Wäicuni Foundation
Tibetan Buddhist lineages · Tibet, Nepal, India & the US Vaishnava lineages · India
Our project with this lineage is to build "senior community housing" for senior monks within the community, many of whom are of the generation that migrated from Tibet during the conflict. The building, an apartment complex of 20 apartments on the monastic land of Tsering Jong, ensures the care by younger monks, meal provision, and community support already in established existence.
We are currently seeking funding for the following:
His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche is one of the foremost Buddhist masters and accomplished Tibetan Lamas alive in this world today. He is one of the highest Lamas of the Drikung Kagyu Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism and is revered and respected by all the different lineages of Buddhism, and beloved in numerous countries across various continents all over the world. His disciples number in the tens of thousands and his dharma activities pervade everywhere. He is truly a living example of an authentic enlightened being and a great Bodhisattva.
Kyabje Garchen Rinpoche has expressed that his unfulfilled wish is to establish a comprehensive online language school to preserve and transmit the linguistic heritage of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, securing it for generations to come. This platform will offer instruction in Sanskrit, Classical Tibetan, and Colloquial Tibetan, freely accessible to anyone in the world who wishes to learn. It is a gift of knowledge that transcends the geographical and financial barriers that have traditionally limited access to quality instruction in these sacred languages.
We are currently seeking funding for the following:
Project managed by Vrajasevika Dasi and Isvari Dasi.
Under the shelter and blessings of HH Radha Govinda Das Goswami Maharaj, The Giridhari Cow Sanctuary is dedicated to the protection and resurgence of the ancient and timeless lineage culture of Vrindavan, India. They care for more than 100 rescued cows and bulls by providing permanent shelter, medical care and loving home to these abandoned, injured, and formerly homeless street bulls of Vraja Dham. They also provide education in writing, music, drama, Sanskrit, Hindi, English and mathematics for local children who otherwise would not attend school.
The knowledge documented in these projects belongs to the lineages and communities that hold it. Wäicuni Foundation claims no ownership, copyright, or commercial rights in any traditional knowledge, medicine, language material, or cultural expression arising from our funded work. Access to documented material is governed by the community's own protocols, and certain knowledge is restricted by the elders and will not be recorded, published, or shared. We follow the principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Article 31.