網站執行規格 (Level 3) Website Fundraising Handoff (Level 3)

Yogini Retreat Manang Crowdfunding Website

AI Agent Implementation Handoff — Fundraising Conversion

Document version: v2.1 English Edition Date: 2026-08-09 Project: Yogini Retreat Manang Current website: https://yogini-retreat-manang.pages.dev/ Key page: https://yogini-retreat-manang.pages.dev/story Purpose: Single implementation reference for AI coding, design, and content agents working on the next website revision.
Priority objective: Preserve the existing brand and story quality while adding a complete fundraising conversion layer to the current POC.

0. Agent Execution Instructions

You are modifying a fundraising website for a Buddhist retreat project in Manang, Nepal.

This round of work is not a full brand redesign and should not turn the site into a generic NGO fundraising landing page.

Your task is:

Preserve the current quiet, documentary, restrained storytelling language centered on land and people, while adding the information architecture, fundraising logic, CTAs, progress, trust, and update mechanisms needed to move a reader naturally from “understanding the story” to “supporting the work happening now.”

Implementation rules:

1. Do not delete the existing core story.
2. Do not redesign the site as a commercial landing page.
3. Do not use high-pressure fundraising language.
4. Do not use exaggerated merit/reward narratives.
5. Do not invent engineering figures, dates, use of funds, land rights, or construction status.
6. Any data marked [VERIFY] must be confirmed by the project before production.
7. Preserve Chinese and English; the site is bilingual.
8. Mobile first.
9. Centralize all fundraising numbers. Do not hard-code them across multiple components.
10. All primary support CTAs should ultimately enter one coherent Support / Donation flow.

1. Project Background

Yogini Retreat Manang is a retreat-center project in Manang, Nepal.

The current website is not simply describing a building. It tells a longer story of spiritual practice, family, village, and land.

Important existing Story-page assets include:

• “One valley, a thousand years”
• Milarepa and the hunter
• Centuries of practice in the Mase family
• First-generation Melong Tsampa Rinpoche
• Second-generation Mase Karma Drubgyud Tenzin Rinpoche (Papa Rinpoche)
• Third-generation GarTul Chimi Dorjee Rinpoche
• Land assembled household by household from 2019–2026
• Garchen Rinpoche’s blood and transmission relationship to the project
• The first GarTul Chimi Dorjee Rinpoche, Six Yogas of Naropa, tummo, and Vajrayogini practice
• SMA masterplan
• Retreat cottages, orchard, wetland, moon pond, Grand Café, etc.
• The existing Story page currently ends by directing visitors toward funding the Grand Café foundation

These are valuable brand assets and should generally be retained.

2. Core Fundraising Problem

The current website does not lack story.

The missing layer is:

Storytelling exists, but the Donation Decision Path is incomplete.

After reading, a visitor may understand:

• The place has history.
• The family has a long relationship with Manang.
• This is not a sudden development project.
• The retreat has an architectural plan.

But they may still not know:

• Why give now?
• Why is the Grand Café first?
• What does the Grand Café have to do with the retreat?
• How much is needed now?
• Does my US$50 / NT$1,000 matter?
• How will I know the construction actually happened?
• How does the larger US$607K vision relate to the immediate US$10K ask?

The website therefore needs:

Story → Meaning → Current Need → Achievable Goal → Trust → Action

3. Fundraising Strategy

3.1 Do Not Lead With US$607K

The full Phase I vision may remain visible, but a first-time visitor should not feel:

“They are asking me for US$607,000 right now.”

Correct campaign architecture:

LEVEL 1 — THE VISION

Full Phase I Current working figure: approximately US$607K [VERIFY]

LEVEL 2 — THE NEXT BUILD

Grand Café / the next significant buildable node

LEVEL 3 — RIGHT NOW

Grand Café Foundation Current working goal: approximately US$10,000 [VERIFY LIVE VALUE]

Possible live values:

• Raised: US$5,000 [VERIFY LIVE VALUE]
• Goal: US$10,000 [VERIFY]
• Remaining: calculated in code, never manually hard-coded

Principle:

The larger vision creates meaning; the smaller goal creates action.

4. Campaign Positioning

Recommended current campaign positioning:

Chinese

讓第一期真正動工 Supporting line: 從 Grand Café 的地基開始。

English

Help us break ground. Supporting line: Beginning with the Grand Café foundation.

The meaning is:

Help the retreat move from planning into an actual, buildable construction cycle.

Do not imply that the Grand Café is first because it is the single most important building. The verified rationale is explained below.

5. Why the Grand Café First?

This is P0.

The current Story page moves too abruptly from long history to “Fund the Grand Café foundation.”

Add a dedicated section:

Chinese

為什麼從 Grand Café 開始？

English

Why the Grand Café first?

The answer must cover:

1. The short Himalayan construction season.
2. Why the 2026 foundation matters for the 2027 building season.
3. Why this is an appropriate construction pilot.
4. How an existing retreat cottage is being reused/expanded.
5. Why the project needs a modern kitchen and group dining infrastructure.
6. How the Grand Café supports future group retreats, teachings, and staff.
7. Why its road-side location makes it the public threshold while the inner retreat stays private.

Use the verified narrative in Section 42 below as the source of truth.

6. Current Campaign Block

Homepage, Story, and Support should share one campaign component.

Component

<CurrentCampaign />

Recommended order:

Eyebrow

CURRENT CAMPAIGN / 目前工程

Campaign title

讓第一期真正動工 Help us break ground.

Project

Grand Café Foundation

Progress

US$[RAISED] raised US$[GOAL] goal [percentage]% funded US$[REMAINING] to go

All values come from the campaign data object.

CTA

Chinese: 一起完成這一步 English: Help complete this step

Secondary CTA:
Chinese: 看看工程內容 English: See what this funds

7. Campaign Data Model

Create one source of truth, for example:

export const currentCampaign = {
  id: "grand-cafe-foundation-2026",
  status: "active",

  title: {
    zh: "讓第一期真正動工",
    en: "Help us break ground."
  },

  project: {
    zh: "Grand Café 地基",
    en: "Grand Café foundation"
  },

  currency: "USD",

  goal: 10000,

  raised: 5000, // VERIFY before production

  deadline: null, // do not invent

  constructionWindow: {
    zh: null,
    en: null
  },

  donationUrl: null, // existing support flow / VERIFY

  lastUpdated: null,

  impactTiers: [],

  updates: []
}

Derived:

remaining = Math.max(goal - raised, 0)
percentage = Math.min((raised / goal) * 100, 100)

Never hard-code:

• 50%
• US$5,000 to go

8. Real Urgency: Construction Window

The campaign has a genuine seasonal moment.

Verified direction:

• Sep–Oct 2026: complete Grand Café foundation.
• Winter: major outdoor construction limited by snow.
• Spring 2027: resume after thaw.
• Apr–Oct 2027: main building season.
• Aim to reach roof level before the following winter and, if conditions allow, complete the roof.

This is natural engineering urgency.

Do not add:

• Fake countdowns.
• Fake scarcity.
• “Last chance” language without evidence.

9. Donation Impact Tiers

The purpose is to help small donors understand that participation matters, not to commercialize merit.

The UI may be prepared, but amounts/impact must be verified.

impactTiers = [
  {
    amount: null,
    currency: "USD",
    zh: "[VERIFY]",
    en: "[VERIFY]"
  }
]

Do not invent:

• Cost per stone.
• Daily wage.
• Cost per square meter.

Unless supported by BoQ / contractor data.

Avoid:

Buy one brick.

Prefer:

Help move the first ground work forward.

10. Story Page Funnel

Retain the core story, then restructure the later half.

Recommended:

1. Hero — One valley, a thousand years
2. Milarepa / Hunter
3. The Family
4. First generation
5. Papa Rinpoche / village relationship
6. Third generation
7. The Land — 2019–2026 / household by household
8. Garchen Rinpoche — By blood / By transmission
9. Vajrayogini / practice lineage
10. Now — SMA masterplan
11. NEW — Who will practice here?
12. NEW — 21 independent retreat houses
13. NEW — Architecture protects practice
14. NEW — Why Grand Café first?
15. NEW — 2026–2027 construction timeline
16. NEW — Current campaign
17. NEW — Where your support goes
18. NEW — From Manang / project updates
19. Final CTA

11. Who Will Practice Here?

Add:

Chinese

未來，誰會來到這裡？

English

Who will practice here?

Explain:

• Retreat houses are for sincere practitioners.
• Monastic and lay practitioners may apply.
• Each retreat house supports independent practice.
• Private bathroom and kitchen reduce the need to leave.
• Ten days is the basic retreat period.
• Extension can be considered according to room availability and the practitioner’s actual circumstances.

Core idea:

Architecture is not the point. Its job is to protect the conditions for practice.

12. Architecture Narrative

Turn features into reasons.

Do not only say:

None of the cottages overlook one another.

Explain:

Privacy is designed into the landscape so that retreatants can remain in solitude.

Apply this to:

• Orchard.
• Wetland.
• Moon pond.
• Circulation.
• Common spaces.
• Grand Café.

Each feature should answer:

Why does this matter to practice, community, or the land?

13. Transparency Section

This is essential for moving from a US$10K campaign to larger fundraising.

Add:

Chinese

工程與進度

or

這筆支持會走到哪裡

English

Project & progress

or

Where your support goes

Possible fields:

• Land status [VERIFY]
• Architecture: SMA
• Phase I budget [VERIFY]
• Current campaign goal
• Current amount raised
• Current construction milestone
• Last updated
• Construction updates
• Financial/project reporting mechanism

Keep it restrained, not bureaucratic.

14. Construction Updates

Create a sustainable data structure:

type ProjectUpdate = {
  id: string
  date: string
  title: {
    zh: string
    en: string
  }
  body?: {
    zh: string
    en: string
  }
  images?: string[]
  milestone?: string
}

UI:

From Manang / 瑪南現場

Each card:

• Date.
• One image.
• One progress sentence.
• Optional milestone.

Future update types:

• Clearing.
• Excavation.
• Stone work.
• Foundation completion.
• Next stage.

This is a repeat-donor strategy, not only a news feature.

15. Support Page Information Architecture

Do not begin with payment methods.

Recommended order:

A. Current need

What are we completing now?

B. Progress

How much has been raised and how much remains?

C. Why this step matters

How does this connect to the retreat?

D. What the funds cover

Use of funds.

E. Ways to support

Payment methods / currency / region.

F. Transparency

How progress and spending will be reported.

G. The larger vision

Only then show the larger Phase I context.

16. CTA System

Do not use ten different action phrases across the site.

Primary CTA

Chinese: 一起完成這一步 English: Help complete this step

Campaign headline

Chinese: 讓第一期真正動工 English: Help us break ground

Story CTA

Chinese: 看看這個故事 English: Read the story

Project detail CTA

Chinese: 看看工程內容 English: See what this funds

Update CTA

Chinese: 看最新進度 English: See the latest update

17. Donor Identity Line

Retain:

Chinese:
如果你在乎，你就是對的人。

English:
If you care, you are the right person.

Use it sparingly near the final CTA or Support page.

It is an identity statement, not the main button.

18. Homepage Hierarchy

Do not let US$607K dominate the first screen.

Recommended:

Hero

Project identity / Manang / retreat vision

Primary CTA:
一起完成這一步

Secondary:
看看這個故事

Then:

Current Campaign

Grand Café Foundation US$[GOAL] goal US$[RAISED] raised US$[REMAINING] to go

Then:

Why Manang

The people / lineage

The land

What will be built

The larger vision

Latest update

Final support CTA

19. Progress Component UX

Example:

Grand Café Foundation

US$5,000 raised
██████████░░░░░░░░░░ 50%

US$5,000 to go
Goal US$10,000

[ Help complete this step ]

Accessibility:

<div
  role="progressbar"
  aria-valuemin="0"
  aria-valuemax="10000"
  aria-valuenow="5000"
>

Color must not be the only signal of progress.

20. Mobile Requirements

Fundraising traffic may come heavily from LINE, Facebook, Instagram, Messenger.

P0:

• Test at 375px.
• CTA must stay within viewport.
• Bilingual progress values must not break layout.
• Hero image must not push CTA too far down.
• On long Story pages, a soft CTA may appear every 2–4 major sections.
• Avoid a large sticky donation bar that covers content.
• A restrained mobile bottom CTA may be considered.
• YouTube embeds must not break layout.
• Lazy-load images.
• Avoid layout shift.

21. Bilingual Requirements

Maintain Chinese and English.

Do not mix both languages into unreadable blocks if a language toggle already exists.

Every campaign field:

{
  zh: string,
  en: string
}

Never allow:

• Chinese and English to show different goals.
• One language to have updated raised amount while the other does not.
• One language to show a deadline the other lacks.

Numbers come from the same data source.

22. Tone of Voice

Keywords:

• quiet
• documentary
• grounded
• human
• specific
• restrained
• warm
• dignified

Avoid:

• aggressive fundraising
• startup growth copy
• fake urgency
• excessive exclamation marks
• gamification
• merit-for-donation language

Use:

Specific people, land, time, construction, and actual progress.

Let facts carry the emotional weight.

23. Visual Direction

Retain:

• Generous whitespace.
• Manang landscape photography.
• Documentary portraits.
• Archival images.
• SMA drawings.
• Restrained typography.

Do not introduce:

• High-saturation campaign colors.
• Huge red Donate buttons.
• E-commerce price cards.
• Icon-heavy SaaS layout.

Fundraising UI should feel like a natural extension of the editorial design.

24. Trust / Verification Rules

Claims requiring sources:

• Lineage claims.
• Dates.
• Family relationships.
• Land acquisition.
• Number of villages.
• Construction costs.
• Construction dates.
• Amount raised.
• Number of retreat cottages.
• Architect attribution.
• Donation recipient entity.
• Tax deductibility.
• Banking information.
• Nonprofit status.

Agent must not fill these in by assumption.

Create:

content/verification.md

| Claim | Current value | Source | Verified by | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foundation goal | US$10,000 | TBD | | |
| Raised | US$5,000 | TBD | | |

25. Analytics

If analytics are not yet installed, at least reserve events:

view_campaign
click_primary_donate
click_story_to_campaign
click_see_what_this_funds
view_support_methods
start_donation
complete_donation
view_project_update

If payment occurs externally, track outbound donation clicks.

Do not collect unnecessary personal data.

26. SEO / Social Sharing

Each major page:

• Unique title.
• Meta description.
• OG title.
• OG description.
• OG image.
• Canonical.

Suggested campaign OG:

Chinese:
讓瑪南的第一期工程真正動工

English:
Help Yogini Retreat Manang break ground

Image:

• Land / masterplan / actual construction.
• Not only a logo.

27. Donation Flow

Until payment-system information is confirmed:

Do not add Stripe / PayPal / bank details by assumption.

Audit the existing Support flow.

Confirm:

• Donation destination.
• Supported currencies.
• Taiwan donors.
• International donors.
• Receipts.
• Tax status.
• Bank fees.
• Payment confirmation.
• Success page.

Even if payment uses an external link, the Support page should establish campaign context before sending users out.

28. Donation Success Page

If technically controllable, add:

/support/thank-you

Chinese:
謝謝你一起讓這一步發生。

English:
Thank you for helping this step happen.

Then:

• Briefly explain the next milestone.
• Optional project-update subscription.
• Return to Story.
• Share campaign.

Do not immediately ask for another donation.

29. Future Campaign Architecture

Do not hard-code the site only for the Grand Café.

campaigns = [
  {
    id: "grand-cafe-foundation-2026",
    ...
  },
  {
    id: "grand-cafe-structure-2027",
    ...
  },
  {
    id: "retreat-cottage-01",
    ...
  }
]

Long-term:

Campaign 01

Ground / Foundation

Campaign 02

Grand Café superstructure

Campaign 03+

Retreat cottages / other defined milestones

When complete:

status = completed

Keep an archive as proof of execution.

30. Completed Campaign UI

Do not delete completed campaigns.

Display:

COMPLETED
US$10,000 / US$10,000
Completed: YYYY-MM-DD

See what was built →

This becomes a trust asset for larger future fundraising.

31. Page Routes

Retain current routes; consider:

/
/story
/vision
/land
/build
/sustainability
/support
/updates
/updates/[slug]

If navigation complexity is a concern, /updates can initially be linked only from homepage/support.

32. Implementation Priority

P0

1. Single campaign data source.
2. CurrentCampaign component.
3. Progress / remaining amount.
4. Why Grand Café First using verified rationale.
5. Construction timeline.
6. Story → campaign transition.
7. Support page reordering.
8. 21 retreat houses / Who Will Practice Here.
9. Grand Café vs private retreat zone narrative.
10. Unified CTA vocabulary.
11. Mobile QA.
12. No fake urgency.
13. No invented cost detail.
14. Verification checklist.

P1

1. Transparency.
2. From Manang updates.
3. Architecture protects practice.
4. Future group facilities distinction.
5. Analytics.
6. OG metadata.

P2

1. Campaign archive.
2. Update subscription.
3. Donation success page.
4. Deeper donor reporting.
5. Future campaign switching.

33. Acceptance Criteria

Campaign

• [ ] Goal comes from one source.
• [ ] Raised comes from one source.
• [ ] Remaining is calculated.
• [ ] Percentage is calculated.
• [ ] Chinese and English numbers match.
• [ ] No fake deadline.
• [ ] No invented impact costs.

Story

• [ ] “One valley, a thousand years” remains.
• [ ] Family / village / Garchen / Vajrayogini core story remains.
• [ ] A logical bridge exists between Story and donation.
• [ ] Why Grand Café First is implemented with verified rationale.
• [ ] Current campaign is actionable at the end of Story.

Support

• [ ] Current need appears before payment methods.
• [ ] Goal / raised / remaining are visible.
• [ ] Use of funds is understandable.
• [ ] Larger vision is visible but does not overwhelm the current ask.
• [ ] CTA is clear.

UX

• [ ] 375px mobile pass.
• [ ] 768px pass.
• [ ] Desktop pass.
• [ ] Accessible progress bar.
• [ ] Reasonable image loading.
• [ ] No broken bilingual layout.
• [ ] All donation links tested.

34. QA Checklist

Content:

• Chinese/English names consistent.
• Years consistent.
• Amounts consistent.
• Currency consistent.
• SMA attribution consistent.
• POC notice reviewed.

Links:

• Story.
• Vision.
• Land.
• Build.
• Living with the land.
• Support.
• Donation.
• YouTube.

Mobile:

• iPhone Safari.
• Android Chrome.
• LINE in-app browser.
• Facebook / Instagram in-app browser.

Accessibility:

• Heading hierarchy.
• Alt text.
• Keyboard navigation.
• Contrast.
• Progress aria.
• Button labels.

35. Items Requiring Project Confirmation Before Production

Do not stop structural implementation because these are pending, but confirm before production:

1. Final Grand Café foundation goal.
2. Latest raised amount.
3. Raised amount update mechanism.
4. Exact foundation scope / BoQ.
5. Whether Sep–Oct 2026 should be presented as firm schedule or target.
6. Whether reaching roof level is a target or contractual milestone.
7. Current Phase I total budget.
8. Donation recipient legal entity.
9. Taiwan and international payment methods.
10. Receipt / tax deductibility wording.
11. Financial reporting mechanism.
12. Final terminology: “Grand Café”, “Grand Cafe”, or official styled name.
13. Final English names/titles of lineage figures.
14. Whether “50–100” group capacity should be public.
15. Final retreat application policy.
16. POC label removal timing.

36. Suggested Content Structure

content/
  campaign.ts
  story.ts
  build.ts
  transparency.ts
  updates.ts
  verification.md

Components:

components/
  fundraising/
    CurrentCampaign.tsx
    CampaignProgress.tsx
    CampaignCTA.tsx
    ImpactTiers.tsx
    TransparencySummary.tsx
    ProjectUpdates.tsx

Adapt to the actual repository. Do not force a new architecture just to match this document.

37. Suggested Working Copy — Campaign

Chinese

讓第一期真正動工

我們正在完成 Grand Café 的地基。這是眼前可以完成的一步，也是讓園區正式進入施工循環的一步。

已募 US$X 還差 US$Y 目標 US$Z

一起完成這一步

English

Help us break ground.

We are raising the funds needed for the Grand Café foundation — the next buildable step in bringing the retreat into an actual construction cycle.

US$X raised US$Y to go Goal: US$Z

Help complete this step

38. Story → Campaign Transition Working Copy

Chinese

這個故事走了很久，才走到今天這片土地。

接下來的事情很具體：把第一階段真正蓋起來。

目前正在募集 Grand Café 地基工程所需的經費。它不是整個園區，但它是現在可以一起完成的一步。

English

It has taken a long time for this story to arrive at this piece of land.

What comes next is very concrete: beginning the build.

The current campaign is for the Grand Café foundation. It is not the whole retreat. It is the step in front of us now.

39. Final CTA Working Copy

Chinese

如果你在乎，你就是對的人。

不需要一次完成整個園區。
我們先一起完成眼前這一步。

[一起完成這一步]

English

If you care, you are the right person.

The whole retreat does not have to be built at once.
We can begin with the step in front of us.

[Help complete this step]

40. Definition of Website Success

A first-time visitor on mobile should be able to answer within minutes:

1. What is this place?
2. Why Manang?
3. Why are these people doing it?
4. Why should this retreat exist?
5. What is being built now?
6. Why is funding needed now?
7. What is the current goal?
8. How much has been raised?
9. How much remains?
10. What will my support fund?
11. How will I know what happens next?
12. How can I support it?

If questions 5–12 are still difficult to answer, the conversion layer is incomplete.

41. Core Instruction to the AI Agent

Do not redesign the soul of the site. Make the next step unmistakably clear.

42. VERIFIED UPDATE — Why the Grand Café First?

This section contains project-confirmed information and overrides earlier assumptions/placeholders where relevant.

A. Himalayan Construction Window

Manang’s winter snow makes sustained major outdoor construction impractical.

Current strategy:

• Sep–Oct 2026: Grand Café foundation.
• Winter 2026–27: major outdoor work limited by snow.
• Spring 2027: resume after thaw.
• Main 2027 building window: approximately Apr–Oct.
• Important objective: bring the Grand Café to roof level before the following winter and, if conditions allow, complete the roof.
• Reaching roof stage gives the building greater structural stability/protection through winter and creates better conditions for interior work.

Fundraising meaning:

Complete the foundation this year so the project can move directly into structural work when the snow melts next spring and make full use of Manang’s limited building season.

B. Pilot Project

An existing retreat cottage stands at the Grand Café site.

The new work will reuse and expand the existing structure rather than begin entirely from zero.

Because the Grand Café is smaller than later facilities:

• It is suitable as the first practical build.
• It can test local construction methods/workflow.
• It can establish collaboration with local builders.
• It can train local staff/workers.
• It can generate practical experience with materials, scheduling, and winter protection.
• Lessons can be carried into later retreat houses and buildings.

C. Essential Infrastructure

During the 2024 Dharma gathering in Manang, the team experienced the absence of a modern kitchen suitable for hygienic group use.

Future Grand Café functions include:

• Modern hygienic kitchen.
• Dining for group programs.
• Dining for group retreats.
• Staff use.
• Support for future teaching/group-retreat space of approximately 50–100 people.
• Support for future group accommodation for approximately 50 people.

Do not imply those future facilities are already built.

D. Gateway Between Retreat and Community

The core retreat area should remain quiet and is not normally open to general visitors.

The Grand Café is intentionally connected to the external road.

It can become:

• The first public point of contact.
• A public space that does not disturb the retreat zone.
• A place for local community exchange.
• A connection between the retreat and Manang.
• A place for tea/coffee and rest.
• A place to explain the retreat’s vision.
• A future place for gentle exchange around Buddhist practice and well-being.

Core:

The retreat stays quiet. The Grand Café becomes its door to the world.

43. Approved Narrative Direction — Why Grand Café First?

English Working Draft

Why the Grand Café first?

We are beginning with a smaller building.

The construction season in Manang is short. Once winter snow arrives, major outdoor work has to wait until the spring thaw.

Our plan is therefore to complete the Grand Café foundation in September–October 2026. When the snow melts in spring 2027, construction can resume, making full use of the main April–October building season. The aim is to bring the structure to roof level before the following winter, and, if conditions allow, complete the roof. Reaching that stage gives the building greater stability and protection through the winter and creates better conditions for continuing interior work.

The Grand Café is also the right place for our first construction pilot. An existing retreat cottage already stands on the site. Rather than starting entirely from zero, we will reuse and expand what is there. Because this building is smaller than the future retreat houses and larger teaching and accommodation facilities, it gives us a practical place to establish workflows, train the local team, work with local builders, and learn from the first full construction cycle.

But the Grand Café is more than a pilot.

When we held a Dharma gathering in Manang in 2024, one need became very clear: there was no modern kitchen suitable for hygienic food preparation for a group. The Grand Café will provide essential kitchen and dining infrastructure for future group retreats, teachings, and the people who work at the retreat center.

It will also have another role.

The inner retreat area is intended to remain quiet and will not normally be open to general visitors. The Grand Café is deliberately placed beside the external road, allowing it to become a threshold between the retreat and the wider community.

A visitor may stop for tea or coffee, learn why the retreat exists, and encounter the values behind it without entering the private retreat area. It can also become a place where the local community and the retreat center meet, and where people can encounter Buddhist practice and its relevance to the life of the mind and body.

That is why we begin here.

44. Campaign Timeline Component

Add a restrained timeline, not a large Gantt chart.

export const grandCafeTimeline = [
  {
    period: "2026 Sep–Oct",
    zh: "完成 Grand Café 地基工程",
    en: "Complete the Grand Café foundation"
  },
  {
    period: "Winter 2026–27",
    zh: "雪季，主要戶外工程暫停",
    en: "Winter snow limits major outdoor construction"
  },
  {
    period: "Spring 2027",
    zh: "雪融後重新動工",
    en: "Construction resumes after the spring thaw"
  },
  {
    period: "2027 Apr–Oct",
    zh: "主要施工季：目標推進至屋頂高度",
    en: "Main building season: aim to reach roof level"
  }
]

If schedule changes, update only the data source.

No fake countdown.

45. Retreat Houses — Verified Operating Intent

The plan includes 21 independent retreat houses.

Users

• Monastic practitioners may apply.
• Lay practitioners may apply.
• The core criterion is sincere practice.

Public English:

The retreat houses are intended for sincere practitioners, monastic or lay.

Do not present them as hotel rooms.

Space

Each retreat house supports independent retreat:

• Private bathroom.
• Private kitchen.
• Basic daily life can remain within the space.
• Practitioners do not need to frequently leave for ordinary needs.
• Architecture and landscape protect solitude/privacy.

Core English:

Each retreat house is designed to support genuine independent retreat. A private bathroom and kitchen allow practitioners to remain within the retreat space for ordinary daily needs, so the architecture itself helps protect silence and solitude.

46. Retreat Duration / Application Logic

Current operating concept:

• Ten days is the basic retreat/application period.
• Each application initially covers ten days.
• After ten days, check future room availability.
• Also confirm whether continuing a longer retreat remains appropriate for the practitioner.
• Then decide whether another ten-day period can be accepted.

Public-facing English:

Retreats begin in ten-day periods, with the possibility of extending when space is available and a longer stay remains appropriate.

Detailed criteria belong in a future Retreat Application Policy, not the fundraising homepage.

47. Future Group Facilities

Future plans include:

• Group teaching / retreat space for approximately 50–100 people.
• Group accommodation for approximately 50 people.
• Grand Café as key kitchen/dining support for these activities.
• Grand Café also serving retreat-center staff.

Clearly distinguish:

Current

• Grand Café foundation campaign.
• Existing site / existing cottage reuse.

Planned

• Completed Grand Café building.
• 21 independent retreat houses.
• Teaching hall / group practice space.
• Group accommodation.

Do not allow renderings or copy to imply planned facilities already exist.

48. Updated Campaign Positioning

Remove any implication that the Grand Café is first because it is the retreat’s most important building.

Correct positioning:

The Grand Café is the most logical first construction node because its scale is suitable for a pilot, it can reuse an existing structure, it can train the team, and it will become genuinely necessary kitchen, dining, and public-interface infrastructure.

The campaign is not:

Please fund a café.

It is:

Help us begin the first build, learn how to build well in Manang, and create infrastructure the retreat will genuinely need.

49. Updated Story Funnel

Later Story sequence:

1. One valley, a thousand years
2. Milarepa / hunter
3. Mase family
4. Generations of teachers
5. Village relationship
6. Land
7. Garchen Rinpoche / lineage
8. Vajrayogini connection
9. Masterplan
10. Who will practice here?
11. 21 independent retreat houses
12. Architecture protects practice
13. Why Grand Café first?
14. 2026–2027 construction timeline
15. Current foundation campaign
16. Where your support goes
17. From Manang / project updates
18. Final CTA

Important architectural contrast:

Grand Café = threshold / community / welcome Retreat houses = privacy / silence / solitude

50. Updated Homepage Campaign Block — Working Copy

English

Help us break ground.

Foundation this autumn. Building again after the spring thaw.

Manang has only a few months each year when major construction can move forward. We are raising the funds for the Grand Café foundation, with the aim of completing this stage in September–October 2026 so structural work can begin as soon as the snow melts next spring.

The Grand Café will be the retreat center's first construction pilot and will eventually provide essential kitchen and dining infrastructure for group retreats, teachings, and the people who work here.

US$X raised US$Y to go Goal US$Z

[Help complete this step]

51. Updated Implementation Priority

P0

1. Campaign single source of truth.
2. CurrentCampaign component.
3. Raised / goal / remaining / percentage.
4. Why Grand Café First using verified rationale.
5. Construction timeline.
6. Story → campaign transition.
7. Support-page current-campaign hierarchy.
8. 21 retreat houses / Who Will Practice Here.
9. Grand Café vs private retreat-zone narrative.
10. Mobile QA.
11. No fake urgency.
12. No invented construction-cost details.

P1

1. Transparency.
2. From Manang construction updates.
3. Architecture protects practice.
4. Future group-facilities distinction.
5. Analytics.
6. OG/social sharing.

52. Remaining Verification Items

Still confirm before production:

• Exact Grand Café foundation fundraising goal.
• Latest amount raised.
• Update mechanism for raised amount.
• Exact foundation scope / BoQ.
• Whether Sep–Oct 2026 dates are firm or targets.
• Whether “reach roof level” is a target or contractual milestone.
• Current Phase I total budget.
• Donation recipient legal entity.
• Taiwan/international payment methods.
• Receipt/tax-deductibility wording.
• Financial reporting mechanism.
• Final styling of “Grand Café”.
• Final English names/titles of lineage figures.
• Whether public copy should say “50–100”.
• Final retreat application policy.

53. Agent Instruction — Current Source of Truth

For implementation/copy revisions after 2026-08-09:

1. Treat Sections 42–54 as current source of truth for:

• Why Grand Café is first.
• 2026–2027 construction timing.
• Grand Café purpose.
• Pilot-project rationale.
• Community/public interface.
• 21 retreat houses.
• Retreat user profile.
• Ten-day retreat cycle.
• Future teaching/accommodation role.
• Manang site supervision/documentation mechanism.

1. Do not revert to generic fundraising language.

1. Preserve:

• the vision is large;
• the current ask is specific;
• the construction urgency comes from Manang’s real seasonal constraints;
• the Grand Café is both a practical pilot and useful long-term infrastructure.

1. The donor should leave with one clear idea:

We are not asking them to fund an abstract masterplan all at once. We are asking them to help complete the next buildable step, at the right moment in Manang’s construction cycle.

54. VERIFIED UPDATE — Manang Site Supervision and Construction Delivery

This section contains project-confirmed information.

On-Site Responsibility

In the early construction stage:

• Local members of the Mase family in Manang will assist with on-site responsibility and supervision.
• The project plans to hire local residents for site supervision/documentation.
• Hiring local residents is both part of project execution and a way for villagers to participate in the building work and be paid for their contribution.
• Over time, the project will identify and develop long-term local partners to create a stable site-management and reporting mechanism.

Each major construction milestone should retain:

• Date.
• Construction item.
• Before / during / after photographs.
• Short video when useful.
• Main materials.
• Actual spending.
• Corresponding BoQ / estimate item.
• Significant schedule/budget variance explanation.
• Next step.

Data flow:

Construction → Local site supervision / documentation → Project review → From Manang / website updates

Public-Facing Implication

The website does not need an immediate standalone “local employment” section.

Once the first real builders and construction records exist, Build / From Manang content can naturally express:

We are not only building in Manang. We hope to build it together with the people of Manang.

Avoid NGO-style “job creation / local employment impact” messaging before there are real people and work records to show.

This update does not change the Current Campaign, Why Grand Café First, timeline, or donation-flow technical specifications.