The Phurba Peace Mandala International Project, a women-led project.

Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron.: She is the Managing Director of the International P’hurba Mandala Peace Project. With the help of Lama Dawa Rinpoche, Kunzang founded P’hurba T’hinley Ling Retreat Center in Lansing, Iowa, USA, where the Water Mandala will be displayed on the banks of the Mississippi River. Kunzang works tirelessly to preserve and transmit the teachings of the Precious Dharma through Saraswati Bhawan Publications making teachings, courses, retreats and video available to students..

Khandro Kunzang Dechen Chodron and Kalsang Lama in the workshop of the craftsman Cheten Lama, Nepal.

Kalsang Lama Kalsang Lama was the life partner of Lama Dawa Rinpoche. She is a practitioner of the Nagkpa tradition and lives in Kathmandu, Nepal. Kalsang Lama maintains direct contact with the sculpting artists and is the founder of the Earth Mandala that will be installed in Pharping(Nepal), a site consecrated for the spiritual achievements of Guru Rinpoche.

Doris Piñero LajasDoris Piñero Lajas, student of Lama Dawa Rinpoche. She is in charge of the Mexico Peace Mandala project. For many years she followed Lama Dawa Rinpoche in his Dharma activities in Mexico, the United States and Nepal, where she made the promise to bring the Mandala of Fire to the foothills of the Popocatepetl Volcano.

Doris Piñero getting to know the work of the Peace Mandala.

Susy ArandaSusy Aranda has been a student of Lama Dawa Rinpoche since 2000, when he arrived to Mexico. She supported him in his activities at the Rigzin Osel Ling Dharma Center in Ensenada. She is the director of El Jardín de Tara project and the administrative and social media coordinator for the Peace Mandala Project Mexico.