Costs of the Maitreya Project

Costs of the Maitreya Project

Date Posted:
May 2008

A benefactor asked some questions about how much the Maitreya Project statue would cost. Rinpoche gave the following comments on the benefits of the project.

The cost is nothing compared to all the billions of dollars the governments waste. One atomic bomb costs so many billions of dollars. One missile costs the same as the Maitreya Project. I think one bomb costs 200 million dollars. Billions of dollars are spent on nonsense things.

The Maitreya project gives jobs for many thousands of people in India, which is very poor. It takes care of families, and children can go to schools. Besides the Dharma, the benefit to the whole world is as limitless as the sky.