The materials below are to assist the coordinators with their job in providing publicity to the media and in presenting the Drepung Gomang 2008-09 Tour Programs (www.gomang.org/programs) to the people in their area.
Unless otherwise designated, you can use Adobe Acrobat to download these files, or contact Mary Pattison, Assistant to the Coordinator, to request an e-mail version or snail mail packet.
Coloring Book
Coordinators Materials
History
of Drepung Gomang Monastery
Mailing
List Sheet
Visiting
Monks of Drepung Gomang Institute Brochure
Thangka
Slide Show
What
a Local Coordinator Needs to Do
Cultural Presentation
Cultural
Presentation Program
Donations and Sponsorship
Donation
Programs
Sponsor
a Monk
Tax
Information
Flyers: On
the Adobe pdf files, go to blank areas and insert your cursor to type in
specific information such as date, time, location, host, and contact.
On the Word files, insert your cursor where you like.
Fire
Puja (Adobe)
Fire
Puja (Word)
Medicine
Buddha Puja (Adobe)
Medicine
Buddha Puja (Word)
Sand
Mandala (Adobe)
Sand
Mandala (Word)
Handouts About Tibet (These
materials may be duplicated and distributed to the public)
A Brief History
of Tibet
A
Modern History of Tibet
Fact
Sheet About Tibet
Tibet
in Exile
How
You Can Support of Tibet
What
Can I Do For Tibet?
Addresses
of the Office of Tibet
Outline
of Buddhism
Five
Spiritual Traditions of Tibet
His
Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Invitation & Reservation Form Samples
The sample Invitation.pdf
(Adobe) has a front side (with Gomang Seal) and an inside page.
(Please scroll down--the blank backside appears first). On the Adobe pdf
files there are form fields in which you place your curser and insert the
Time/Place/Contact Information (top of page two) and the names of the Sponsors
(bottom of page two under Drepung Gomang Monastery, India). The
size of the invitation is 6 x 9. On the Invitation.zip
(Word) file, insert your cursor where you wish.
The sample Reservation Form.pdf (Adobe) is a card that has an area where you can insert the amount of the suggested donation. The Adobe pdf file has a form field. On Reservation Form.zip (Word), insert your cursor where you wish. The size of the form is 6 x 4.
Mandala Explanation and Construction and
Printouts of Pictures
Directions
for Constructing a Mandala Board
Mandala
Construction
Mandala
Explanation
Mandala
Explanation and Construction (illustrated)
Mandala
Preservation Instructions
Medicine
Buddha Sand Mandala Discussion with Picture/Overlays (download links)
Chenrizig Sand Mandala
Discussion with Picture/Overlay (download links)
Amitayus Sand Mandala
Discussion plus Picture/Overlay (download links)
Media Information (Adobe
files)
A sample press release is provided to assist local
coordinators in composing their own press releases to local media such as
newspapers, radio & tv, and school and church bulletins. This
particular release was used during the 1999 Gomang Tour. Coordinators need
to modify it to fit their own specifications. In addition, you will find
"Quotable Quotes" that can be released to the media and a sheet
listing the correct spelling of proper names connected with the monastery and
the tour.
Quotable
Quotes
Spellings
of Proper Names
Merchandise
Price
List for Merchandise (Adobe)
The Ritual Fire Puja
Fire
Puja
Tibetan Culture
Butter
Sculptures
Eight
Auspicious Symbols
Mudras
(Symbolic Gestures)
Om
Mani Pedme Hung
Path
to Enlightenment
Prayer
Flags
Prayer
Wheel
Tibetan
Altar
Tibetan
Flag
Tibetan
Thangkas
Tibetan
Recipes
"The
Four Harmonious Brothers"
"The
Four Perfect Friends"
Vajra,
Bell, & Beads
