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Cindy Phillips

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Oct 14, 2015, 3:05:49 PM10/14/15

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Interesting information compliments of Ruben....

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: Ruben Barrera <ruba...@sbcglobal.net>
To: 'Cindy Phillips' <cphilli...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 3:56 PM
Subject: Buddha in Laredo, Texas!!

Cindy; Here is information that members of the Sangha may be interested in;

North America Tour 2015; Buddha’s Relic tour

The Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour is a free public exhibition of ancient and sacred relics from the historical Buddha and many other Buddhist masters from India, Tibet & China.

His Holiness the Dalia Lama has graciously offered 8 relics of the historical Buddha to the collection that are over 2,600 years old each. Relics have also been offered from the Sakya Reliquary in Tibet and also from Meiktila Museum in Burma that has housed Buddha Relics for many hundreds of years.

When:

December 4, 5 & 6, 2015

Friday 6pm to 8pm

Saturday 11am to 6pm

Sunday 11am to 5pm

Where:

Laredo Public Library

1120 E Calton Rd

Laredo, Texas 78041

http://www.laredolibrary.org/

Local contact: Tatiana Friar

Email: tfr...@gmail.com

Telephone: (+1) 956-771-9671

The tour also features relics from over 40 other masters from different parts of the world, in all there are over 3,000 relics in this collection. Many of them pearl-like crystals that Tibetans call 'Ringsel', in Sanskrit they are called 'Sarira.'

The purpose of the event is to promote loving kindness and world peace.

4, 5 & 6 December 2015

Laredo, Texas, USA

Friday: 6pm to 8pm Opening Ceremony

followed by viewing of the relics

Saturday: 11am to 6pm

Sunday: 11am to 5pm

Laredo Public Library

1120 E Calton Rd

Laredo

Texas 78041

USA