calculation draft. More: Butshok Gompa Plans and Butshok Gompa Texts
06. Dezember 2010 A CD with chants by LAMA SÖNAM will be released before Christmas More Information: CD von Lama Sönam (german with audio examples) order and informatin: mail@karinga.de
|  | prayer flags at the temple of H.H. Dalai Lama, Dharamsala |
25th April 2011
Lama Sönam in Nepal
Lama Sönam has just returned from a trip to Nepal where he visited his homeland Manang for the first time in 17 years!
See the emotionally touching photos with Choje Kama Phuntsok here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/112048645676602246709/ChojeLamaHimalayaKarunaHelpingToOldPeople
http://lekling-shedra.blogspot.com/2011/04/helping-to-old-people.html
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autumn 2010 Our member Heidrun Bingenheimer has started a medition group in accourdance with Lama Sonam in Mainz, Germany Please contact: Buddhistische-Mahamudra-Mediationsgruppe-Mainz Kontakt: Heidrun Bingenheimer 0151 - 12 10 96 15, Email: Pflanzenelfe@web.de 1. Oktober 2010 Himalaya Karuna has a new postal adress: Kaiserstr. 38 52146 Wüselen Germany 13. March 2010 Please be patient with the distribution of your Donation receipts! We are working on them. 16. February 2010 It is now possible to donate your collected PAYBACK Points to Himalaya Karuna ! On the Payback Spendenwelt this can be done easily. Input the Himalaya Karuna as the project and donate your points. A donation receipt can be generated. 15. February 2010 Himalaya Karuna becomes a member of the communal website for donations betterplace.org Using betterplace.org donations can be made easily to the association. We can also reach more potential supporters. Please spread the word around. Through betterplace.org it is possible to support Himalaya Karuna further by registering as an advocate! 21. December 2009 The donation from the bridal pair Gerhard Schuler and Christine Voss was handed over to Lama Sönam in Neunkirchen-Seelscheid. Their Donation has currently grown to 4.685,00 EUR. 
7. December 2009 Our founding member Christine Voss has married. Congratulations! In October Christine Voss and her husband Gerhard Schuler invited Lama Sönam to a seminar in Taormina, Sicily. At their wedding under Sicilian sunshine, the couple did without presents and instead requested donations to be made that are to be shared between the Sicilian environmental protection organization and Himalaya Karuna e.V. Now the donation for Himalaya Karuna has reached the sensational sum of more than 4300,00 EUR. Thank you very much indeed for this wonderful initiative and we wish the couple a wonderful future!
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