Buddhistdoor Global 2017-03-10
The Gyalwang Drukpa holding the Congressional resolution with Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. From Gyalwang Drukpa Facebook
On 5 March, Jigme Pema Wangchen, the 12th Gyalwang Drukpa of the
Drukpa Order, was recognized in a US Congressional Record for
empowering women in the Himalayas and supporting green initiatives.
The resolution was presented by Carolyn Maloney, the Democratic congresswoman for New York’s 12th Congressional district. “I have no Drukpa Order, was recognized in a US Congressional Record for
empowering women in the Himalayas and supporting green initiatives.
words to say except ‘Thank You’ for the honour from US Congress, esp.
Rep. @CarolynBMaloney for the unexpected felicitation,” the Gyalwang
Drukpa posted on his Twitter account.
The record recognizes the Gyalwang Drukpa (among others) as a world-renowned humanitarian, environmentalist, and champion of gender
equality. It notes his efforts to provide relief services to thousands of
people in the Himalaya region following the devastating 2015 earthquake
in Nepal.
The recognition ceremony was held in Kathmandu and attended by over
500 guests from India, Nepal, and the US. This included American officials,
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Dr. Imam
Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, the chief imam of the All India Organization of Imams
of Mosques, prominent Jain spiritual leader Acharya Dr. Lokesh Muni, and Bhikkhu Sanghasena, founder and president of the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre.
Close-up of the Congressional resolution. From Gyalwang Drukpa Twitterfounded in west Tibet by Tsangpa Gyare (1161–1211). Born in 1963,
the current Gyalwang Drukpa is a prominent environmentalist, educator,
and spiritual teacher who is engaged with issues of environmental
preservation and women’s empowerment. He has initiated a number of programs, such as the international humanitarian organization Live to
Love. Launched in 2007, Live to Love is a secular non-profit focused on
five aims: education, environmental protection, medical services, relief
aid, and heritage preservation. Every year, Live to Love also hosts the
“Eco Pad Yatra,” a journey during which hundreds of volunteers walk
hundreds of kilometers collecting plastic waste.
Two months after flash floods devastated Ladakh in 2010, the Gyalwang Drukpa initiated a program to plant 1 million trees as part of the One Million Trees campaign initiated by Wangari Maathai, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. In September 2013, during UN Week, the Gyalwang Drukpa was named “The Guardian of the Himalayas” by Waterkeeper Alliance, which was founded in 1999 by senior attorney, president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, and chief prosecuting attorney for Hudson Riverkeeper, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery's Kung Fu nuns on their way from Agra to Delhi. From lovemint.com
The Gyalwang Drukpa also founded the Druk Amitabha Mountain Nunnery
in Kathmandu, where over 300 nuns receive modern education and training
in Chinese martial arts. These nuns also engage in pilgrimage by bicycling
from Kathmandu to different Buddhist sites, with the aim of raising
awareness about enfranchising women and saving local environments.
in Kathmandu, where over 300 nuns receive modern education and training
in Chinese martial arts. These nuns also engage in pilgrimage by bicycling
from Kathmandu to different Buddhist sites, with the aim of raising
awareness about enfranchising women and saving local environments.
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