Source: Buddhist Channel/The Missoulian
http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=63,9330,0,0,1,0
One day soon, the Dalai Lama will bless the 1,000 Buddhas currently being forged for the Ewam Buddhist Center near Arlee.
But on Tuesday evening, two very special guests of the center joined nearly 100 western Montanans - many of them Buddhist, some not - to give their birthday blessings to the Tibetan spiritual leader, who turned 75 on Tuesday.
Taking time out from their environmental work in Montana were Buddhist monks Amarbold Dondog of Mongolia and Tashi Galay of Bhutan, who are in the state on an exchange program fostered by the Tributary Fund based in Bozeman. The nonprofit group joins spiritual leaders of all traditions with environmental scientists, and works to inspire communitywide support for environmental protection wherever those leaders live.