Buddha Maitreya and his wife, Mandarava Tara have been jointly chosen as recipents for this year's prestigious Dr Ambedkar International Buddhist Award to be presented in Nagpur, India this October.

The award celebrates and recognizes the work of eminent personalities in the world who have worked ceaselessly to further world peace through practicing dharmic activities and spreading the teachings of Buddhism for the collective betterment of humanity.

Buddha Maitreya and Mandarava Tara would like to make it possible for a small select group of students to join them for this once in a lifetime opportunity to accompany them on this auspicious pilgrimage to India this October.

You will get to be present as honored guests to witness the Dr Ambedkar International Award Ceremony for Buddha Maitreya and Mandarava Tara in Nagpur with the group arriving in Nagpur in October 16th and departing October 20th.

In addition, we are currently making arrangements to include other sacred pilgrimage sites in India that have a relationship with Buddha Maitreya the Christ's dharma activities in this and his previous lives.

This may include the many Khamtsen Colleges that Buddha Maitreya has been enthroned at and is responsible for at Drepung Buddhist University in Mungod, India and the Maitreya Buddha Pyramid, the world's largest meditation pyramid which Buddha Maitreya has helped overshadow in Pyramid Valley, Bangalore - furthering simple pyramid meditation as a worldwide spiritual practice of harmlessness and soulful awakening.

Attending an International Pilgrimage Dharshan, involves pilgrimage to some of the most sacred sites on the planet and elevates the spiritual energy of the participant in many ways that are life-changing.

If you are interested in attending, please let us know as soon as possible and by no later than Friday, May 9th as space is limited. There will be a Dharshan Offering for attending in addition to travel and accommodation expenses.

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"When I went to Padmasambhava's Temple (I do not know exact name of this temple) I went in there to make some pictures and basically to look around. When I sat down and closed my eyes my eyes suddenly started tearing and to my surprise I started weeping. Was I really weeping? It felt like it was my soul weeping because I had no reason to weep in this unknown to me place and in front of people looking curiously at me. The emotion was so strong that I could not stop crying I did not even want to stop because I was too curious what was happening to me. All I heard in my head was "I am finally back I am finally here I found you." and I would repeatedly say in my mind Padmasambhava's name. I doubt that I knew at that time that Buddha Maitreya was Padmasambhava. I did not want to leave this temple but our guide was leaving and so was everyone else so I followed. We also visited Padmasambhava's cave. "Very creepy and dirty cave" I thought at first. My opinion has changed the moment I closed my eyes to meditate. Again this strange energy of "longing" came over me. My eyes started tearing and I noticed that I was not the only one crying in there. We stayed there very shortly and I wanted to stay there for a long time to understand why I was feeling what I was feeling. I realized that I was in Nepal in my previous life or even lives and loved my teacher Padmasambhava. " Extract of a testimonial from Elwira Strzalkowski of an International Pilgrimage Dharshan with Buddha Maitreya