Second Annual Pet Blessing set for May 19 at Marymoor Park
Published 9:44 am Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Venerable Geshe Thupten Phelgye will return to Marymoor Park, located at 6046 W Lake Sammamish Pkwy N.E. near Redmond, on May 19 for the Second Annual Pet Blessing.
Phelgye is a Buddhist monk in the tradition of the Dalai Lama and founder of the Universal Compassion Movement for world peace. He is Tibetan and grew up and was schooled in India after the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1959. In 1973 at the age of 17, he became a monk at Sera Jey Monastic University and in 1991 he finished his 18 years of traditional Buddhist Philosophical studies. In 1984, while helping a patient to the hospital he was asked to buy some meat at the local slaughterhouse, where witnessing the slaughtering of animals so profoundly moved him that he “vowed to protect, care and advocate for the voiceless ones” for the rest of his life.
Phelgye has been nominated and elected to the Tibetan Parliament in Exile for two terms, is a member of the Sulha Peace Project in the Middle East and currently serves as the first Global Scholar in Residence at Gonzaga University. He travels around the world promoting world peace and the protection of the environment, working for social justice and animal rights.
Phelgye will be at Marymoor Park for the pet blessing 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the south picnic shelter, a short walk past the “Wash Spot.”
This event is free to all rain or shine.
