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Sentient Beings’ Happiness Comes from Dharma

“Happiness doesn’t mean just the pleasure of eating food, having comfort and a house, and just temporary pleasures. House, eating – not eating the house! The comfort of having money and all that – not just that. I think even [...]

Choe Khor Sum Ling Enjoys Jangchup Lamrim Teachings

Dee Shekhar, member of Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, shares news from the December 2013 Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Sera Je Monastery in South India: The month of December proved to be doubly important [...]

Ven. Drachom’s Pledge to Liberate 10 Million Beings

Earlier this year, Ven. Drachom (Fred Cheong), vice president of Amitabha Buddhist Centre’s (ABC) executive committee, pledged to liberate 10 million beings for the long life of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and a team of ABC volunteers are involved in making all [...]

Rinpoche on Maitreya Project Land in Bodhgaya

While Rinpoche has been staying in Bodhgaya, he visited Maitreya Project land and offered prayers with members of the Maitreya team. Rinpoche has written a letter explaining that there are now two Maitreya Projects. For more, see this announcement. Learn [...]

Rinpoche’s Update on Maitreya Project

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has written to explain that there are now two Maitreya Projects! In his letter, Rinpoche explains how this came about, what is the particular focus of each, the benefits of Maitreya Buddha statues, and requests our prayers [...]

The New Issue of Mandala Published!

We have just published our new issue of Mandala, featuring coverage of FPMT’s holy objects, including updates on the Maitreya Projects and the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion and celebrating the 40th anniversary of the International Mahayana Institute! In this issue’s online [...]

Monlam, Day of Miracles, March 16, 2014

Days one through fifteen of the first month of the Tibetan calendar, during which Monlam takes place, mark a period when Lord Buddha performed many miracles, beginning with Losar (the Tibetan New Year) on the first day and culminating on [...]

Rinpoche Offers Oral Transmission of the Golden Light Sutra

This week Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been at the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya, India, where he is offering the oral transmission of the Golden Light Sutra.   Photographer Andy Melnic, who was at the stupa on Tuesday, sent the image above [...]

‘All This Is Illusory’

The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive makes available transcripts of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at the annual month-long Kopan courses going back to the first years of the course. The following is an excerpt from the 15th Kopan course, given in 1982. Here Rinpoche offers instruction on [...]