STUPA OF ENLIGHTENMENT: Consecration - History of the Stupa - Designing the Stupa 
 Statue of Gampopa -  Preparing the the Stupa  - The Contents of the Stupa

 






"According to Thrangu Rinpoche a stupa traditionally represents the mind of the Buddha and has the power to convey the mind transmission to those who gaze at it. This first Nova Scotia stupa may, he said, be dedicated to world peace. To symbolize the overcoming of aggression, Rinpoche last year buried many weapons in the ground below where the stupa will be built, including a World War I rifle donated by a Cape Breton neighbour of the Abbey, and he consecrated the site"

Excerpt from an article by Tashi Colman in the Banner



List of Relics placed in the Stupa of Enlightenment, July 1999

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The series of pictures that follow were taken during the summer of 1999 by Tony Elliott. They document parts of the initial process for consecrating the Stupa of Enlightenment.