MUSIC BOXES IN HONOUR OF THE VISIT OF HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA TO LAUSANNE
Traditionally, the first offering to welcome the Dalai Lama’s arrival is music, either accompanied with dance, song etc. For this reason, the organizers created especially for this event a music box, a typical object from the canton of Vaud, in order to welcome His Holiness in a traditional way.



TIBETAN MUSIC
This original music box will be offered to the Dalai Lama in Lausanne in August, while 108 copies of this unique masterpiece will be reproduced and be for sale (each will be authenticated by a certificate). The box is made of wood, and the interior mechanism will play traditional Tibetan music. The cover will read « Dalai Lama Lausanne 2009». The interior of the music box will bear the coloured logo of the Rigdzin Community (organizers of the event), as well as a quote from His Holiness, which will be given during his visit in Vaud. All boxes will be signed by Namkha Rinpoche, the spiritual master of the Rigdzin Community, and by Kurt Kupper, director of the Reuge manufacture, where these boxes will be created, guaranteeing their authenticity. Reuge manufacture, which specializes in music boxes and singing birds, is established in Sainte-Croix, in the canton of Vaud, where their first workshop was founded in 1865.

WHY 108 PIECES?
The number of copies reproduced is not by chance. 108 is a very relevant number in Buddhist tradition: the mala is a rosary with 108 beads, symbol of the 108 hardships suffered by the Buddha in his path to enlightenment. Buddhists generally speak of the 108 yoga positions and the 108 mudra, or ritual gestures, of the tantra. It is also said that after the Buddha’s death, Padmasambhava have hidden the 108 more holy scriptures revealed to him,
The price for each music box is 490 CHF. The money made will be distributed to various humanitarian projects indicated by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
You may reserve a music box (numbered from 1 to 108) by e-mail at : vip@reuge.ch. Please note that payment and delivery will be possible during the event (August 4th-5th) in Malley, in Prilly / Lausanne.