Letter of Introduction

It began in the late months in 1998, a group of young individuals came together with the common desire to utilize their abilities, their dedications to better serve the Buddhist sanghas and to express their deep gratitude towards all the Buddha's and the many ancestors who came before them.

Dao Tam Buddhist Society was then formed.

As with any organizations, we went through numerous hardships and difficulties in the early years, but because of our members' perseverance, and with the great support and guidance of everyone, Dao Tam Buddhist Society strives to exist for almost seven years.

One of our goals is to help in keeping the Dharma Wheel turning, so that the Buddha's teachings can be generously spread out to everyone, so that everybody can live in harmony, peace, and happiness. Now the time has come for us to introduce to you - our supporters - the newly created website www.daotam.org, in the hope that we can further extend our friendship to all fellow Buddhists worldwide.

Purposes and Principles:

• Learn the Buddha's teachings and practice Buddhism to better ourselves, to reach true happiness and move towards the goal of enlightenment.
• Participate in doing the good work, serving others, supporting the Sanghas.
• Work together and know to listen, change, and improve as necessary so that we can serve better.

Activities:

• Continue to create more Dharma Audio and Voice of Compassion programs.
• Give opportunities to young Vietnamese-Americans to embrace Buddhism through music, songs, poems, and other creativities.
• Produce CDs and MP3s of Dharma teachings, for free distribution to anyone who is interested in learning more about Buddhism - our way of sharing.

We invite everyone to help us continue turning THE DHARMA WHEEL, so that the Buddha's teachings can be widely distributed to and shared by all beings.

May the light of Buddha continue to empower you and us on our journey to become enlightened

Dao Tam Buddhist Society