10/07/07

 My Trip to India 12/27/07 - 01/28/08     

About the Karuna Foundation:

Maitreya Karuna Foundation was founded at the end of 2004 by Geshe Tenzin Demchok with the help of Mr Karma Dukgyal from Switzerland. Geshe Tenzin Dechok was born in Tibet and escaped to India at an early age.  He joined Drepung Loseling Monastery in exile south Indian state of Karnataka.  In 1998 he received the highest Geshe degree “Lharampa”.  He also studied Tantra for a year at the Gyutoe Tantric College and recently gave exams in the presence of H. H the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala in 2004 and passed his studies.

Geshe: Lharampa Tenzin Demchok

My name is Sandra Swales, I represent and am The Secretary for the United States Chapter for the Karuna Foundation, which is endorsed by His Holiness The Dalai Lama. 

I have had the good fortune to become friends with Donna Byrnes during a Pilgrimage to India. The group was small so we were witness to the best and the worst attributes of each group member during the course of this trip. Of the twelve people traveling with us, Donna was by far the most caring, compassionate and unselfish. Donna is a great humanitarian and displayed the most motherly and caring concern for all during the difficult trip to a third world country.

We stayed in a Monastery which houses over 8,000 Tibetan Buddhist Monks. Our organization, The Karuna Foundation provides food, clothing, shelter and religious training for over 225 orphans and young monks in training who fled the oppression of the Chinese. Donna is a compassionate, incredibly gifted Reiki Healer and Counselor to whom the monks and people and our group swiftly gravitated to for emotional and spiritual needs. Donna quickly won the Respect and Honor and admiration
of the Higher Lamas and Geshes and it was Our privilege to Induct her as an Honored member into the Karuna Foundation during her visit.

Our Foundation is endorsed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and We are pleased that Donna sponsors several of our orphans as well as her donations to the monks since her return to the United States. We want to Thank you Donna for your Reiki Treatments and continued support.    

United States Secretary for the Karuna Foundation : 
Ms. Sandra Swales
RedTigerlily@Verizon.net

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