6 am outside our hotel in Kushinagar	Members of our group gave up thier apples and bananas	Generosity and compassion rewarded with smiles.
In October 2011, Carol, myself and other members of the Kwan Um School of Zen visited the Linh Son Vietnamese-Chinese Temple in  Kushinagar, Northern India. There we met Rev. Thích Nữ Trí Thuận, a Vietnamese Buddhist Nun who came to the temple in 1989 and founded the school there. The current  enrollment is 335 but over 6000 children have gone through the school saving them from a life of disease, poverty, and exploitation. The school is funded through donations and by renting rooms to travelers making thier pilgrimage along the "Buddha Trail" from Varinasi to Lumbini, Nepal.	Don, Rev. Thích N Trí Thun and Carol	We were so impressed with the school and the staff there, we decided to pledge 10% of all our internet box sales to help support the school. This was not our first trip to India and we observed the povery in the North to be worse than other areas we had visited before. As the Holiday season approaches, this would be a good time to select a gift for a loved one that will help one of these children. Help us spread the word by Likeing" us on Facebook.

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