Visit of Ven. Dr. Bodagama Chandima Thera from Sri Lanka

        On March 10th, Ven. Chandima, founder of the Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist Studies in Sri Lanka, an institution that embraces the teachings of all three vehicles of Buddhism (www.niibs.lk) — visited the United States for a week-long trip. Twenty years ago, during a previous visit to the United States, Ven. Chandima Thera personally paid respects to H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III and received teachings.

        Upon his arrival, he first visited the Holy Site to chant sutras and pay homage, followed by visits to the H. H. Dorje Chang Buddha III Cultural and Art Museum, Holy Miracles Temple, Holy Heavenly Lake Buddhist Town, and then the Benevolence Temple in Las Vegas. During his visit, Ven. Chandima presented a statue of the Buddha expounding the Dharma to the Buddhist Town, symbolizing another auspicious devotion for the spreading of true Buddha Dharma in the Western world. Ven. Chandima will lead the Sri Lanka Buddhist Culture and Education Foundation — rooted in the Three-Vehicle teachings — to build a sacred Buddhist Relic Pagoda at the Buddhist Town. The Foundation will also bring a sapling from the original Bodhi Tree and the Pāli Tripiṭaka scriptures to Buddhist Town. Going forward, the Buddhist Town will assist in establishing a Dharma Center at Nagananda International Institute for Buddhist studies. We will also invite the university’s professors to join the effort in translating the Dharma discourses and sutras of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, so that the true Buddhist teaching will be available to the English-speaking world as soon as possible.