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Please Rejoice on Saka Dawa for the Prayers and Practices Offered by 15,650 Sangha

Please Rejoice on Saka Dawa for the Prayers and Practices Offered by 15,650 Sangha

Each year on Saka Dawa (Day 15 of Month 4: Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana), the Puja Fund sponsors an extensive array of offerings and pujas. Please rejoice that today, on Saka Dawa, 15,650 ordained Sangha members are offering ... Read more »
Purifying Your Forefathers’ Killing Karma

Purifying Your Forefathers’ Killing Karma

A student wrote Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a serious confession: “My forefathers have done very heinous sins, which is the major cause of suffering in our family now. My grandma’s father and his friends a long, long time ago killed ... Read more »
Work a Day for Rinpoche Campaign for Saka Dawa

Work a Day for Rinpoche Campaign for Saka Dawa

With the great full moon of Saka Dawa, the 2015 Work a Day for Rinpoche campaign is culminating on Tuesday, June 2. Since 2007, students in the FPMT international community have been celebrating the birth, enlightenment and Parinirvana of Lord ... Read more »
Support Continues for Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Ongoing Work in Nepal

Support Continues for Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Ongoing Work in Nepal

The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund has been contributing to the work of Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Nepal Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund. Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, a Kopan Rinpoche and a high lama for the Tamang people, has been coordinating with Kopan on ... Read more »
Life Is Full of Hope

Life Is Full of Hope

“There’s a big difference between those who have met Dharma and those who have not met Dharma,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in a teaching in the just published Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive May E-letter. “By having met Dharma, you are ... Read more »
Prostrations and Benefiting People You’ve Killed

Prostrations and Benefiting People You’ve Killed

In the past, a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche killed his parents during a psychotic episode. Rinpoche gave him practice advice then and later the student wrote back, “These days, I do practice as you advised me to: Vajrasattva practice, ... Read more »
Interfaith Dialogue at Centre Kalachakra in Paris

Interfaith Dialogue at Centre Kalachakra in Paris

On March 5, Centre Kalachakra in Paris welcomed local religious leaders representing Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism and Islam. Fifty people attended the dialogue, which focused on the theme of joy and happiness. Geshe Drakpa Tsundue, Centre Kalachakra’s resident geshe, welcomed all ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach in Australia Live!

Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach in Australia Live!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has arrived in Australia, starting his tour of the country with a visit to De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre on Kangaroo Island where he consecrated the Enlightenment Stupa and Padmasambhava statue there. Rinpoche will continue his tour teaching ... Read more »
Creating Compassionate Cultures Celebrates a Major Milestone!

Creating Compassionate Cultures Celebrates a Major Milestone!

“Creating Compassionate Cultures (CCC) recently celebrated the completion of its inaugural Online Institute for Creating Compassionate Cultures (OICCC) certificate program,” reported CCC team member Mer Stafford in May 2015. “Thirty-six students from 10 countries participated in the course.” Developed by ... Read more »
‘The Main Thing Now Is Attainment’

‘The Main Thing Now Is Attainment’

”We have achieved a lot in Dharma education and study,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche said in March 2015 while visiting Root Institute in India. “Now we have to put effort in attaining the path. I don’t mean just doing three-year retreat ... Read more »
Offerings, Pujas, and Support to Sangha on Saka Dawa for the Benefit of the Entire FPMT

Offerings, Pujas, and Support to Sangha on Saka Dawa for the Benefit of the Entire FPMT

Each year on Saka Dawa (Day 15 of Month 4: Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana), the Puja Fund sponsors an extensive array of offerings and pujas. The practices are done by up to 15,650 ordained Sangha and offerings are ... Read more »
Our Self-Cherishing Mind Is a Dictator

Our Self-Cherishing Mind Is a Dictator

On May 16, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared this from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at Chandrakirti Centre on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa: Our self-cherishing mind is a dictator, like a guru we serve constantly. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s ... Read more »