"One of my highlights recently was that together with my dear father Dagsay Rinpoche we had the rare chance of getting a private Audience with His Holiness, The Dalai Lama when he was in Hamburg to give teachings on the "400 Verses" of Aryadeva.

His Holiness immediately recognized me as he remembered me from the Benedictine Church in Einsiedeln in Switzerland, where I had performed for him in August 2005. I presented His Holiness a copy of the documentary film that the Swiss National Television had taken during my trip to Tibet last year in 2006 and explained that besides supporting the medical clinic and monasteries we are also trying to sponsor higher education for young Tibetans in Tibet. His Holiness emphasized the importance of educating young Tibetans inside Tibet and gave us all his blessings."

A newspaper article recently featured New Earth Records and its founders, Bhikkhu and Waduda. The article, published in the New Mexico-based Albuquerque Journal, is very complimentary and a sign of the health of the company. For those interested in the piece itself, please feel free to read the entire article here.

New Earth has posted an updated eco-audit that reflects our decreased environmental impact through the use of "green" printing practices. In an attempt to keep our dialogue with our fans timely, we thought we would make the link available in this newsletter. New Earth prints its CD inserts, flyers and catalogs with Earth-friendly inks and papers!

See our most recent eco-audit here.

We thought some of our customers might enjoy the soy candles made by fellow New Mexico-based Sandia Candles. These soy candles have their own unique characteristics and are made from soybeans grown in the U.S. If you are interested in more information about, or ordering, soy candles then please click
here for the Sandia Candles website...

See you next month!