Kapilvastu Day Preparation Activity Update Notes

6 December:

1. Radio Himali Sworaharu interview on Kapilvastu Day: Interview with Ram Kumar

2.  Kapilvastu Day in Nort America: in Nepali and in English

3. Kapilvastu Day Marked in UBC: http://nsaubc.org/?q=node/44

1  December:

Kapilvastu Day in Sworna Sikhsa Eng. Sec. School accomplished: https://worldamity.wordpress.com/2009/12/01/kapilvastu-day-in-sworna-sikhsa-eng-sec-school-accomplished/

30 November:

1. Discussion Programme organized in Vancouver to mark Kapilvastu Day: Vancouvour programme

http://www.dcnepal.me/news_prabasi.php?nid=9484

2. Buddha preached अप्पदीपो भव meaning = “Be your own light”. In another words ” Enlighten yourself”. Following is a program to help ones to enlighten their inner selves. I believe Children are the ones who are positive to receive any light/education/enlightenment.

अस्वीकृत विचारसहित्य आन्दोलनको “कपिलवस्तु दिवश कार्यक्रम” । सिद्धान्तः आजका बालबालिका नै भोलीका नेपालका कर्णाधार हुन् । कार्यक्रम शीर्षकः “हाम्रो गौरव कपिलवस्तु र बुद्ध”। उद्देश्यः वैचारिक कार्याशाला गोष्ठी संचालन  र कपिलवस्तु र बुद्धबारे साहित्यिक रचना सृजना । सहभागी: ५०० + बालवालिका र नवयुवा । स्थान : स्वर्ण शिक्षा इ. माध्यमिक विद्यालय गोकर्ण काठमाडौँ ।

कार्यक्रम :
०९:३० = एसेम्ब्लीमा उद्घाटन । डा. कविताराम श्रेष्ठ, प्रि. गोविन्द श्रेष्ठ र
राष्ट्रपतिद्वारा ‘ग्रीन अम्बेसडर’को उपाधीबाट सम्मानित यसै स्कुलका छात्रा अल्फा श्रेष्ठद्वारा “बुद्ध र पर्यावरण” विषयक प्रवचन ।
१०:३०-०११:३० = ५०० छात्रछात्राबाट मार्च पास ।
११:३०-०१:०० = प्रि.  गोविन्द श्रेष्ठद्वारा कपिलवस्तु र बुद्धबारे प्रवचन, तथा डा. कविताराम श्रेष्ठद्वारा साहित्यिक रचना-सृजना-प्रविधिबारे प्रशिक्षण ।
०१:००-०२:०० = विद्यार्थीहरुद्वारा कार्याशालामा कपिलवस्तु र बुद्धबारे साहित्यिक रचना सृजना
०२:००-३:०० = रचना वाचन
०३:०० = उत्कृष्ट पाँच रचनाको फेसबुक इमेल र अस्वीकृत डट कमबाट विश्वव्यपि प्रसारण

28 November:

1. Ram Hari Khakurel and friends are going to organise discssion porgramme on the occassion of Kapilvastu Day in Paris, France.

27 November:

1. In Sydney today in a programme Sujan Neupane handed over Kapilvastu Day booklet and leaflet to the Consulate General of Nepal to New South Wales HE Mr. Deepak Khadka. In the programme Under Secretary Mr Matrika Marasini from Ministry of Commerce and Supplies was also present. Link: https://worldamity.wordpress.com/Sydney programme

http://nepalisamachar.com/?p=5625

http://www.kapilvastu.com/news.asp?catID=571

http://www.gorkhaonline.net/news.php?cid=2019

http://www.dcnepal.me/news_prabasi.php?nid=9255

http://nepalarab.com/news_view.php?id=3998

http://www.onlinekhabar.com/wp/2009/11/29/31697.html

2. Homraj Acharya and friends are organizing a talk programme
Toronto. Friends of Toronto have made two teams

1. One team led by Durga Adhikari and Madhav Khanal is visiting Monasteries, Buddhist Temples and Churches and distributing leaflets on Sunday November 29
2. Another team led by Chandra Rai, Subas BK, Govinda Siwakoti, Ashok Khadka and Jhalak Poudel is distributing leaflet at downtown toronto on Tuesday, December 1
3. They are thinking of organizing a talk programme in mid-december.

3. Saskatoon: Nityananda Khanal and friends are distributing leaflet at University
Vancouver

1. PNEFA is organizing talk programme at Cafe Kathmandu at 1:00 PM on Sunday, November 29.
2. Lama Pema is delivering special sermons at thrangu vajrra vidhya buddhist Associaton Monastry at 9:00 AM on November 29
3. Radio Himal Vancouver is broadcasting Kapilvastu related informations on Saturady, December 5
4. Reading Reveallers’ Club is having special talk on History of Nepal and Buddhism, Buddha and Kapilvastu on Saturday December 13

26 November:

1. २४ तरिख सिड्नीको नेपाली कन्सुलेट जेनेरलको कार्यालयमा हुने भनिएको राजदुताबसको कार्यक्रम नभएको हुँदा त्यहाँ महामहिम राजदुत योगेन्द्र ढकालज्यू लगायत नेपालबाट आउनुहुने भनिएका सांसदहरुलाई भेटेर ग्लोबल कपिल्बस्तु डेको बारेमा छलफल गरी लोगो र जानकारी पुस्तिका बितरण गर्ने कार्यक्रमा हुन नसकेकोले पुन: राजदुतज्यूसंग संपर्क गरी अन्य कुनै बैकल्पिक उपाय हाललाई राजदूतज्यूको अत्यन्तै कार्य ब्यस्तताको कारण नदेखिएकोले हाम्रो लोगो र जानकारी पुस्तिका राजदुताबासको ठेगानामा पठाइ दिएको छु । दुताबासमा आउने आगन्तुकहरुको जानकारीको लागि दुताबासको कार्यालयमा राखिनेछ उक्त पुस्तिका ।
साथै धेरै दिनको प्रयासपछि आज मैले सिड्नी स्थित नेपाली कन्सुलेट जेनेरल श्री दिपक कुमार खड्काज्यूसंग भएको कुराकानीपस्चात भोली चाडै नै अफिस बिदा हुने भए पनि हाम्रो यस कार्यक्रमको लागि भनेर दिउसो कारीब ४ बजेतिर केही समयको लागि आफ्नो कार्यालय खोली छलफल र लोगो तथा जानकारी पुस्तिका हस्तान्तरण कार्यक्रमको लागि ठाउँ र समय उपलब्ध गराइदिने बताउनु भएको छ साथै डिसेम्बर १ मा नै उहाँ पाहुना भएर जानु हुने Australian Himalayan Foundation को कार्यक्रममा पनि त्याहा आउनु हुने करिब १०० बिदेसी सहभागीहरुलाई यस कार्यक्रमको बारेमा जानकारी गराइ मैले भोली उपलब्ध गराउन लागेका leaftlet हरु बितरण गरी दिने समेत बताउनु भएको छ।
धन्यवाद
सुजन न्यौपाने
सिड्नी अष्ट्रेलिया

24 November:

1. Nepalese Ambassador to Malaysia HE Rishi Adhikari  decided to do some awareness raising activities that Buddha was borne in Nepal not in India. He will plan activities and try to go ahead with the Nepalese diaspora there on this issue.

2. Basu Dev Regmi decided to put poster around his university – The University of Western Australi- in Perth, Western Australia.

23 November:

1. Embassy of Nepal, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is positive. Waiting for the decision.

2. NANSA (North American Nepali Student Association) has decided to support the Kapilbastu Day, and the President has requested its members to make maximum efforts possible to disseminate leaflet on Dec. 1

3. One of the very active persons of “AGNI” (public person, fan) (AGNI EICKERMANN wrote 11 books and some of them translated in many languages.  More than 1000 Feng Sui Consultants and hundreds of spiritual teachers working with him all over the world) Raho J. Bornhorst wrote:

Dear Ram Kumar,

that initiative is good and i am happy to support it.

What would you like me to do/contribute?

May be I spread something in FB?

Love,

Raho

After my response:

dear ram kumar,

i love the idea of spreading buddhist material around the globe to enhance awarens for peace and messages about peace. I´m in with this!

Smiles,

raho

The reason to highlight the part of my email communication with Raho J. Bornhorst is that the impact due to him will not merely be the impact of single person but of a group.

21 November:

1. Damodar Poudyal is organizing leaflet distribution programme at Germany.

2. Leaflet to distribute on Kapilvastu Day (prepared by Bhanu Poudyal and corrected by Pramod Dhakal): https://worldamity.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/78kdleaflet/ We will update with photos.

3. Hari Kumar Shrestha is going to discuss this event with friends in Taiwan today for  any possible programmes to be organized there.

4. PNEFA under leadership of its president Abi Sharma is possibly organizing a talk programme at Cafe Kathmandu, Vancouver on 29th November 2009

5. Friends in Toronto are distributing information leaflet at downtown Toronto. PNEFA at Toronto is possibly organizing a talk programme

6. In Consulate General office (Sydney) Sujan Neupane and friends will handover our documents in the form of booklet. Some parliametary members will be the guest in the programme. Nepali Ambassador to Australia HE Mr. Yogendra Dhakal will keep those information in the embassy on December 1 for public and visitors information.

19 November:

1. Bhanu Poudyal developed draft leaflet to distribute on Kapilavastu Day. Once it will be finalised, we will let you know about it.

2. Ram Kumar discussed with NRN France representative Harihar Aryal about the possibility to do something there in solidarity. Due to time constrain still unknown about the possibility.

18 November:

1. NRN Vice President Jiba Lamichane is discussing with Dr. Upendra Mahato and friends about the possibility about the programme they could do in solidarity.

2. Kapilvastu Day account and Kapilvastu Day Fan Club opened in Facebook. This could be helpful for the continuity of the programme in some extent.

3. Sujan Neupane (Sydney) initiated to communicate with the ambassador as follow up of the communication initiated by Ram Kumar and the ambassador is positive and already set tentative programme.  Ram Kumar will call both Sujan and the ambassador on Saturday for further discussion about the programme and help needed to Sujan.

4. Nepali embassy to China is also positive. Today Ram Kumar sent letter again as consellor informed that they could not receive the letter sent before.

11 November:

Responses available till today:

1. Homraj Acharya and friends  are planning to organize a talk program in Washington DC.
2. Madhusudan Rimal and friends at Germany are trying to organize a programme at their location.
3. Friends at Toronto (Ontario, Canada), including Subas BK, Ashok Khadka, Govinda Siwakoti, etc., are trying to organize a talk programme at their location.
4. Rajendra Neupane and other friends at Victoria (British Columbia, Canada) are trying to organize a talk programme to mark this day.
5. Reading Revellers’ Club at Vancouver (British Columbia, Canada) has selected Buddha, Kapilvastu and Lumbini as theme of their next meeting on December 5, 2009 to express its solidarity to Kapilvastu day.
6. Ram Kumar Shrestha – located at London (UK) is mobilizing his more than 500 friends through emails and social networking websites. He has already made the day popular by publishing materials online at http://nepalisamachar.com/?p=4975, http://www.nepalarab.com/articles_view.php?id=509; http://nepalarab.com/press_view.php?id=112 and so many others (most of the links given below). He also has written to Ambassadors and Consul Generals requesting their solidarity in this programme.
7. Some friends decided to write poems for this programme. Relevant poems, songs, bhajans and articles most well come. I would like to request again to include the logo with them while keeping them as note. Use of logo will have lots of importance and one of the advantages is to make impact study job very easy and time saving.
8. North American Nepali Students Association (that covers USA and Canada) has agreed to morally support the Kapilvastu campaign.
9. To save your time (who are too busy and cannot manage time to find materials from internet for Kapilvastu Day), we managed to create this link https://worldamity.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/buddha-and-buddhism-related-materials/ (This is for Facebook and Twitter programme)
10. Some Feedbacks:
    “One friend was telling me that he liked the logo and made his computer’s desktop background. hopefully that day will be really successful.” Sujan Neupane (Sydney)
    Slogan : ‘A campaign for finding the peace all over the world.’ –Dinesh Dahal (Journalist)

10 November (From Facebook update)

Update:
1. Bhanu Poudyal is mobilizing people in USA and Canada for Kapilavastu Day. Nepali Students through their organization in University of British Columbia are thinking of organizing information seminar and leaflet distribution on that day. One book club in Vancouver is having programme on December 5 on Lumbini and Lord Buddha (people will not have time on December 1 as it is weekday)
2. Sherpa Kyidug and friends from Toronto are also trying to do something in solidarity.
3. I am selecting some friends from different countries for the impact study of the programme. Besides them anybody, if interested, could send impact study and everybody’s name will be in the main report with the link of their reports. The study report to be sent will be very simple, not so complicated. I will develop format and let you know in the next update.
4. Some friends decided to write poems for this programme. Relevant poems, songs, bhajans and articles most well come. I would like to request again to include the logo with them while keeping them as note. Use of logo will have lots of importance and one of the advantages is to make impact study job very easy and time saving.
5. The numbers of messages and mails I am receiving show that many friends very active for this programme. I noticed some friends already started postings for this programme.
6. I wrote to all Ambassadors and Consul Generals requesting their solidarity in this programme, but 25 mails returned (I used the addresses from ministry of Foreign affairs web site) . Very strange! In new Nepal, working system still old. Nothing updated. I tried to call in couple of numbers, some numbers did not work and where I was able to contact, I could not go furthermore due to not familiar languages.
7. We want any sort of programme be organised in Kapilavastu on that day. We are trying for this but still could not get success. I am requesting a guy from Kapilavastu for his initiaton, but he is not in Nepal. Anyway he is trying. If anybody could help us to organise any sort of programme there in solidarity, it could be great help.
8. Only in FB I am communicating with ab 500 friends through 26 threads. So pls do not make any note for minor mistakes in the language as I am doing everything in rush.

8 November: (From Facebook update)

Some requests:
1. केही artist साथीहरु हुनुहुन्छ भने सो दिनको लागि उपयुक्त पोस्टरहरु डिजाइन गर्न आग्रह गर्न सकिन्छ कि? पोस्टरहरुलाई आफ्नै होमपेजमा राखी लिंक बनाएर लिंक राखिनु राम्रो हुन्छ होला कार्यक्रमको लोगो अनिबार्य बानाइेकोले । आफ्नै होमपेज नहुनेले हुने साथीसंग अनुरोध गर्ने अथबा omram2002@hotmail.com अथबा omram2002@gmail.comमा पठाउनु भयो भने लिंक बनाएर यहाँलाई पठाइदिनेछु ।
2. सो दिनको लागि केही slogan छन कि?
3. १ हप्ता अगाडिदेखि प्रचार प्रसारको लागि प्रयोग गरिने slogan केही छन कि ?
Some important information:
१. साहित्यकार, अनुसन्धानकर्ता, सिनेकर्मी, राजनीतिकर्मी, भिजिटिङ प्रोफेसर, विकाशे कार्यकता आदिको भूमिका एकैपटक संगसँगै निभाई रहनु भएका नेपाली साहित्य आन्दोलनमा अविछिन्न लागीरहनु भएका सक्रिय स्रष्टा, अस्विकृत आन्दोलन र बुट पालिस आन्दोलनका अभियन्ता,
डा.कविताराम श्रेष्ठ हालसम्म पुस्तकाकारमा प्रकाशित नभएको बुद्धको जीवनीमा आधारित एउटा नयाँ वैचारिक (researchful) उपन्यास कपिलवस्तु दिवसको अवसर पारेर अनलाइन लोकार्पण गर्न चाहनु हुन्छ भन्ने कुरा सहर्ष जानकारी गराउन चाहन्छु ।
२. कपिलबस्तु दिबसको दिन प्रत्येक पोस्टिङमा प्रयोग गरिनु पर्ने लोगो attach गरेको छु ।

३. यदि बुद्धका भनाइहरु राख्नु हुन्छ भने लोगो जुन बेला upload गर्दा पनि हुन्छ, तर कुनै लिंक राख्नु छ बने पहिला लोगो upload गरेर मात्र लिंक राख्नु पर्छ । पहिला लिंक राखेपछि लोगो राख्न सकिन्न ।

Part of circulation among about 500 in Facebook (4 Novemeber):

कपिलबस्तु दिबसको कार्यक्रम प्रभाबकारी बनाउने केही उपायहरु:
१. उस्तै उस्तै किसिमका सामग्रीहरु सकभर संगसंगै नपरोस भन्ने कुरामा सकभर होसियार हुन प्रयास गर्ने;
२. एउटै सामग्री दोहोर्याउँदा समय अलिक फरक पार्ने;
३. सकभर बिबाद निम्त्याउने किसिमका सामग्री प्रबाह नगरने । कथंकदाचित त्यस किसिमका सामग्री कसैबाट प्रबाह भैहालेको खण्डमा बिबाद गर्नतिर नलागी संबन्धित ब्यक्तिलाई Chat मार्फत त्यस किसिमका सामग्री प्रबाह नगरन आग्रह गर्ने; (यो बुँदाको संभाबना कमै छ बिषयबस्तुको प्रकृतिको कारण );
४ . कार्यक्रम बिस्वभरि नै गरिने भएको तर अस्ट्रेलियामा रात परेर सुत्ने बेलामा बेलायत/यूरोपतिर बिहान हुने र अमेरिकामा त सुतिरहने समय हुने भएका कारण अस्ट्रेलियामा हुने साथीहरुले सुत्न जानु अघि आफूसंग भएका राम्रा सामग्री नेपालतिरको साथीहरुलाई मेल गरेर पठाइदिने, नेपालबाट बेलायत/यूरोप, बेलायत/यूरोपबाट अमेरिका पास गर्न सकियो भने अझ राम्रो हुन सक्थ्यो यद्यपि यसो नगरदा पनि समयान्तरको कारण पछि पर्ने साथीहरुले पहिलाका साथीहरुद्धारा (आबस्यक परेको खण्डमा ) प्रबाह गरिएका सामग्रीहरु हेरेर त्यसैलै दोहोर्याउन पनि नसकिने भने होइन ;
५. करीब १ हप्ता अघिदेखि नै थाहा नपाउने तथा प्रत्यक्ष संपर्कमा नरहेकाहरुलाई समेत कार्यक्रमबारे जानकारी होस भनेर सतर्कताको लागि सांकेतिक पोस्टिङहरु शुरु गर्न थाल्ने ;
६. कथंकदाचित समयको पाबन्दीले गर्दा कपिलबस्तु दिबसको लागि इण्टरनेट मार्फत सान्दर्भिक सामग्रीहरु खोज्ने अनुकूलता नमिलेको खण्डमा यो लिंक http://oaks.nvg.org/saybud.html प्रयोग गरी बुद्धका भनाइहरु यसबाट लिएर पोस्टिङ् गर्न सक्नु हुनेछ;
७. प्रत्येक पोस्टिङमा लोगो प्रयोग गर्न नबिर्सन अनुरोध छ । यस्ले कार्यक्रममा एक रुपता ल्याउन, यदि त्यस्तै परेर थाहा नपाएकाहरुको लागि पनि एउटै जस्तो कुरा देखेर सतर्क हुन र जिज्ञासा राख्न र होसियार हुन अनि सामग्री संकलन गर्न चाहने र कार्यक्रमको प्रभाब अध्ययन गर्नेहरुको लागि यो निकै उपयोगी हुनेछ । त्यसैले पोस्टिङमा लोगो राख्न बिर्सिएको खण्डमा त्यस्लाई हटाएर पुन: अर्को पोस्टिङ् गर्न अनुरोध गरिन्छ;
८. यस कार्यक्रमको लागि उपयुक्त हुने Slogan केही भएमा दिन अनुरोध छ, र त्यस्लाई सबै समूहमा सर्कुलेट गरिनेछ ।
९. उक्त दिन अन्य सामग्रीहरु प्रबाह नगर्ने । अन्य कुराहरु साथिहरुबीच च्याट मार्फत मात्र आदान प्रदान गर्ने ।

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http://www.dainikee.com/newsdetail-10989.html

http://www.mulbato.com/?p=8137

http://hknepal.com/wp/?p=10503

http://nepalisamachar.com/?p=4975

http://kuwaitnepal.com/2009/11/02/

http://www.namasteeurope.com/getnews.php?Action=Full&NewsID=9214

http://nepalarab.com/press_view.php?id=112

http://abc.com.np/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3201:2009-11-01-15-13-14&catid=95:general-public&Itemid=289

http://www.dc-nepal.com/press_release_english.php?nid=556

http://www.onlinekhabar.com/wp/2009/11/02/27428.html

http://www.nepalisrael.net/index.php?action=news&newsId=506

http://www.prabasinepali.com/news.asp?id=3542

http://www.gorkhaonline.net/literature.php?cid=180

http://newsmandu.com/story/48296/

http://www.articles.bagaicha.com/?p=15

http://www.articles.bagaicha.com/?p=13