The Dana Group
The Dana Group was formed to stimulate creative thinking about how best to strengthen the funding of the Shambhala mandala as a whole in order to support further the development of enlightened society. We have monthly conference calls and occasional in-person meetings to discuss fund-raising campaigns, planned giving, teachings on generosity and ways to promote generosity in the sangha. The Dana Group is a team of people with fund-raising and financial experience with the aspiration to invigorate all aspects of giving in our community.
We can afford to open ourselves and join the rest of the world with a sense of tremendous generosity, tremendous goodness, and tremendous richness. The more we give, the more we gain - although what we gain should not particularly be our reason for giving. Rather, the more we give, the more we are inspired to give constantly. And the gaining process happens naturally, automatically. -Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche
Resources for Shambhala Centre fund-raising campaigns
View Shambhala's integrated fund-raising calendar
Teachings on generosity
Information on planned giving
Listen to Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche's concluding talk to the 2009 Shambhala Congress, including the introduction to "The Four Truths of Money"
View our generosity practices
Attend a program on working with your personal relationship with money and wealth
Listen to a talk by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche on the topic of generosity given on November 27th, 2007 in Halifax Nova Scotia
Check out our Dana Group video page
Read our survey results on the topic of Shambhala generosity
Cash donation acknowledgment letters for the United States of America
Information on Shambhala's commitment to financial sustainability
The Mandala Offering Fundraiser - important information for Centres hosting Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
Members of the Dana Group
Read The Jewel: The Dana Group newsletter
Click here to view our 2010 unified year end appeals website
Click here for information on giving to Shambhala
OTHER RESOURCES:
The Shambhala Trust
Shambhala Projects and Activities
Letting go of attachment is the ultimate generosity, because it connects us with our wisdom and compassion. - Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
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