The materials below are to assist the coordinators with their job in providing publicity to the media and in presenting the Sacred Art Land of the Snow Lion 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 MaterialsPart 1: Monastery Scenes Part 2: Symbols of Tibet Part 3: The Eight Auspicious Symbols (Tashi Dargye)
Cultural Pageant of Tibet
Cultural
Pageant Description
Donations and Sponsorship
Donation Progams
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.
Sample:
Bloomington Press Release
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