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Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition
The FPMT is an organization devoted to preserving and spreading Mahayana Buddhism worldwide by creating opportunities to listen, reflect, meditate, practice and actualize the unmistaken teachings of the Buddha and based on that experience spreading the Dharma to sentient beings. We provide integrated education through which people’s minds and hearts can be transformed into their highest potential for the benefit of others, inspired by an attitude of universal responsibility and service. We are committed to creating harmonious environments and helping all beings develop their full potential of infinite wisdom and compassion. Our organization is based on the Buddhist tradition of Lama Tsongkhapa of Tibet as taught to us by our founders Lama Thubten Yeshe and Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche.
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Die Stiftung zur Erhaltung der Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) ist eine Organisation, die sich weltweit für die Erhaltung und Verbreitung des Mahayana-Buddhismus einsetzt, indem sie Möglichkeiten schafft, den makellosen Lehren des Buddha zuzuhören, über sie zur reflektieren und zu meditieren und auf der Grundlage dieser Erfahrung das Dharma unter den Lebewesen zu verbreiten.
Wir bieten integrierte Schulungswege an, durch denen der Geist und das Herz der Menschen in ihr höchstes Potential verwandelt werden zum Wohl der anderen – inspiriert durch eine Haltung der universellen Verantwortung und dem Wunsch zu dienen. Wir haben uns verpflichtet, harmonische Umgebungen zu schaffen und allen Wesen zu helfen, ihr volles Potenzial unendlicher Weisheit und grenzenlosen Mitgefühls zu verwirklichen.
Unsere Organisation basiert auf der buddhistischen Tradition von Lama Tsongkhapa von Tibet, so wie sie uns von unseren Gründern Lama Thubten Yeshe und Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche gelehrt wird.
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La Fundación para la preservación de la tradición Mahayana (FPMT) es una organización que se dedica a preservar y difundir el budismo Mahayana en todo el mundo, creando oportunidades para escuchar, reflexionar, meditar, practicar y actualizar las enseñanzas inconfundibles de Buda y en base a esa experiencia difundir el Dharma a los seres.
Proporcionamos una educación integrada a través de la cual las mentes y los corazones de las personas se pueden transformar en su mayor potencial para el beneficio de los demás, inspirados por una actitud de responsabilidad y servicio universales. Estamos comprometidos a crear ambientes armoniosos y ayudar a todos los seres a desarrollar todo su potencial de infinita sabiduría y compasión.
Nuestra organización se basa en la tradición budista de Lama Tsongkhapa del Tíbet como nos lo enseñaron nuestros fundadores Lama Thubten Yeshe y Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
A continuación puede ver una lista de los centros y sus páginas web en su lengua preferida.
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L’organisation de la FPMT a pour vocation la préservation et la diffusion du bouddhisme du mahayana dans le monde entier. Elle offre l’opportunité d’écouter, de réfléchir, de méditer, de pratiquer et de réaliser les enseignements excellents du Bouddha, pour ensuite transmettre le Dharma à tous les êtres. Nous proposons une formation intégrée grâce à laquelle le cœur et l’esprit de chacun peuvent accomplir leur potentiel le plus élevé pour le bien d’autrui, inspirés par le sens du service et une responsabilité universelle. Nous nous engageons à créer un environnement harmonieux et à aider tous les êtres à épanouir leur potentiel illimité de compassion et de sagesse. Notre organisation s’appuie sur la tradition guéloukpa de Lama Tsongkhapa du Tibet, telle qu’elle a été enseignée par nos fondateurs Lama Thoubtèn Yéshé et Lama Zopa Rinpoché.
Visitez le site de notre Editions Mahayana pour les traductions, conseils et nouvelles du Bureau international en français.
Voici une liste de centres et de leurs sites dans votre langue préférée
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L’FPMT è un organizzazione il cui scopo è preservare e diffondere il Buddhismo Mahayana nel mondo, creando occasioni di ascolto, riflessione, meditazione e pratica dei perfetti insegnamenti del Buddha, al fine di attualizzare e diffondere il Dharma fra tutti gli esseri senzienti.
Offriamo un’educazione integrata, che può trasformare la mente e i cuori delle persone nel loro massimo potenziale, per il beneficio di tutti gli esseri, ispirati da un’attitudine di responsabilità universale e di servizio.
Il nostro obiettivo è quello di creare contesti armoniosi e aiutare tutti gli esseri a sviluppare in modo completo le proprie potenzialità di infinita saggezza e compassione.
La nostra organizzazione si basa sulla tradizione buddhista di Lama Tsongkhapa del Tibet, così come ci è stata insegnata dai nostri fondatori Lama Thubten Yeshe e Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Di seguito potete trovare un elenco dei centri e dei loro siti nella lingua da voi prescelta.
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“护持大乘法脉基金会”( 英文简称:FPMT。全名:Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition) 是一个致力于护持和弘扬大乘佛法的国际佛教组织。我们提供听闻,思维,禅修,修行和实证佛陀无误教法的机会,以便让一切众生都能够享受佛法的指引和滋润。
我们全力创造和谐融洽的环境, 为人们提供解行并重的完整佛法教育,以便启发内在的环宇悲心及责任心,并开发内心所蕴藏的巨大潜能 — 无限的智慧与悲心 — 以便利益和服务一切有情。
FPMT的创办人是图腾耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。我们所修习的是由两位上师所教导的,西藏喀巴大师的佛法传承。
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護持大乘法脈基金會”( 英文簡稱:FPMT。全名:Found
ation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition ) 是一個致力於護持和弘揚大乘佛法的國際佛教組織。我們提供聽聞, 思維,禪修,修行和實證佛陀無誤教法的機會,以便讓一切眾生都能 夠享受佛法的指引和滋潤。 我們全力創造和諧融洽的環境,
為人們提供解行並重的完整佛法教育,以便啟發內在的環宇悲心及責 任心,並開發內心所蘊藏的巨大潛能 — 無限的智慧與悲心 – – 以便利益和服務一切有情。 FPMT的創辦人是圖騰耶喜喇嘛和喇嘛梭巴仁波切。
我們所修習的是由兩位上師所教導的,西藏喀巴大師的佛法傳承。 察看道场信息:
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Drolkar McCallum Visits Enthusiastic LRZTP6 Students
In June 2013, Drolkar McCallum, regional coordinator for FPMT North America, visited the students of Lostawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme 6 (LRZTP6), FPMT’s four-year Tibetan language program aimed at providing interpreters to FPMT centers worldwide:
“The monsoon has begun in Dharamsala, Northern India, but that does not in any way detract from the enthusiasm and joyfulness of the LRZTP6 students.
“Fourteen people from eight different countries began their four-year Tibetan translator program in October of 2012. Gen Sherab Dargye, the Tibetan language teacher, seems very happy with the progress so far and reports that ‘they are harmonious and are happy to help each other.’
“I was delighted to experience this myself. As I entered the peaceful courtyard, rain dripped down from the colorful Tibetan tent cover onto the stone patio, two baby monkeys chased each other in the trees above and I heard the low soothing sound of chanting coming from the ground floor classroom. Claire Yeshe Barde, then the director, led me up onto the spacious patio and offered me a hot drink to warm my chilled bones. When the dedication prayers after the morning class finished, there was a brief moment of silence before excited chatter broke out. Students tumbled out of the classroom laughing and headed towards the tea and food tables. After helping myself to a delicious looking lunch of traditional rice, beans and salad, I sat down among them. They welcomed me with warm smiles and shy questions. I felt comfortable as I had participated in the second program [LRZTP2] when the most awesome Merry Colony was at the helm. I understood what the students were experiencing.
“In India on a brief holiday, I thought I’d meet the students while there. As the new FPMT North American regional coordinator, I’ll help next year when it comes time to place the students in centers in Canada and the United States for the two-year training portion of their program.
“In the afternoon, the courtyard was filled with Tibetan phrases spoken with Russian, Dutch and American accents as the students conversed with their Tibetan conversation partners. When I spoke privately with the students later, each used the word ‘intense’ when I asked them how the course was going! I sensed from them a determination to master the course work, reach their goal, and they seemed excited and looked forward to being sent to an FPMT center.
“When asked where they wanted to be placed, most said that they would be happy to discover a new part of the world and could be sent wherever there was a need. Ven. Tenzin Pelha from Holland thought she would first learn Tibetan and then study Dharma but shared that every moment in the course they are learning and practicing Dharma and she is very grateful for the opportunity to do so.
“If your center will have need of an interpreter in late 2014, don’t wait till the last minute to request one of these fine interpreters as I think they will be scooped up quickly!”
More information on Lostawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme’s exciting opportunities be found on their new website.
Mandala brings you news of FPMT activities, teachers and events from over 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you have news you would like to share, please let us know.
During His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s tour of New Zealand, June 9-12, the resident geshes of the FPMT centers in New Zealand had their picture taken during a moment with His Holiness. Geshe Wangdu from Dorje Chang Institute and Geshe Jampa Tharchin from Chandrakirti Centre as well as Phillipa Rutherford, co-director of Chandrakirti Centre, posed for the photo.
About the visit, Phillipa Rutherford shared with Mandala:
His Holiness visited Christchurch, Dunedin and Auckland in New Zealand. The main theme of His Holiness teachings was secular ethics – bringing good conduct back into mainstream society – and how we can do this. His Holiness also visited two universities and spoke to hundreds of students.
This photo was taken at 5 a.m. at the hotel in Auckland. As His Holiness was leaving, he gave a short talk to the Tibetans, concluding with telling them to enjoy themselves while in the West.
From New Zealand, His Holiness toured Australia, June 14-23, visiting Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Darwin. While in Sydney, His Holiness participated in the Young Minds conference, organized by Vajrayana Institute, the FPMT center in Sydney. In Melbourne, His Holiness spoke at Happiness & Its Causes, another project of Vajrayana Institute.
For reports on His Holiness’ activities in New Zealand and Australia, visit dalailama.com.
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Merit Box Grants Awarded
In June, $52,950 in grant awards from the 2012 International Merit Box Project offerings were disbursed to 14 FPMT centers, projects and funds for their use. From the kindness of Merit Box Practitioners chipping in their Merit Box donations from all over the world, much-needed funding help has been given to a hospice in California, a retreat land in France, a flood-damaged gompa in Argentina, and an inspiring list of others. To see a PDF of the 2012 Merit Box Project grant recipients please click here.
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Kadampa Center Completes Their New Stupa
Kadampa Center has completed their stupa building project. The large and active center in Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S., committed to building a Kadampa Stupa in 2002. They spent nine years accumulating funds and began building in 2011. Construction took 29 months.
On May 10, the pinnacle of the stupa was installed. Using a lift platform and ropes, the disk section was lowered over the stupa’s tree of life. Then, the parasol and top knot were placed on top. Stupa artist Jamphel and volunteers contributed thousands of hours of work – from planning and fundraising to painting and landscaping.
On May 25, five Sangha and 130 members of Kadampa Center gathered to dedicate the stupa, posing for a photo on the surrounding new brick plaza. Kadampa Center reports that night-time lighting and benches will be added soon around the stupa as finishing touches.
Kadampa Center for the Practice of Tibetan Buddhism was founded by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1992. Under the guidance of their resident teacher, Geshe Gelek Chodha, the center offers a full range of programs, including teachings, pujas, morning meditation practice, Discovering Buddhism, a popular children’s program, animal liberation practice and much more.
Mandala brings you news of FPMT activities, teachers and events from the 161 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you have news you would like to share, please let us know.
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Ven. Sarah Thresher shared this report from Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India:
On June 14, FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche invited Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme [Khadro-la] to attend the picnic at the end of a dual course at Tushita. There were over 100 people present.
Rinpoche made a special point of thanking the cooks and kitchen staff who produce delicious meals three times a day without using onions or garlic. Tushita has put special effort into making the food served on the courses excellent. Rinpoche commented that sometimes when the course subjects are difficult for the new students having good food helps them to digest it all more easily!
Tushita runs year-round a 10-day introductory courses (which is very reasonably priced) and people travel from around the world to attend and take advantage of this special environment. For years the courses have been overbooked. Last course they turned away 40 people!
Rinpoche also thanked Tushita’s spiritual program coordinator, teachers and meditation leaders. Khadro-la was requested to give a talk and Geshe Kelsang Wangmo from the Institute of Buddhist Dialectics translated.
Then Rinpoche gave a three-hour teaching on guru devotion for the new people with quotes and transmission of “Calling the Guru from Afar.” For this 10-day introductory course, Rinpoche taught seven days running and gave the oral transmission of the Vajra Cutter Sutra as well as a new morning meditation practice that he put together and translated to help make people’s lives meaningful. (more…)
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Ven. Lindy Mailhot, director of Chag-Tong Chen-Tong Centre (CTCT) in Snug, Tasmania, Australia, shared with Mandala a quick message about the center’s 2013 program.
CTCT has enjoyed a wonderful beginning to our 2013 program with visiting teachers bringing great benefit, inspiration, support and friendship to our community.
Ven. Lozang Yonten, currently resident teacher at Kusang Yeshe Retreat Centre in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales, introduced the New Year with a wonderful weekend on “New Year Resolutions from a Dharma Perspective” based around the seven-point mind training teachings.
Glen Svensson joined us during February, leading two weekend retreats on shamata and the Gelug tradition of Mahamudra. And Thubten Yeshe (T.Y.) returned to lead our annual Easter four-day lam-rim retreat.
One new students shared thoughts on the retreat experiences that have grown over the last two years:
I know that a lot of people find it hard to make the time in their busy lives for retreat; it just seems too daunting! Our commitments to work and family seem to make retreat too difficult to organize … but it’s a challenge that’s well worth the effort.
I never knew what the rewards and benefits were until I recently did my first three-day retreat. I had believed that just attending the day sessions would suffice, but attending a retreat is of much deeper benefit.
Retreat is a time to come face-to-face with who you are and to see yourself clearly for the first time. The benefits are profound, felt not just by ourselves, but also by everyone we come into contact with.
In retreat we can develop the basic qualities of affection and loving kindness, and the teachings help us to learn to put that into practice. Yet even when we return from the retreat to “everyday life,” the values remain strong and the principles stay true.
From each retreat I attend, I know myself a little better and find the teachings resonate with me longer. One of my heartfelt wishes is that everyone can experience a retreat.
It is a special time with like-minded friends living, practicing, meditating, eating together minus the distraction of family/work life, just for a short time.
With our wish to be able to offer regular opportunities of retreat experience, by building this more and more into our program over the last two years we are finding that the students and friends of CTCT are slowly becoming familiar with the methods of integrating study and practice and are enjoying the vast and subtle benefits. Much to our delight, we are starting to hear people talk of their longing to do retreat, even if its just one day.
Ven. Robina Courtin recently visited Chag-Tong Chen-Tong Centre June 4-9 and lead a three-day residential retreat “How to Practice Dharma – Teachings on the Eight Worldy Dharmas.” The center writes that they look forward to Ven. Antonio Satta visitng in August to lead a ten-day vipassana retreat.
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Student and assistant warden in the California prison system Bill Wilson shares on FPMT retreat center Vajrapani Institute’s V-Voice Blog the story of how a mentor profoundly changed his life, an experience that coincidentally brought him to the Dharma:
“I believed I was a good man, and tried to help others as best I could, but as I watched Dave interact with inmates I realized I was only partly fulfilling my duties as a law enforcement official and a member of my community. He wasn’t just professional and courteous, he tried to make a positive imprint on every inmate (and staff member) he had contact with. It didn’t matter the crime they committed, the color of their skin, their gang affiliation or their intellect, he reached out with loving kindness, compassion and empathy to men who were commonly marginalized. Yes, we fed and clothed them, and at times tried to provide them with inspiration, but until I watched Dave in action, I didn’t know we usually ignored the most crucial truth: that the inmates continued to be human beings.
“… My journey with Dave and our men opened another door, perhaps the most important … I met volunteer Jon Landaw, who introduced me to Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi. As we talked about our men, I mentioned that I was amazed by the incredible changes I had witnessed and how I hoped to be able to make similar changes in my own life. The next thing I knew I was at the Vajrapani Institute experiencing my first formal meditation training ‘Mindfulness and Reality: Introduction to Meditation’ …”
Located in the redwood forests of the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, Vajrapani Institute offers meditation retreat cabins, Tibetan Buddhist group courses and retreats, and facility rentals for spiritual groups of all traditions.
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FPMT study group Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore is an active community in South India, founded at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to “offer this cultural treasure [Buddhadharma] back to the people of the land of its origin.” Shanti Gopinath, center member, updates Mandala on the group’s latest news:
“April 2013 was an action-packed month at Choe Khor Sum Ling. We were extremely honored when Khangser Rinpoche, one of the great lharampa geshes, adorned with boundless compassion and endowed with convincing speech in accordance with the modern world view, accepted our request to teach. On April 21, Rinpoche gave a talk on ‘Nothing Exists Inherently, Yet Everything Exists Dependently.’ Khangser Rinpoche, in his unique, humorous and fluid style, taught us how our destiny is in our own hands. The interactive session gave us a deep-level understanding of overcoming our afflictions and finding lasting happiness in the toughest of situations. The teaching was followed by a Vajrasattva initiation on April 22. Not only did Rinpoche take us through the ritual, but also explained the ceremonial prayers and meditations that were involved.
“Our precious Sera Je teacher, Ven. Gyalten Rabten, conducted Guru Puja and the second session of Buddhist Meditation 101 on April 27-28.
“As a center we’ve also introduced three brand new weekend courses: FPMT Education Services’ Discovering Buddhism (We wish to thank them for the precious opportunity, their guidance and tremendous support.); a course on Nagarjuna’s Letter to a Friend composed by Arya Nagarjuna for King Gautamiputra; and Mind Training in the Great Way, designed around the Wheel of Sharp Weapons. Our adept teachers – Vens. Tenzin Namdak, Tenzin Legtsok and Tenzin Namjong – engaged in geshe studies at Sera Je Monastic University, will be leading the new courses.”
In February, Choe Khor Sum Ling had the honor of hosting Tenzin Ösel Hita. His videoed talk, “How to Understand Our Reality from the Universal Point of View,” is available on fpmt.org/mandala/.
Discover Choe Khor Sum Ling’s YouTube channel and find more talks from visiting teachers, including Khangser Rinpoche and Ven. Thubten Chodron.
If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work. Friends of FPMT at the Basic level and higher receive the print magazine Mandala, delivered quarterly to their homes.
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In February 2013, Centro Tara Cittamani in Padova (Padua), Italy celebrated its 20th anniversary.
After being established in 1993, the center spent years looking for a more permanent residence. “At that time, the activities were mainly carried out in rented halls or gyms, organized by a small but very active group of volunteers whose motivation was to raise awareness of Dharma and benefit the greatest possible number of people,” shared Paolo De Luise, center board member. It wasn’t until 2004 when Centro Tara Cittamani found its home in the suburbs of Padova.
Inaugurated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the late Geshe Jampa Gyatso and Geshe Tenzin Tenphel, the new center has a gompa that seats 60 and features a Green Tara statue by Alfredo Baracco. The center shares its other rooms with Motus Mundi, an association that promotes mindfulness to adults and children through secular activities such as yoga, tai chi, Pilates and English classes.
“To celebrate our 20th anniversary,” continued Paolo, “in February the center hosted in a city theater, with an audience of more than 400 people, the Tour of Compassion and Harmony organized by the monks of Sera Je Monastery, who performed the sacred ritual dances and who made a beautiful mandala of the Medicine Buddha in our gompa. Moreover, in April in the prestigious Palazzo della Gran Guardia located in the city center, thanks to the patronage of the Municipality of Padova, more than 1,200 people benefited for a whole weekend from the positive energy of the Buddha’s relics [from the Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour].”
Centro Tara Cittamani is part of the Unione Buddhista Italiana (Italian Buddhist Union), which in February was officially recognized by the Italian government as a “religious confession,” an honor only held by one other non-Judeo-Christian tradition. The center hopes in the coming years to host a resident geshe.
If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work. Friends of FPMT at the Basic level and higher receive the print magazine Mandala, delivered quarterly to their homes.
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Chenrezig Institute’s New Art Studio and Entrance Gate
In late April, Garrey Foulkes, arts manager of Chenrezig Institute, shared with Mandala an update about the Chenrezig Institute Art Studio and the new entrance gate that welcomes visitors to FPMT’s oldest Australian center:
“For several months now our new art studio has been established enough for us to start production. Lama Zopa Rinpoche proposed, some 15 years ago, that it would be good to have a facility where Dharma artists could produce holy objects and at the same time have a means of being able to have some financial support. Up to this point, almost all of the work we have been doing has been voluntary and has been spread around in different people’s homes. So at last, the Enlightenment Project for Purification and Merit and the Garden of Enlightenment are all under the one roof, which is so much more efficient.
“The large upper mezzanine level is for fine-art and among other things, caters for regular, well attended, thangka-painting workshops with our resident artist.
“Downstairs most of our work revolves around casting and assembling tsa-tsas, statues, stupas, prayer wheels and a range of other Dharma products. We hope to continue supplying local centers with items for their shops, expanding our range of products and continuing to offer holy objects to all of the regional centers and students, including those in Asia.
“I’m also happy to announce that after months of very heavy rain, we finally had an opportunity to erect our new entrance gate which has certainly helped create a feeling of ‘arrival’ for our many regular and, especially, new visitors.
“There is still a little more work to do with finishing the painting and some landscaping required, but it is great to have things up to this stage.”
Chenrezig Institute on Australia’s Sunshine Coast is an active and vibrant Dharma center, offering a robust selection of retreats, workshops and events. Check out their Facebook page for photos and announcements.
(Garrey Foulkes kindly offers to answer questions about stupa construction, please contact him directly: foulkes@powerup.com.au)
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FPMT News Around the World
Land of Joy, a developing FPMT retreat center in the UK, received more encouragement and advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in January and February on how to proceed with their vision for a place “characterized by quietness, a simple lifestyle, provision of comfortable healthful shelter and nourishing vegetarian food, good views and opportunities for peaceful walks … accessible from all over the UK.”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s January 11 words were simple and supportive: “I will pray for the success of the retreat place. Thank you very, very, very much.”
Later, on February 15, Land of Joy organizers received more advice. Rinpoche wrote that it is “very important” to recite the mantra of Buddha’s name and the mantra for success, which follow:
- Chom dan da de zhin sheg pa / sa zin gyalpo la / chag tsal lo
- Ta ya tha / om dari dari / daranyi bendah / soha
Then Rinpoche advised:
Everybody recite one mala [of each mantra] not only for [Kalachakra retreat and] Land of Joy, but also for any wish they have for success, especially to achieve paths and achieve enlightenment for sentient beings, this is what came out good to recite. I’m not sure when I can come to England. If at that time the retreat center has happened, then I can come to visit. Yes, I will pray for the success of retreat center, not only to find, but for it to be of most benefit for sentient beings, for anyone who comes to have realizations, correct realizations. In future when His Holiness the Dalai Lama comes to England, if you have center, you could invite, if that happens, easy.
Land of Joy provides numerous opportunities for volunteers, merit making, and financial offerings. Land of Joy encourages FPMT students and supporters to use the mantras Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommends, not only to support the success of the retreat center itself, but for “the fulfillment of any personal wish.”
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche spent Saka Dawa, May 25, at Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India, engaging in a variety of virtuous activities. In addition to feeding the monkeys that live in the area and extensive blessings for Tushita’s three dogs – Nying-je Chenmo (Great Compassion), Yeshe (Wisdom) and Dekyi (Happiness) – Rinpoche gathered staff and volunteers together in Tushita’s newly painted gompa to thank them for their service.
“Your service is amazing,” Rinpoche told the group. “Doing so much for sentient beings!”
Tushita Meditation Centre is an active FPMT center in McLeod Ganj village, seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile. You can find more photos of the center’s activities, including a Chenrezig initiation with Denma Locho Rinpoche, Glen Svensson’s introductory Buddhist course, and a recently completed set of nyung näs, on Facebook.
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