Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace
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The Do Ngak Kunphen Ling Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace (DNKLTBCFUP) is a Tibetan Buddhist retreat center located in Redding, Connecticut
. It offers classes and meditation retreats in the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
, after whom Redding was named. They later served as the residence of Maurice Pate
, founding director of UNICEF, the United Nation's Children's Fund. DNKLTBCFUP was established in the 1990s as the Godstow Retreat Center by Geshe Michael Roach, with whom it is no longer affiliated. The name of the center was changed in 2006.
Redding, Connecticut
Mark Twain, a resident of the town in his old age, contributed the first books for a public library which was eventually named after him.-Government:...
. It offers classes and meditation retreats in the Geluk tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
History
The grounds of DNKLTBCFUP were once part of the estate of John ReadJohn Read
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, after whom Redding was named. They later served as the residence of Maurice Pate
Maurice Pate
Maurice Pate was an American humanitarian and businessman. With Herbert Hoover, Pate co-founded the United Nations Children's Fund in 1947 and served as its first executive director from 1947 until his death in 1965.Talking about the United Nations, Dag Hammarskjöld, its second Secretary-General,...
, founding director of UNICEF, the United Nation's Children's Fund. DNKLTBCFUP was established in the 1990s as the Godstow Retreat Center by Geshe Michael Roach, with whom it is no longer affiliated. The name of the center was changed in 2006.