White Lotus Building Fund

As Khenpo Molam has taught, the Dharma center is the source of our happiness. A stable Dharma center provides a place where we can hear the teachings and practice together, support each other and develop a healthy, loving community. When we build a strong Dharma center, it is not just for this life, not just for ourselves but for those who come after us as well – teachers and students alike.

In 2011, White Lotus rented space on the second floor of an historic stone church in Rochester – a beautiful, spacious room filled with windows of leaded glass detailing and lots of light.  We were thrilled to find such a lovely place and planned to be there for about five years while we put our roots down, grew the sangha and became a stable, thriving Dharma Center.

In 2017 Khenpo Konchok Molam came, at our invitation, to teach and guide members of White Lotus Buddhist Center. He is now a Permanent Resident of the U.S. and we are delighted he plans to stay in Rochester. Khenpo has been living with different sangha members for the past four years and we thank them for their generosity.

Now it is time to find a permanent, stable home for White Lotus Buddhist Center and Khenpo Konchok Molam as well.  With that in mind, last year the Trustees established a Building Fund with initial funding of  $50,000 and a goal of $200,000.

With Khenpo living at the Center itself, White Lotus will be able to add early morning meditation sessions in addition to our regular practice sessions, provide a room where people may do short, individual retreats with the support of the Lama, and more easily meet with Khenpo from time to time.