At the end of August, H.H. Sakya Trizin, Head of the Sakya Order, granted approval for the request to open a Dharma Center in Naples, Florida. Under the spiritual direction of Lama Kalsang Gyaltsen, the Sakyapa Center for Buddhist Studies and Meditation will officially open with a ceremony on November 14. Teachings on the Seven-Limbed Prayer, Twenty-One Praises of Arya Tara and the Four Mandala Rite of Tara will be given by Lama Kalsang on the 14th and 15th. For more information on the opening, please contact resident director Ericson AF Proper by calling 813-592-0685 or writing to the Sakyapa Center, 125 Wading Bird Circle #201, Naples, FL 33942.