To the Noble Sangha,

I would like to offer my blessings to the Chögyam Trungpa Legacy Project. The heart of this project is the intention to support and enhance the preservation, propagation, and publication of Trungpa Rinpoche's vast and profound teachings. Like presidential libraries in the United States, this project will focus on the legacy of my father and help to ensure the living continuity of his priceless teachings.

As scholars, practitioners, and social innovators around the world increasingly come to appreciate the impact of my father on so many aspects of human culture, the need for a specialized reservoir of his teachings becomes ever more necessary. Keeping it under the protection of the Sakyong lineage will be a wonderful step forward in fulfilling the aspirations of the Vidyadhara.

The Chögyam Trungpa Legacy Project will also initiate new projects. For example, next year, the twentieth anniversary of his parinirvana, a traveling exhibit of his artwork and belongings might be mounted.

Lady Diana Mukpo has been supporting this project for some time now, and she and other members of the Mukpo family will continue to play a leading role. President Reoch is working closely with the project's acting director, Ms. Carolyn Rose Gimian, to ensure that this initiative proceeds with the encouragement and support of the Shambhala mandala. Within the coming year, there will be a process of consultation on the structure of the foundation, after which the way it will function and be governed will be announced.

I want to express my great appreciation to Carolyn Rose Gimian, whose work as the acting director has been vital in bringing the legacy project into being. She has my full support. All students, young and old, new and senior, please consider how you might contribute in any way you can.

Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche