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Preparations underway at Lawudo, painting and filling the life-size Kalachakra statue. Photo by Jane Seidlitz
Ven. Sarah Thresher shares an update from Lawudo on the upcoming preparations for observing the anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
It is nearly one year since the passing of our most precious guru, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and up at Lawudo preparations for the ceremony are well underway.
Last year, Ven Nyima Tashi, a relative of Rinpoche’s, flew up in a helicopter bringing the magnificent life-size Kalachakra statue that Rinpoche commissioned for the Guru Rinpoche pure land, Zangdog Palri, to be built at Lawudo in the future, and over the past few days monks from Thame Monastery have been rolling the mantras, assembling the ingredients and filling the statue in accordance with the traditional texts. Rinpoche told Merry Colony some time ago that placing this statue at Lawudo would be a cause for the success of the FPMT organization. The statue was consecrated Friday, April 5.
Charok Tenzin Tinley Rinpoche and artist Khapa Pema preparing the substances to fill the Kalachakra statue. Photo by Jane Seidlitz.
Meanwhile, Rinpoche’s sister Anila Ngawang Samten and the whole Lawudo family are busy preparing for a two-day puja to commemorate the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s passing on the 12th and 13th April. Anila takes the future of the FPMT organization very seriously. She has invited the main three Nyingma masters of the Valley—Thame Rinpoche, Kyarok Lama, and Charok Tenzin Tinley Rinpoche, along with other monks and ngakpas, to perform these ceremonies, beginning with a fortune-hooking ritual and followed by the main Vajrasattva puja. These are the same lamas who helped with the consecration of Rinpoche’s new Victory Stupa constructed by Anila and Nyima Tashi last year, as well as the new relic stupa, the renovated Lawudo Lama stupa, and the Amogapasha thangka at White Cliff above Lawudo. The anniversary pujas are being dedicated for the FPMT organization to be of continual benefit to sentient beings and to fulfill all the holy wishes of our most kind and precious guru, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and especially for us to be able to meet Rinpoche’s new unmistaken manifestation as quickly as possible.
Jane Seidlitz painting the house for Rinpoche’s tooth relic stupa.
In addition to all of this, there is the Lawudo Anniversary Pilgrimage! Following the anniversary ceremonies and Heart Sutra retreat at Kopan in April, a group of over thirty pilgrims from around the world, ordained sangha and lay students, will embark on the first ever Lawudo pilgrimage—visiting holy sites connected with the first Lawudo Lama as well as Rinpoche’s most recent manifestation—rejoicing in the practice, spiritual accomplishments, qualities and enlightened activities of these two great holy beings as well as praying sincerely from the heart for the swift return of a new emanation to continue the work of upholding and spreading the pure Dharma teachings in all ten directions and benefitting numberless sentient beings.
All in all, it will be a very busy, intensive and we hope successful month long celebration of the greatness of our spiritual guide, the Lawudo Lama.
Please join the entire FPMT community in rejoicing in these auspicious activities occurring at Lawudo this week. Please also read about the prayers and pujas happening at Kopan Monastery during this time, and download practice materials for your own use.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal, March 27, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
April 13, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
As a reminder to students, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away is a short text translated by Rinpoche that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru. It sets out the benefits of making offerings, how to make the offerings with six remembrances, and how to offer and dedicate the roots of virtue collected. Rinpoche specifically wanted to translate this text for the anniversary of Lama Yeshe’s passing, and it was a text that he wanted available for quite some time. We mention this to emphasize how important Rinpoche felt it was to offer these practices on the anniversary of the guru’s passing, for example, doing Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering as Rinpoche said in the Foreword.
A commemoration will occur at Kopan Monastery on April 13, where they will offer Heruka Lama Chopa and Tsog Offering puja, Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri, and other prayers. The puja is being sponsored by FPMT International Office on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Kopan Monastery reports that this puja will be livestreamed, those interested in joining should pay attention to the Kopan Facebook page for this, and we will also share this information once we have it.
These prayers and practices are available to download here:
In addition to the commemoration, on April 12th, Senior Sangha members and FPMT students will engage Yamantaka self-initiation; and on April 14th, Rinpoche’s students and Sangha members from various centers and organizations will gather for Vajrayogini self-initiation.
As Rinpoche explains in the foreword of the text, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away, “Making offerings on the death anniversary of a guru is an incredible practice in that it brings about the greatest purification of negative karma and collects the most extensive merit.”
Sangha offering prayers in front of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s holy body, April 21, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
April 13, 2024 marks the one-year anniversary of Lama Zopa Rinpoche showing the aspect of passing away.
We want to remind students about a text translated by Rinpoche, Advice for the Anniversary of the Guru’s Passing Away which is a short text that explains the importance of making offerings on the anniversary of the passing away of one’s guru. It sets out the benefits of making offerings, how to make the offerings with six remembrances, and how to offer and dedicate the roots of virtue collected.
As Rinpoche explains in the foreword of this text, “Making offerings on the death anniversary of a guru is an incredible practice in that it brings about the greatest purification of negative karma and collects the most extensive merit.”
There are six benefits of making offerings on the anniversary of your guru’s passing away. The Hundred Clear Realizations of the Glorious One from Narthang offers the great Kadampa geshe Sharawa’s citation from Guhyasamaja and Vairochana’s Net of Magical Illusion:
- You complete your guru’s holy wishes.
- You purify the negative karmas and obscurations collected in dependence on the guru.
- You achieve extensive merits.
- In future lives, you meet gurus.
- You become an object to be subdued by gurus.
- You quickly cease your samsara.
On March 10, 2021, Rinpoche gave commentary on these points during a teaching from Kopan Monastery, and you can read that commentary starting on page 13 of this full transcript.
A commemoration will occur at Kopan Monastery on April 13. Following the commemoration, Kopan is also hosting a Heart Sutra Retreat (April 15-20). His Eminence the 104th Ganden Tripa Rinpoche will offer commentary during the retreat and Ven. Steve Carlier will lead meditations. There are still spots available for this retreat, and you can contact Kopan Monastery for more information. We will share more details about this commemoration closer to the date.
Another auspicious opportunity relating to Lama Zopa Rinpoche we’d like to remind about is the Lawudo Pilgrimage happening from April 25-May 9. This is a pilgrimage for students of Rinpoche honoring him as the Lawudo Lama by visiting the main holy places of the area with prayers and practices for Rinpoche’s swift return. There are still spots available in this pilgrimage as well.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Livestream of the prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return with the stupa and bodhi tree lit up and changing color in the distance. Photo by Tukba Akil.
We share this moving account from Ven. Sarah Thresher about the prayers offered for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return during the Fifteen Days of Miracles in Bodhgaya, India.
It’s common to hear chanting at the great place of enlightenment in Bodhgaya; groups travel thousands of miles to pray together at the stupa in Pali and Tibetan. It’s far less common to hear prayers chanted in English—and it certainly turns heads when that happens and is noticed by the many pilgrims from around the world.
It wasn’t till the second or third day of our fifteen days of prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return at the place of enlightenment during the miracle days that I realized this simple fact: coming together and chanting prayers together in English was itself a powerful way to repay the kindness of our precious spiritual guide Lama Zopa Rinpoche. There we were sitting together under the bodhi tree, three nuns—English, Chinese and Indian—along with a small but dedicated team of students from around the world praying together in English—the very language Rinpoche had used to teach us and lead us in prayers and practices; the language Rinpoche had learned from a young age in order to spread the Buddha’s teachings in this world. That simple act was proof of Rinpoche’s unfathomable kindness and achievement and greatness.
Group photo on the final evening of prayers—Chotrul Duchen. Photo by Pratyaksh Sehrawat.
Prayers underneath the bodhi tree at the seat of enlightenment. Photo by Tukba Akil.
All the Buddha merit increasing days are special at Root Institute because it’s a time when many offerings and prayers are made for the incredibly kind sponsors of the Festival of Lights and Merits (FLAM) and of Rinpoche’s projects in Bodhgaya. But this year it was decided to add a special prayer session every evening at the stupa with a selection of prayers either recommended by Rinpoche for the merit increasing days or advised by His Holiness and other holy beings to be recited for Rinpoche’s swift return. We were fortunate to get permission from the Temple management to reserve a place and to livestream the prayers for all fifteen days. We chose to sit under the bodhi tree right next to the only ancient Manjushri image in the stupa precincts—though some days we sat back amongst the smaller stupas so that people could see the stupa and bodhi tree spectacularly lit up and changing color as the prayer session unfolded.
A procession of students led by Rinpoche offering bowls of fruit to the main image of Shakyamuni Buddha in the temple. Photo by Ven. Sarah Thresher.
Two nights it rained but we still showed up. Two nights we added extensive offerings of bowls of fruit in procession to the Buddha image following the prayers—something Ven. Roger sponsored as he mentioned it was what Rinpoche liked to do. On the penultimate evening, a monk came up towards the end of the prayers and asked if he could offer a khata to Rinpoche—many people would pay respect, show approval and request blessing when they saw Rinpoche’s photo. We of course happily agreed, only to find out that it was actually H.E. Avikrita Vajra Sakya who had sent the monk to ask and he along with his entourage then approached to offer khatas to Rinpoche’s photo. “That’s Manjushri offering to Rinpoche,” I said, feeling very moved by the gesture. It was as though the Buddhas themselves were acknowledging the prayers and heartfelt longing of us disciples for the return of our precious Lama and offering comfort.
Ven. Dekyong from Singapore, Ven. Sarah from England and Ven. Anshu from India who led the prayers. Photo by Nick Redmond.
Ven. Sarah Thresher is an English nun who graduated in 1982 and met the Dharma in Kopan shortly afterwards—taking refuge with Lama Thubten Yeshe. She worked many years as an editor for Wisdom Publications and Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive and has also taught at centers around the world. She ordained with His Holiness Dalai Lama in 1986. For the past five years she has been living in different locations in Nepal.
Please read about His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s advice for reciting Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Altar of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, December 31, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.
In October 2023 we shared the very precious advice we received from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation.
We wanted to take the opportunity to remind students of this advice, particularly with Losar and the Fifteen Days of Miracles approaching when the merit of virtuous actions performed on each of these days is multiplied by 100 million.
We are pleased to share that Ganden Tri Rinpoche, head of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism and very close to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, will be offering the transmission of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri on February 17, 2024 through Jamyang Buddhist Centre London and this will be available online for all with interest to join.
As a reminder, IMI has arranged continual recitations of this text for Rinpoche’s swift return by students around the world in all the various time zones! Please read about how to sign up to join.
Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri Materials
The prayer is available for all to download: Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri.
Additionally, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive also offers Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s own commentary and oral transmission of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri which is available to all.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Prayer session for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, India, under the Bodhi tree, December 31, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.
An powerful prayer session was held in Bodhgaya, India, under the Bodhi tree on December 31, 2023 for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Prayer session for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, India, December 31, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.
Incredibly, 2,500 ordained Sangha participated including Ganden Tri Rinpoche, His Eminence Ling Rinpoche, His Eminence Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche, Kundeling Rinpoche, Osel Dorje Rinpoche, Lelung Tulku, Woser Rinpoche from Sera Mey Monastery, Sera Je Abbot Khenrinpoche Geshe Tashi Tsethar, Tashi Lhunpo Abbot Khenrinpoche Zeekgyab Tulku, Segyud Abbot Khenrinpoche Lobsang Wangdu, Namgyal Abbot Khenrinpoche Thamthog Rinpoche, and Drepung Loseling Abbot Khenrinpoche Lobsang Samten.
Ganden Tri Rinpoche at the prayer session for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, December 31, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.
Prayers recited were Calling the Guru from Afar, Chanting the Names of Manjushri, King of Prayers, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return prayer by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Ven. Roger Kunsang arranged offerings to all the 2,500 Sangha.
The magnitude and beauty of this event is captured in this short video by Ven. Tenzin Michael:
This was an incredibly important and auspicious event. It is said that the merit created from any virtuous activity in Bodhgaya is multiplied eight times due to the blessings that have arisen from all the holy activities accomplished here by numerous holy beings. As Rinpoche has explained:
“Bodhgaya is not only the place where the Buddha showed the holy deed of achieving enlightenment under the bodhi tree but also where all the great pandits such as Nagarjuna and Asanga practised and made so many prayers. Also, many great enlightened beings and yogis from Tibet, China, Nepal and other countries came here and made so many prayers to benefit us sentient beings so there would be unbelievable, unbelievable opportunity for us to purify negative karma and accumulate merit as quickly as possible.
“That is why it is so important to come to Bodhgaya to practice; to circumambulate and make prayers under the tree. Even if you don’t know much Dharma, try to circumambulate as much as possible. It makes your life so special; there is unbelievable purification and it collects so much merit to quickly be free from the oceans of samsaric suffering and achieve enlightenment.
“[The Mahabodhi Stupa] is so precious that if you don’t get to circumambulate it for even one day, it’s worse than losing skies filled with wish-granting jewels or billions of dollars.”
Altar of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Bodhgaya, December 31, 2023. Photo by Ven. Tenzin Michael.
Additionally, with great rejoicing we share that on the first day of the New Year, Kopan Geshes, Lama Gyupas and sangha offered Most Secret Hayagriva tsog in front of Rinpoche’s holy body at Kopan Monastery, Nepal.
May all of these powerful prayers be actualized without delay.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
From Wisdom Publications about this new release:
In this highly anticipated volume, the beloved teacher Lama Zopa Rinopche guides us as we dive deeply into perseverance, one of the core practices of the bodhisattvas. By interweaving his teachings with Shantideva’s verses, Rinpoche elucidates this prerequisite for enlightenment, explaining what it is and how to cultivate it: guard your mind, gather virtue, work for others—and find incredible joy in these things.
… Rinpoche’s commentary is structured around the fifth and seventh chapters of the beloved Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life by the eighth-century philosopher-poet Shantideva. Interweaving his teaching with Shantideva’s verses, Rinpoche elucidates this prerequisite for enlightenment, explaining what it is and how to cultivate it: guard your mind, gather virtue, work for others—and find incredible joy in these things.
“When we have perseverance, we will have no obstacles, which means obstacles to any happiness, especially to ultimate happiness, the freedom from the oceans of samsaric suffering, and most importantly to peerless happiness, the state of the omniscience that is enlightenment.” —Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Learn more about this new release from Wisdom Publications and order your copy today:
wisdomexperience.org/product/perseverance
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return at Sera Monastery Drati Khangtsen on Lama Tsongkhapa Day, December 7, 2023.
This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) fell on December 7. This special day celebrates of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. A variety of prayers and practices were undertaken on this auspicious occasion and many FPMT centers and students used the opportunity to engage in prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return as well. At Kopan Monastery, extensive candle lights were offered, Kopan Lama Gyupa monks offered Guyasamaja Puja and constructed a sand mandala over three days, Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri was recited continuously for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche as well as many other prayers, and visitors offered prayers in front of Rinpoche’s holy body.
Sera Je Monastery on Lama Tsongkhapa Day, December 7, 2023. Photo courtesy of Sere Je Monastery Facebook page.
We were also very moved to receive notice of Tibetan communities and Sangha engaging offering prayers in this way. As an example, at Sera Je Monastery Drati Khangtsen, India, as the monastery was illuminated with light offerings and with all monks in congregation, the Sangha recited prayers for Rinpoche’s swift return.
As a reminder, we received the very precious advice from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation, and all are very welcome to join this ongoing collective effort.
We invite you to view this collection of photo galleries of some of the initial group prayers, pujas, and practices done for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Kopan Monastery; as well as monastic institutions and communities, FPMT centers, and at the sites of holy objects and gompas.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with cake offered during a birthday celebration, Kopan Monastery, December 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On December 3 we observe the birth date of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and FPMT International Office is sponsoring Lama Chopa with Tsog and recitation of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri at Kopan Monastery.
Students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche are encouraged to engage in these practices themselves, as a way to honor Rinpoche’s extremely beneficial and inspiring life, and to pray and create merit for the swift return of his reincarnation as advised by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche (1945-2023) was the spiritual director of the Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Khenrinpoche Geshe Chonyi, the abbot of Kopan, Pokhara, Nepal, December 2021. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Save the date: From April 15-20, 2024, Kopan Monastery is hosting a Heart Sutra Retreat. His Eminence the 104th Ganden Tripa Rinpoche will offer commentary during the retreat; and participants will be guided to meditate on the meaning of the Heart Sutra by Ven. Steve Carlier, a long-time student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and many other important teachers in the Gelug tradition.
This retreat will follow a commemoration, on April 13, 2024, of one year since Rinpoche showed the aspect of passing away.
In July 2022 Rinpoche expressed his wish to lead a Heart Sutra Retreat, so this is quite significant that this retreat is being offered within the FPMT organization, as it was one of Rinpoche’s expressed wishes.
The Heart Sutra is the most widely known sutra of the Mahayana tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It is part of the Prajnaparamita Sutras, which is a collection of about 40 sutras composed between 100 BCE and 500 CE. The Heart Sutra is a presentation of profound wisdom on the nature of emptiness. Reading and reciting the Heart Sutra is a powerful way to create the conditions for having a direct realization of emptiness.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained that the only thing that can directly cut ignorance, which is the root of suffering and samsara, is wisdom realizing emptiness. There are many teachings on emptiness, but these teachings are found condensed in the Heart Sutra.
“Ignorance [has been] holding the false I as real from beginningless rebirths. That’s how we have been in samsara until now. Never liberated from suffering. But now there is, for example, the short one, the Heart Sutra, to cut that ignorance, that wrong concept,” Rinpoche explained before offering the oral transmission of the sutra in Guadalajara, Mexico, in September 2015.
Just hearing the Heart Sutra, or reading it, Rinpoche explained, leaves a positive imprint to be free of samsara and to actualize the path, achieving enlightenment to free numberless sentient beings from oceans of samsara and bring them to enlightenment.
“If we are able to read or hear [the Heart Sutra] just one time, the positive imprint left by this definitely causes us in the near future to understand much more easily the teachings on emptiness. We will be able to understand the words and the meanings of the teachings on emptiness very easily, and we’ll be able to have realizations of emptiness easily, quickly in the future. Developing that wisdom ceases the gross and subtle defilements, the mistakes of the mind, and it makes us achieve the sorrowless state, the cessation of the suffering and its causes on our mental continuum, as well as great liberation even from the subtle mistakes of the mind, that which is full enlightenment on our own mental continuum,” Rinpoche explained.
Students can listen to Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting the Heart Sutra on a digital audio album available in the FPMT Foundation Store. The downloadable album comes bundled with a digital version of the sutra in PDF, ePub, and mobi formats as well as the transcript of Rinpoche giving the oral transmission at the 2015 retreat in Mexico, from which the audio for the album was taken.
Students can find more links to Heart Sutra materials and resources below:
- The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra – MP3 Download
- The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra – eBook & PDF
- Watch the teaching in which Rinpoche gives the oral transmission of the Heart Sutra on video. (The oral transmission begins at 42:58.)
- FPMT Education’s Basic Program Online: Heart Sutra
- Essence Of The Heart Sutra by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, eBook & PDF
Please learn more about the Heart Sutra Retreat and commemoration being offered at Kopan Monastery in April 2024.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal, March 27, 2023. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
We are happy to share that the English translations for the swift return prayers composed by His Holiness the Dalai Lama and other distinguished lamas with whom Rinpoche had a connection in this lifetime, including Khenzur Jhado Rinpoche, Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Tseringma, and Lelung Rinpoche, have now been updated and are available at the Foundation Store. The PDF file is available for a quick one-click download.
As a reminder, in October we shared the very precious advice we received from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation. Please read more about this advice, download the prayers and other resources, and find information on joining continual recitations of this text for Rinpoche’s swift return by students around the world in all the various time zones!
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.
Manjushri painted by Peter Iseli.
In October we shared the very precious advice we received from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation.
Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement in Kollegal, India reciting prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s swift return.
With great rejoicing we share that the FPMT Puja Fund sponsored over 10,000 recitations of this text on Lhabab Duchen by sangha of the great monasteries (Sera Lachi, Gaden Lachi, Drepung Lachi, Gyuto Tantric College, and Gyudmed Tantric University) in India as well as by the monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery.
Additionally, as an example of some of the other activities happening around the world for Rinpoche’s swift return, Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement in Kollegal, India, arranged two days whereby all residents of the settlement recited the text continuously for two days in the community hall which was sponsored by the FPMT Social Services Fund. This settlement has a heartfelt connection to Rinpoche due to the ongoing support offered to their residents, including sponsorship of their elderly home.
Also with rejoicing we share that IMI has arranged continual recitations of this text for Rinpoche’s swift return by students around the world in all the various time zones! Please read about how to sign up to join.
We encourage individuals to continue their own recitations—whether done alone, as a group, at one’s local center, or online.
May all the prayers be actualized!
Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri Materials
As a reminder, the prayer is available for all to download Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri.
Additionally, Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive also offers Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s own commentary and oral transmission of Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri which is available to all.
Foundation for the Preservation of Mahayana Tradition (FPMT), is a Tibetan Buddhist organization dedicated to the transmission of the Mahayana Buddhist tradition and values worldwide through teaching, meditation and community service.