Gaden Choling Mahayana Buddhist Meditation Centre

Regular Subscription Membership (for everyone else)

 is $240 each year, automatically renewing.

 is $120 every six months, automatically renewing.

 is $60 every three months, automatically renewing.

 is $20 each month, automatically renewing.

PayPal Tips

1. PayPal Balance Always Used First. If you have a balance in your PayPal account, that amount will always be drawn from first when you make a payment after signing in.
2. PayPal Sign-in or Not. If you choose not to sign in during checkout, and you try to use a credit card that is linked to a PayPal account, the system will insist that you first sign in. So if you don't want to sign in, you need to use a credit card that isn't associated with any PayPal account.
3. Ending a Membership Subscription. If you have set up a membership subscription, you can end it at any time by logging into your PayPal account, selecting "Profile" from the menu, and then "My Preapproved Payments." Your Gaden Choling membership subscription will be listed there and you can select the link to cancel it (cancel the subscription's "profile" in PayPal-lingo). If you wish just to suspend your membership payments for some period of time, you can contact us to arrange that — it can't be done from within your own PayPal account at this time.
4. Add a Message to the Payment. The "Add a message to Gaden Choling" field can be found on the "Review Donation" or "Review Your Payment" page during the checkout process. The field is initially closed, with just a link displayed, but if you click on the link then a text area will open for you to enter your message. The link that opens the text area can be a bit hard to spot unless you are specifically looking for it!
5. Draw From a Credit Card or Bank Account. If you wish to have membership subscription payments drawn from your bank account or credit card, then the simplest method is to maintain a PayPal account balance of zero and set your bank account or credit card as the Backup Payment Method. In a new PalPal account, a linked bank account is the default backup. More details about how this works are given in the next two Tips, #6 & #7.
6. Accounts Linked to PayPal. If your PayPal account balance is insufficient to cover a payment, and you have linked a bank account to your PayPal account, the remainder of the payment will be drawn from your primary bank account by default. If you only have linked one account to your PayPal account, that one's primary. If you only have a credit card and no bank account linked to your PayPal account, then the remainder will be drawn from your credit card. However, if you have more than one account associated with your PayPal account (e.g. a credit card and a bank account), then you will have the option during checkout to specify that you wish the remainder to be drawn from one of those other sources, but by default it will select your primary associated bank account. There will be a link during checkout (in rather small type!) on the "Review Your Payment" page that reads something like "Draw funds from a different source" or "Change payment method," which you can select to change the funds source from your primary bank account to any other source you've linked to your PayPal account.
7. Preferred/Backup Payment Method. You generally can set a Preferred Payment Method (and/or a Backup Payment Method or Backup Option) other than your primary bank account for recurring payments, including membership subscriptions. This can be set when you first create the subscription, else later by going to your PayPal account's Profile page, selecting "My Preapproved Payments," and then selecting the appropriate subscription link to change the Preferred/Backup Payment Method. Note that any existing PayPal account balance will still be used first, so this is usually required to be the Primary Payment Method, but your selected Backup Payment Method will be used if your PayPal account balance is zero.
8. Maintaining a PayPal Balance. If you wish to maintain a balance in your PayPal account, and automatically have money transferred in from your bank account if your PayPal balance goes below a preset amount, you can use PayPal's "Balance Manager" feature.
9. Subscription Payment Fails. If for any reason a membership subscription payment fails, PayPal will generally cancel the subscription and send you an email informing you of the event. After you resolve the problem, you can create a new subscription using the appropriate button above.