Dear Sir or Madam,

My name is Yeshi Dorjee. I am writing this letter to request your sponsorship. Your money will be paid to my monastery in Limi, in the northwest of Nepal and it will spend on maintaining the monastery and performing ritual ceremonies in the monastery. The amount of money is over 9,000 Indian Rupees (U.S. $ 200) for a year. Indeed, I would be highly apprecaited your full sponsorship, as well as any amount you could afford to donate.

To give you a clear picture of how I need your sponsorship. I am a monk from a remote area known as Limi, in the northwest of Nepal. In Limi, there are three historical monasteries which are everything what the villagers have got. The monasteries are the place, where the villagers go to pray for this life and next lives, the monasteries are the place where the villagers go to seek ritual remedy for sick people and the monasteries are teh place where the villagers go to get education. In Limi, there are no public school where the villagers learn their own language, no problem clinic where the villagers can ask for medicine. As I said, the monastery are everything for the villagers of Limi.

In order to maintain the monasteries and Buddhism in general, there are rules which the villagers obliged to observe. For example, I became a monk by the rules of the villages. It was my chose as well as my parents. By rule, the monks are not permited to leave from the monastery for a long period of time. Those who leave the monastery has to make payment as panelty, which is 9,000 Indian Rupees.

Since I have been studying in India, my parents has been paying the panelty out of their limited hard-earning money. The reason I study in India is because my monastery in Limi hasn't got a proper to educate young monks and facilities.

Your support is highly appreciated and place contact me through following addresses

Yeshi Dorjee
Drikung Kagyu Institute
P.O. Box-48 Kulhan, Sahastradhara Road
Dedra Dun 248001 (U.A), India
email: yeshi_dorjees@hotmail.com
phone: 0091-135-2607811

Following text is briefly about myself.

My Education:

Drikung Kagyu Institute in Dehra Dun, in the east of India.

In 1990 to 1998 I studied Tibetan and English languages, mathematic, social studies, Tibetan history, and stories about Buddhism upto eighth class. I also learned Tibetan calligraphy. Although there were no Buddhist philosophical studies in the Lower School, I memorized several religious prayer texts and attended regular monks morning assembles and Solka, (ritual perfomance).

In 1999, I joined the Higher School. Since then, I have studied the book Shed-Dang, (study letters of Nagurjuna to a great Indian King, Dechoe Sangpo) and Chod-Jug (Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by the great Indian master Shantideva), “Ten-Nying”, (the essence of dharma teaching of Drikung Kagyu School by Naljor Pa Shedang Dorjee, a disciple of Jigten Sumgon,), Gong Tseg, (the one thought by Lord Jigten Sumgon), Jamchoe Dengga (composation of five studies of Buddhism by Jetsun Jampa Gonpo).

Right now, I am studying Sher-Chen, (study about profound philosophy of emptiness by the great Indain master, Nagarjuna). Right now, I have reached at 6th class in the Higher School. I have one more years to complete my studies at Drikung Kagyu Institute.

Beside my studies at Drikung Kagyu Institute, since 2003, I have been working the Song-Tsen liberary as a staff member of the private office of His Holiness the Drikung Chetsang Rinpoche.

As my goal, I would like to establish a public school in Limi. I know, starting a school is one of the most important things what the villagers need.

My life story

I am Yeshe Dorjee. I was born on 25th of May, 1983 in Grong-To family. My birthplace is known as Limi, a rural area in the north of Nepal. My father's name is Ngodup and my mother's name is Dolker. I have one sister and four brothers. I am the third child of my parents. All the villagers in Limi are semi-farmers. We grow barley as our main crop and we have animals such as yaks, horse and zos.

By the rules of three villages of Limi, when a couple give birth of more then a son, it is compulsory that the younger son need to be made a monk. Serving this rule, I became as a monk at age of 5. My parents chose me instead my younger brother, it was my personal interest because at my childhood was strong as other children and used to get ill so often.

In my monastery in Limi, there are only small number of monks who are always busy performing ritual services in the monastery and in every households in the village. I left my monastery and joined Drikung Kagyu Institute in 1990. Since then, I have been studying Buddhist philosophy, English and Tibetan languages etc. The subject are not taught in my home monastery.