Background

Because to Bhutan, Buddhism is not merely a religion in spiritual sense but more of an age-old tradition to embrace in all aspects of everyday life, in July 2002, the Supreme Dharma King of Bhutan, His Holiness Trulku Jigme Choeda Rinpoche, founded a for-impact organization called Menjong Choethuen Tshogpa to preserve the Buddhist tradition in the Land of Sacred Medicine, Kingdom of Bhutan. About one year later in June 2003, His Holiness the Supreme Dharma King of Bhutan appointed His Eminence Trizin Tsering Rimpoche as the chairman, who subsequently founded the Buddha Dordenma Image Foundation in 2004 to run the Buddha Dordenma Project. The foundation is registered as the Buddha Dordenma Foundation Limited, a public charity organization that is exempt from tax under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance, Hong Kong. After the completion of the Buddha Dordenma Project, a number of other projects will be subsequently undertaken.