To support this year's Tsetar Shrimp Release, please click here to fill out the pledge form with your pledged donation and dedication names to be read during the life release ceremony by Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo. You will receive an invoice via paypal.

Please make your pledge by Oct 25 to be included in our planning.

This year’s Tsetar Shrimp Release will be performed by Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo by boat in a private release ceremony. Last year, our generous dharma community donated over $5,000, allowing for the release of 14,000 shrimp! This November, we will sponsor the purchase of shrimp that are caught in the Tampa area as bait. These shrimp would otherwise be used the same day as bait to catch fish, or die in the tank waiting to be sold. We will release them back into their native waterway, Sarasota Bay, in areas rich with seagrass to ensure their survival. We will pray for these creatures and dedicate the merit to beings everywhere. We Invite all, far and wide, to participate by making a donation to help us sponsor this meritorious release! This is such a powerful practice for benefiting beings' health and longevity. Along with your pledge, if you would like, please include a dedication (ie, the name of a person, living or deceased), to be read during the Tsetar ritual practice.

The powerful tradition of Tsetar:

The traditional practice of tsetar saves beings that would otherwise be killed, and releases them back into a safe environment where they can continue living. Among the many virtuous practices in the Vajrayana tradition, this one has exceedingly great benefits and is taught to be the best of all longevity practices. In Tibet, animals sent for slaughter are often “ransomed” by Buddhist masters and practitioners who buy them from the slaughterhouse and set them free. This not only pacifies the fear of imminent death, it also frees these animals from ultimately rebirth in the lower realms, and extends the lives of those participating in the practice. This practice is traditionally done for the sick or dying, to help purify the karma of their illness through saving the lives of other beings.