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Her Eminence Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo and Kunzang Palyul Choling Buddhist Temple are working to send life saving medical supplies to the Ukraine.

Reviews of lethal wounds in autopsy reports reveal that nearly 24% of fatalities could have been prevented if early and effective pre-hospital treatments had been applied. Of those potentially preventable deaths, 85% were caused by uncontrolled hemorrhage. The U.S. is a global leader in developing and manufacturing hemostatic (literally: blood-stopping) wound treatment materials that save lives of wounded soldiers and civilians.

Please join KPC’s Buddhist Relief Initiative, inspired by HH Jetsunma Ahkon Lhamo, to raise funds quickly to purchase a quantity of highly effective U.S.-made hemostatic wound treatment materials directly from the manufacturer. Once purchased, these life-saving supplies will be shipped through an efficient logistical channel directly to a European hub for Ukraine-bound specialized shipments. 

Because of the urgency of the need, we hope to raise an initial $6,000 by end of day Monday March 14 in order to place the order Tuesday March 15. We already have Jetsunma offering $1000 as a matching $1 for $1 donation as well as an anonymous donor who stepped forward with a pledge to cover shipping costs AND match $1 to $1 of the next $2,000 raised.  

By donating to this campaign, you will provide the wounded in Ukraine with: 

$45 – QuikClot Combat Gauze, Z-Fold pouch. Tailored to the needs of combat and tactical medical personnel, QuikClot® Combat Gauze® combines surgical gauze with a proprietary inorganic material that stops arterial and venous bleeding in seconds. Size is 3″ x 4 yd.

$55 – QuikClot Combat Gauze TraumaPad, 12″ x 12″ pouch. Absorbent, flexible, non-woven triple-layer dressing embedded with kaolin, an inorganic material that safely and effectively accelerates the body’s natural clotting cascade. It is specially designed to cover a large surface area or provide a bulky hemostatic dressing for packing a wound.

$100 – QuikClot Belt Trauma Kit. A lightweight and compact wearable holder that hooks on any belt up to 2″ wide and rotates 90 degrees allowing room for other gear. C-A-T tourniquet comes in an external carrier. Contents included are enough to treat one injury: QuikClot Combat 
Gauze® LE (3″ x 12′, Z-Folded), SWAT-T™ Pressure Dressing, Gloves – nitrile, CPR breathing barrier, SOFTT-W Tourniquet in external carrier.

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Her Eminence Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo Rinpoche offers an introduction to the Seven Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche. This video is intended to provide everything needed to begin using this Extraordinary Prayer, this King of Prayers. Her Eminence offers a concise description of the prayers appropriateness to these times.

View the video on YouTube for access to chapters and many more video teachings.

2/9/2022 Wednesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Gemini Jump Start

The Moon moves into Gemini today bringing a focus on communications in all forms and travel over short distances. Gemini energy also signals the receipt of messages. With the Moon Square Jupiter you may well feel you have too much on your plate. No need to eat everything on your plate though! Be selective and use that Jupiterian energy to see the big picture. You will feel romance in the air. Inwardly it’s an opportunity to connect your heart with action which can include dynamic practices like yoga. If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.~Toni Morrison

2/7/2022 Monday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Put vim in your vigor!

Today is mostly an energizing and uplifting day with harmony within yourself, and in relation to others. You continue to experience deep insights into old patterns that help loosen their hold on your habitual responses. There is some emotional disruption today but you have more resources to deal with unsettling experiences. We cannot wish for that we know not.~Voltaire

Kunzang Palyul Choling in Maryland conducted a clothing drive for Afghan Refugees relocated to our community.

Over Martin Luther King Jr. weekend, the KPC community came together under the guidance of Jetsunma Ahkön Lhamo to support our new neighbors: 52 Afghan refugee families totaling 180 individuals in Montgomery County that desperately need support. Most of the adult refugees were skilled professionals who assisted the US government, but are now unable to work until federal and state agencies provide them with working papers and social security numbers.

In the meantime, these families have nothing but the clothes they were wearing when they arrived here, in a climate very different from the one they left. Many of them had no footwear other than flip-flops — in Maryland, in January, with snow on the way! 

The Buddha has taught that wealth and status are ephemeral, and none of us know when our good fortune will run out. As the plight of these refugees shows, poverty can visit any one of us at any time. KPC was honored to be able to help these families in their time of need. Through this donation drive, we were able to provide over 100 coats of various sizes, as well as socks, underwear, hats, diapers, and more. Thank you to everyone who participated for your generosity. By this effort, may all beings be freed from the suffering of poverty. ~ KPC Sangha

12/22/2021 Wednesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Theme: Capricorn Dreams

With the Sun joining Mercury, Pluto and Venus in Capricorn it’s a month of transforming the way you look at problem solving and obstacles. There are new resources to be found if you come at the problem from a different angle. While Capricorn energy is practical it’s also grounded in a deep connection to the earth and is tuned into the elements that make up the earth. I vow to tread lightly, act kindly and explore mindfully. I shall not take what is not given. I shall not harm what does not harm me. The only footprints I shall leave are those that will wash away.~Tourist Pledge, Palau Island.

12/21/2021 Tuesday by Wangmo & Jampal

Welcome to the Sun in Capricorn! Now is the time you can make forward movements with concrete plans and concrete outcomes! You finish projects and make gains in other projects. Emotionally your heart is full today with the depth and breadth of what you are being offered, both uplifting and painful. The Moon moves into Leo today bringing a focus on children, playfulness, emotional dignity and the creative spark. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. ~Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Moon is Void of Course today between EST 9.44 am and 4:54 pm. Avoid starting new projects, making new purchases, planning big events or signing contracts. Take time for inner reflection and self-care.

12/20/2021 Monday by Wangmo & Jampal

Today is both fractious and inspiring. With the Moon Sextile Uranus and Mercury Trine Uranus there are unexpected outcomes to the day. But with the Moon trine Neptune there is also inspiration to be drawn from daily activities and connecting to the larger world. You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make.~Jane Goodall