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April - Spring at the New York Kadampa Buddhist Temple

buddhist temple New York

Spring is coming to KMC NY. The snow is gone…

Temple Grounds

We planted 3000 bulbs last fall …

…for everyone to enjoy.

Sorry, Bella, they are supposed to be ‘deer-resistant.'

Buddhist Temple Ceiling

Inside the Temple ….

Buddhist Shrine

…the Tengyur Cabinet has arrived in pieces to be assembled.

Making a Buddhist Shrine

Larry and Andres assemble the base.

Buddhist Shrine

With the shelf on the cabinet, we can begin to see the scale!

Here is a detail of the crown and carved letters… symbols and guilding to come.

Buddhist Shrine

The base is ready for color matching and gold symbols.

Auspicious Symbols

The Tengyur cabinet will be finished to match the shrine – ready for the US Festival!

Buddhist Temple

Meanwhile … something mysterious in happening at the pond.

Temple Grounds

It has been slowly sinking!

Temple Grounds

In early March, water began to appear beside the spillway …

We discovered the leak began in a groundhog burrow!

Here is the culprit!

Buddhist Symbol - Deer of Compassion