This was very exciting session. We had full house with about 25 people and five guests from Dalai Lama Host commitee and Buddhist group.
Mr. Blair Thomas and his family (wife and two kids) visited our center and attended our session. Mr. Blair represents Buddhist group and him and his group are working on adorning Jainism Symbol.
Mr. Thomas shared his thoughts and plans for adorning Jainism Symbol. He also provided input in Wheel of Dharma design that our group is working on.
Mr. Mark Hurley from Dalai Lama Host Committee also visited our Center and attended this session. Mr. Hurley shared excitement about the Dalai Lama Public Talk event on July 17th. He was very impressed and happy to see the excitement and participation in our group.
In this session we also had Sunil Jain, Tejas Shah, and Pradipbhai from BOT/EC.
In this session, group decided one final design, similar to this, with following minor changes:
Wheel:
Buddha in Middle
Text on spoke
Symbols on Spoke End on a Rim
Base:
Three Jewels in middle
Text "Buddha" , "Dharma", "Sangha" in semi-circle above or below Three Jewels symbol
Group was assigned to work on various pieces of the final product. Assignment is as follow:
| Objective is to draw in 3.5''x 3.5'' diameter and pait it with color of your choice |
| Item |
Who will design |
| Wheel |
Purva |
| Chattra |
Unnati |
| Golden Fishes |
Alpa Gosar |
| Kalash |
Tejal & Mita |
| Lotus |
Hansaben |
| Sankha |
Tejal & Mita |
| Endless Knott |
Shikhar |
| Victory Banner - Dhwaja |
Unnati |
Please bring your final design as assigned above in next session on 26th, Sunday. In next session, we will further it together.
Tyler and few members of group (Samyak, Unnatti) worked on the project this Tuesday. Big thank you for that. They finished Paper Mache work and gave a wheel three coats of white paint. - see how it looks now.
http://www.jsmcoffice.org/Members/DalaiLama2011/Photos/mached%20.jpg
http://www.jsmcoffice.org/Members/DalaiLama2011/Photos/painting%20the%20wheel%20.jpg
We are very close to be done now.. Let's gets started!!
Thanks