Just a quick notification. A few weeks back I brought Dhammapalooza back to it’s original time. A year or two ago I switched it to make it earlier, but now that im in Colorado and two hours behind, I figured it was a good time to try out the old time slot. This should also allow people on the west coast to join as they wont still be at work.
Greetings friends,
The Donorbox has been updated to work with paypal, and to use ACH transfers for those who wish to just go through their bank. There is still a cut taken regardless of what option you use, even ach as far as I can tell. Donorbox and Stripe was chosen due to it being a commonly used combo for other buddhist organizations and it had the lowest fees as far as I could tell.
Also. The website is in dire need of being upgraded. if there is anyone skilled at web design that would like to help, it would be appreciated.
Friday night session in Denver at the house , 7pm. Come join for meditation and Dhamma discussion.
if you are in Denver, join Bhante at the house for an evening Dhamma session.
Greetings friends,
We have about a week and a half or so left of the Dana drive. We will be having a board meeting soon to discuss the situation and move towards a decision as to whether we have the community support to rent the house.
Everyone has been greatly generous and supportive of this possibility and hopefully we will make it. Much merit and gratitude to all.
Greetings Friends,
We have two weeks left to tell Ven Rakshi if we will be renting the house as Maggasekha Vihara or moving out. We have come quite far thanks to the generosity of you, the Maggasekha community, and it is looking quite promising that we will say yes, but we are not there quite yet. Lets see what the next two weeks will bring us.
https://maggasekha.org/rental-support/
Join us at the Vihara at 7pm for our weekly session of meditation, Dhamma Talk, and Q&A
Updated community Dana for this week showing the total amount of monthly pledges for renting out the house and creating Maggasekha Vihara.
As always please be mindful to only give within your means, so that you can sustain monthly dana through the ups and downs of the economy. For those already donating so much, being an advocate and spreading the word towards any direction there may be people wanting to support a growing Buddhist organization would also be a great help. Keeping an eye out for all opportunities is important.
https://maggasekha.org/rental-support/
Just a reminder to all our local Colorado friends that the Friday night 7pm session is on for tonight. Come join in some meditation, talk and dhamma discussion/Q&A.
Greetings Friends,
It’s July 1st, so there is a month to go before we tell Ven Rakshi that we will be renting the home as Maggasekha Vihara or not. Week by week the rental dana levels are steadily increasing. Anumodana and much gratitude for the generosity of the small Maggasekha community.
Just a note for clarification. The goal in the graphics is $2300, although the monthly rental would be $2000, with utilities reaching 200-500 depending on time of year and use. The meter has jumped 6% in the past week.
As always please be mindful to only give within your means, so that you can sustain monthly dana through the ups and downs of the economy. For those already donating so much, being an advocate and spreading the word towards any direction there may be people wanting to support a growing Buddhist organization would also be a great help. Keeping an eye out for all opportunities is important.
https://maggasekha.org/rental-support/
Here is the current situation with monthly rental dana :
“Living the Noble Eightfold Path in the Modern World” retreat begins this friday, spaces available if you want to jump in –
https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/maggasekha/n8fpmodernworld
So we’ve decided to do weekly updates as we go through the upcoming 4-5 more weeks before the final decision will be made to rent the home in full or find another place to live for Bhante.
A number of you raised your monthly donations and some few added new monthly donations via donorbox. Everyone’s Dana is greatly appreciated. The past week saw some accounting adjustments to have a more accurate count. Current monthly donations is around $1300 monthly, with a possible as of yet unconfirmed $100 more, adding up to $1400.
We still have quite a ways to go to come close to the $2000 a month needed, not counting 2-500 a month in utilities of course. As always please be mindful to only give within your means, so that you can sustain monthly dana through the ups and downs of the economy.
For those already donating so much, being an advocate and spreading the word towards any direction there may be people wanting to support a growing Buddhist organization would also be a great help. Keeping an eye out for all opportunities is important.
https://maggasekha.org/rental-support/
https://maggasekha.org/dana/
