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Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Live in Denmark
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has arrived in Copenhagen, Denmark, to give teachings and a Great Medicine Buddha initiation July 24-25, organized by Tong-nyi Nying-je Ling. Motivational talks and teachings before the initiation will be webcast live beginning at 7 p.m. local ... Read more »
Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre Completes 8th Annual Mani Retreat
Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre (RJL) in Malaysia recently completed its 8th annual one-month mani retreat, a tradition for the center during Saka Dawa (mid-May to mid-June) encouraged by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Two hundred forty-six participants from four countries accumulated ... Read more »
“Anye” Uses Fashion to Support Orphans of Tara Children’s Project
Everything has been great so far. Many people seem to like what we are trying to do with the clothes. Starting a new brand can be a bit slow going at first, but we have lots of great design ideas ... Read more »
New Photo Albums of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Several photo albums featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s activities around the world have been posted to FPMT.org for students and supporters to look at and enjoy. Rinpoche toured Australia during May and June 2015, visiting several FPMT centers including De-Tong Ling ... Read more »
International Merit Box Project: 14 New Grants Awarded for 2015
With a special thanks for all those who submitted or helped coordinate Merit Box offerings over the past year, it’s time to rejoice! A new set of 14 Merit Box grants have been awarded for 2015. Disbursements will be sent ... Read more »
Lunch Offered to Children of the Central School for Tibetans for the Second Year
For the second year in a row, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Social Services Fund, offered US$8,242 for lunch for all of the young children attending the Central School for Tibetans in Bylakuppe, South India. In addition to this same ... Read more »
The ‘I’ Is One; Others Are Numberless
“The I is one; others are numberless,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche reminds students in Cutting the Root of Samsara, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive’s third volume in a series drawn from the 24th Kopan course in 1991. “There are numberless sentient beings ... Read more »
Institut Vajra Yogini Completes Fourth Annual Nyung Nä Retreat
Each year Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Practice and Retreat Fund, personally sponsors up to 10 people willing to do 100 nyung näs – an intensive and demanding two-day Chenrezig retreat – at Institut Vajra Yogini (IVY) in France. Institut ... Read more »
The Sera Je Food Fund Increases Food Offering Over Winter Months
Every day of every year the Sera Je Food Fund offers breakfast, lunch, and dinner to 2,500 monks studying at the Sera Je Monastery. An additional 800 monks join for breakfast every day. Offering this requires a tremendous amount of ... Read more »
New Online Feature: ‘How Do Holy Objects Work?’
Ven. Tenzin Legtsok, an American monk in his 12th-year of geshe studies at Sera Monastery in India, discusses the power of stupas and other sacred objects in Mandala‘s newest online feature: “How Do Holy Objects Work?” Ven. Legtsok begins with ... Read more »
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche To Be Webcast Live
A long life puja will be offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the conclusion of the teaching and initiation series at Maitreya Instituut in the Netherlands on Chokhor Duchen (Wheel Turning Day), which is on Monday, July 20. The event ... Read more »