The repair and restoration of the Temple require of considerable financial means, so help would be welcome.
Address: St.Petersburg Buddhist Temple, Primorsky Av. 91, St.Petersburg 197228, Russia.
Report of Temple's Abbot.
2. Buddhists of St.Petersburg went to Germany.
On 9 August this year A.Pubants went to Germany for a month. He was invited by the Head of Hamburg Tibetan Center Geshe Nawang Thubten for learning and preparing for edition lectures of Geshe, which he have presented in May of this year.
At the same time the employees of St.Petersburg Buddhist Temple Z.Munkueva and E.Harkova also went there for studies on Vinaya.
3. On August 1992 Tibet Friends Society (TFS), non-commercial and cultural organization, was established by the religious union "Buddhist House" in St.Petersburg. Its aim is spreading in Russia the authentic ideas of Tibetan culture and the life of Tibetan people. TFS prepares to uphold contacts with Cabinet of H.H. Dalai Lama, His representation and "Tibetan Houses" in different countries, Tibetan agencies of mass information, to help all interested persons and organization with information on Tibet and contacts with Tibetans, to invite religious, public and creative groups to spread books, films about Tibet, articles of traditional Tibetan arts and craft etc.
All persons and organizations, which accept TFS' aims and take part in its work, can become TFS' Members.
Address: 193015, St.Petersburg, Tavricheskaya 95-82, tel. 274-44-39, Kozhevnikova M.
V. International Information
1. From 21 until 27 August of this year the Sixth International Tibetological Conference was being held in Fagernesse (Norway). We will report about it in next NB issue.
2. "Unity in Variety. Buddhism in Europe".
Under this title the European Buddhist Union will conduct the Congress from 24 until 27 September this year in Berlin. Its aim is to show general basis of different Buddhist tradition and that valuable humanitarian contribution, which was made by Teaching of Buddha to World Culture.
This Congress take place once a four years. It has support of Berlin's Senate.
3. Lithuanian Deputies From Parliamentary Group in Support of Tibet.
"We, the deputies of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania:
On the ground that the Lithuania nation, on March 11, 1990 re-established its independent state and experienced a difficult path in seeking international recognition, respects every nation's right and desire to be free;
In upholding and supporting Universal Declaration on Human Rights stating that all nations have the right to self-determination and the freedom to determine their own political status;
taking into consideration the fact, that in the year of 1912 Tibet separated from China and His Holiness the Dalai Lama declared the independence of Tibet, when however, in 1950 the Chinese army invaded and occupied Tibet; the 1959 insurrection was mercilessly suppressed by the Chinese communist regime; where during the period of 1987-1989 over 20 demonstrations against the occupiers took place.
acknowledging that the nation's present situation is difficult as various means to break Tibetan resistance are attempted. During the period of occupation, the nation of Tibet has lost one-fifth of its inhabitants, monasteries have been destroyed, national wealth taken by the enslavers, and a policy of denationalization has been enacted. Until the present thousands of political and religious prisoners are being held and tortured in prison;
considering the fact, that the United Nations Organization has more than once recognized that genocide is being committed against the Tibetan nation,
we state that:
based upon Regulation Paragraph 24 of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Lithuania we establish the Tibet support group;
we hold His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the exiled Tibetan Government as the true representative of the nation of Tibet;
we pledge to support the legitimate aspiring goals of the Tibetan nation in international organizations and forums."
V. Literature (in Russian).
1. The Russian branch of "Narthang Publications" distributes the book "The Buddhism of Tibet" by H.H. the XIVth Dalai Lama (price 15 roubles + mail charges).
2. Commercial department of the publishing house distributes the book by A.Berzin "The Tibetan Buddhism: History and Prospects". (price 9 r. + m.c.).
3. In September the publishing house is to issue the autobiography of His Holiness "Freedom in Exile" (approximate wholesale price 50 r. + m.c.).