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Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Kopan abbot Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi doing Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, March 2020. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
On Monday, March 2, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, joined by the monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery, did a Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong puja to remove the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) as well as to remove all obstacles for the year and to bring success to the entire FPMT organization and its projects, and to all sentient beings.
Hayagriva is the wrathful manifestation of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. The puja done by Rinpoche and the Kopan Sangha is regarded as very powerful and can be performed to remove large obstacles (such as heavy illness), to repair damage to commitments, and to increase merits.
Rinpoche has given advice and additional advice on practices to be done to protect from the coronavirus.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Sangha of Kopan Monastery doing Most Secret Hayagriva tsog kong, Nepal, March 2020. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.
Find Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice on the coronavirus (COVID-19) and other illnesses on Rinpoche’s advice page under the category “sickness”:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 blessing a turtle at the animal blessing organized by Ganden Tendar Ling, Moscow, Russia, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Wherever Lama Zopa Rinpoche travels in the world, he is sure to do practices that benefit animals. While in Russia recently, Rinpoche attended two animal blessing events.
When Rinpoche first arrived in Moscow in late September, he attended an animal blessing day organized by students at Ganden Tendar Ling. About 700 people and pets came to the event with Rinpoche. Before Rinpoche’s arrival, information had been shared on how to benefit and provide Dharma care for animals.
Dog at animal blessing organized by Ganden Tendar Ling, Moscow, Russia, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and altar created for animal blessing organized by Ganden Tendar Ling, Moscow, Russia, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
At the Ganden Tendar Ling event, Rinpoche gave a Dharma talk and blessed food and water for animals. Pets and their people circumambulated around an altar that had been created for the event. Rinpoche also recited many mantras for the animals to hear.
Rinpoche did another animal blessing event while he was in Kalmykia, Russia, on October 19. In addition to many pets, Rinpoche also blessed farm animals. The next day Rinpoche traveled to the Capsian Sea and blessed the animals in the water.
Rinpoche blessing sheep in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
A girl and her cat at the animal blessing event with Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Rinpoche has said that our animal friends are relatives from this life and past lives and that we need to care for them in the best way. Rinpoche has recommended many practices for benefiting animals. Some recommendation are as simple as playing recordings of mantras, sutras, and prayers for your pets at home.
Listen to and watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche reciting mantras to bless animals:
https://youtu.be/wTGpef4WQb4
FPMT Education Services has collected Rinpoche’s advice and practices to benefit animals. Students can learn more online:
https://fpmt.org/education/prayers-and-practice-materials/benefiting-animals-practices-and-advice/
See more photos from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s visit to Russia:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/russia-september-october-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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.
Khadro-la, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi, and the monks and nuns of Kopan doing the 1,000 offerings to Namgyalma puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday, Kopan Monastery, December 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Kopan Monastery, in Nepal, honored Lama Zopa Rinpoche by offering Rinpoche a birthday celebration on December 3.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and cake offered during the birthday celebration, Kopan Monastery, December 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Rinpoche’s birthday celebration began with the monks and nuns from Kopan Monastery doing the 1,000 offerings to Namgyalma puja for Rinpoche. Then, outside in the courtyard, Rinpoche was offered a birthday cake along with a program of music, drama, and dance.
Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme) and Kopan abbot Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi attended the celebration events. In addition to the Kopan monks and nuns, students from the month-long Kopan course and local community members were also at the celebration in the courtyard.
Ven. Lobsang Sherab created a 23-minute video of the celebration. The video captures the joyousness of the occasion, which includes scenes from:
- the 1,000 offerings to Namgyalma puja in the main Kopan gompa,
- the offering of a body, speech, and mind mandala to Rinpoche,
- Rinpoche’s advice about how to think when offering and cutting a birthday cake,
- young monks singing “Happy Birthday” and offering khatas to Rinpoche,
- the chanting of Rinpoche’s long life prayer composed by Khadro-la,
- a Dharma play offered by the monks,
- song and dance offered by the Tamang community from Namgyal Jangchub Choeling, and
- song and dance offered by the Thamichhowa Sherpas.
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday celebration at Kopan Monastery:
https://youtu.be/eKb20697o3k
Find links to recordings of Rinpoche’s recent teachings from Nepal, Russia, Singapore, Latvia, France, and more:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 students attending the month-long lamrim course at Kopan Monastery in the newly rebuilt Chenrezig gompa, Nepal, November 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday is celebrated on Tuesday, December 3. This year Rinpoche is at Kopan Monastery, where he is giving teachings to more than 250 students from around the world as part of the month-long lamrim course there.
Last year, Rinpoche sent out a video message to students on his birthday. In the video, Rinpoche gives advice on how to best see one’s birthday and the practices that can be done that become the causes for total and complete enlightenment for oneself and for all sentient beings.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a birthday cake offered to him, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, 2016.
Rinpoche’s teachings at the course are being webcast live at approximately 3:30 pm local time (GMT+5:45), although the time may be subject to change. Teachings are being streamed in English and French, and a live transcript will also be available.
Links for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s live teachings at Kopan Monastery:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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.
Find links to recordings of Rinpoche’s recent teachings from Russia, Singapore, Latvia, France, and more:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
Learn about Kopan Monastery and the courses on Buddhism offered there:
https://kopanmonastery.com/
Watch Lama Zopa Rinopche’s Birthday Message from 2018:
https://youtu.be/ajT7srFuHw8
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, November 2019. Photo by Bill Kane.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Kopan Monastery in Nepal on Tuesday, November 26. Rinpoche is giving daily teachings now as part of the month-long lamrim Kopan course, which takes place every November. This is the fifty-second Kopan month-long lamrim course. It is taking place in the newly rebuilt Chenrezig gompa, which had been significantly damaged by the 2015 earthquake in Nepal and had to be completely rebuilt.
Rinpoche’s teachings at the course are being webcast live at approximately 3:30 pm local time (GMT+5:45), although the time may be subject to change. Teachings are being streamed in English and French, and a live transcript will also be available.
Links for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s live teachings at Kopan Monastery:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche being offered a mandala during the month-long Kopan course, which is taking place in the newly rebuilt Chenrezig gompa, Kopan Monastery, Nepal, November 2019. Photo by Bill Kane.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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.
Find links to recordings of Rinpoche’s recent teachings from Russia, Singapore, Latvia, France, and more:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
Learn about Kopan Monastery and the courses on Buddhism offered there:
https://kopanmonastery.com/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche during visit to Maitreya Statue in Lagan, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
After the 100 million mani retreat concluded in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, in October, Lama Zopa Rinpoche made a day trip to Lagan, Kalmykia, near the Caspian Sea. Rinpoche when to visit the largest Maitreya Buddha statue in Europe and to make offerings to it. The golden statue is 12.5 meters (40 feet) tall and had been officially unveiled and consecrated in September 2019.
Rinpoche created a special condensed 1,000 offerings to Maitreya puja to be done at the local temple in Lagan near the statue. Students arrived at the temple a day early to set up the extensive offerings. Two bus loads of retreat participants went from Elista to Lagan for the offering puja, which was the morning of October 20. Hundreds of local people also attended. After students completed the puja, Rinpoche offered a teaching to them. Then after lunch, Rinpoche did a consecration practice in front of the statue with the abbots from the Elista monastery and the local monastery.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with abbots from temples in Elista and Lagan consecrating Maitreya statue, Lagan, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
After the leaving the Maitreya statue, Rinpoche was taken to the Caspian Sea. The previous three weeks, while Rinpoche was staying in Elista, he blessed jugs of water. Three small speed boats took Rinpoche and the blessed water deep into the Caspian Sea, where Rinpoche offered the blessed water to all the sentient beings in the water.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche pouring blessed water into the Caspian Sea to bless all the beings in the water, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
The 100 million mani mantra retreat in Elista was a great success. Organizers and the monastery in Elista prepared for a year and a half for the retreat, which was held at the Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha. Telo Rinpoche, who is the spiritual leader of the Kalmykian people, was key to the preparations. More than 1,000 students participated and recited more than eighty-one million OM MANI PADME HUM mantras. One organizer wrote on her Facebook page, “It was a very special experience to be in retreat with Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Geshe Tenzin Zopa.” She then went on to thank Telo Rinpoche and the abbot of the monastery, several local geshes and teachers, the ordained Sangha there, the Kalmykian minister for culture, the translators, the temple’s secretaries, and the local volunteers for all of their “time, effort, and hard work.”
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Teaching in Lagan, Kalmykia, Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMXF9PCzMHU
Find links to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent teachings from Russia:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/russia-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 at the Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
New photographs of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s worldwide travel are shared in photo albums on FPMT.org. You can see where Rinpoche has been and many of his beneficial activities.
Albums from Rinpoche’s visits to France, Latvia, the United States, and Singapore have been posted over the past few months. New albums of Rinpoche’s travels and teaching events are regularly added.
See more photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/
Find links to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent teachings from Russia:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/russia-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 teaching in Moscow, Russia, May 2017. Photo by Renat Alyaudinov.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches on “How to Develop Bodhicitta in the Modern World (a commentary on Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhichitta)” this weekend. Rinpoche’s teachings in Moscow, Russia, begin on Friday, October 25, and continue through Sunday, October 27.
The planned schedule of teachings, which can be watched live, is as follows in local time (GMT+3):
- Friday , October 25 teachings with Lama Zopa Rinpoche begin at 19:30
- Saturday, October 26–Sunday, October 27:
11:00 – 12:30 – practice session with Geshe Tenzin Zopa
12:30 – 14:00 – lunch time
14:00 – 15:30 – review and Q&A with Geshe Tenzin Zopa
15:30 – 16:00 – tea break
16:00 – 17:30 – Lama Zopa Rinpoche teachings
17:30 – 18:30 – tea break
18:30 – 20:00 – Lama Zopa Rinpoche teachings
The FPMT center in Moscow, Ganden Tendar Ling, organized these teachings. Rinpoche just concluded teaching in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, where he led a 100 million mani retreat.
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche teach LIVE:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
More information on the teaching events in Moscow, Russia:
http://lamazoparussia.tilda.ws/#rec102195553
Find video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent teachings in Elista, Russia, and Singapore:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 arriving in Elista and being greeted by the abbot of the local monastery and the news media, Kalmykia, Russia, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On September 30, Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Elista, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia. Rinpoche was enthusiastically greeted as soon as he stepped out of the airplane. Rinpoche was welcomed by the abbot of the monastery in Elista. Rinpoche was offered traditional khaptse and tea on the tarmac, where reporters and TV cameras were also waiting for him.
Inside the airport, Rinpoche answered questions in a press conference, discussing the significance of doing a 100 million mani retreat. Rinpoche told reporters that doing the retreat cleanses your mind of the attachment that is responsible for all the problems of this life and future lives. He said that the retreat brings “unbelievable benefits.”
Kalmykia is located in southern Russia and is bordered on one side by the Caspian Sea. It is the only Buddhist country in Europe, which allowed Rinpoche many opportunities to speak to news media about the importance of Buddhist practice.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche received a warm welcome as he arrived at the house where he stayed in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Losang Sherab.
A line of students offered khatas and recited Migtsema as Rinpoche arrived at the house where he was staying during his visit to Elista.
Rinpoche went to Elista to offer a Great Chenrezig initiation and lead a 100 million mani retreat. During a 100 million mani retreat, participants accumulate 100 million recitations of the Chenrezig mantra, also known as mani mantra, OM MANI PADME HUM.
Lodoi Rinpoche, Telo Rinpoche, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Telo Rinpoche is the spiritual leader of the Kalmyk people and helped organized Rinpoche’s visit and teachings in Elista. An American-born tulku, Telo Rinpoche has been active in the reestablishment of Buddhism in Kalmykia since being chosen as its head lama in 1992. He also serves as the honorary representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Russia.
The night of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s arrival, Telo Rinpoche offered a special dinner for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and for Lodoi Rinpoche, a high lama from the Russian Republic of Buryatia, another Buddhist area, located in Siberia. Lodoi Rinpoche had just concluded a series of practices and initiations in Elista. The elaborate dinner featured cultural singing and dancing.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Lodoi Rinpoche at a special dinner honoring them, organized Telo Rinpoche, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
The following day Rinpoche did prayers with Telo Rinpoche, Lodoi Rinpoche, and the monastery monks at the Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni or the Golden Temple. Built in 2005, it is the largest Buddhist temple in Europe. After lunch, the three rinpoches took part in another press conference, where Rinpoche spoke again on the importance of doing the 100 million mani retreat.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered the 1000-Armed Chenrezig initiation over three days, beginning on Friday, October 4, at the Golden Temple. A thousand people attended, packing the temple. In addition to local people, many students traveled from Moscow and Saint Petersburg to attend the events with Rinpoche. There were also a handful of students from France, Spain, and Malaysia attending.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche during 1000-Armed Chenrezig initiation, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On the following Monday, between 200 to 300 students began doing the 100 million mani retreat. In addition, students from all over the world followed the retreat online.
The 100 million mani retreat is not a common practice in Kalmykia. It comes from the nyung në lineage. Rinpoche acknowledged that because the retreat is only two weeks long, ending on Friday, October 18, participants would probably not accumulate the full 100 million mani recitations. Rinpoche, however, said it was very good for students to learn how to do the practice for future retreats.
The retreat began every morning with a session blessing the speech and doing Lama Chopa. During the day there were sadhana recitation sessions. Geshe Tenzin Zopa led sessions and gave explanations on the practice to students. Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught during the final session of the day, covering topics such as guru devotion, bodhichitta and emptiness. Students attending the retreat appear very devoted and respectful, taking notes and carefully doing the practices.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche during 1000-Armed Chenrezig initiation, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, October 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Rinpoche did an animal blessing on Saturday, October 19, in Elista and on Sunday visited a very large Maitreya statue located in the area. He then returns to Moscow to give teachings October 25-27 on “How to Develop Bodhicitta in the Modern World (a commentary on Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhichitta).”
FPMT is grateful for the work of the retreat organizers, which include Telo Rinpoche and the monks from the Golden Temple. Students from Ganden Tendar Ling, the FPMT center in Moscow, also helped with arrangements.
In October, watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings streamed live from Russia:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
Find video and audio recordings and transcripts of all of Rinpoche’s recent teachings:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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.
A display created by Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, Washington, US, August 2019. Photo by Ven. Holly Ansett.
FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche has done much to care for the animals at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land (BAPL), located in a remote area of Washington State, in the northwestern United States. One examples is creating a bird feeder where birds and other animals are blessed by mantras as they feed.
A chipmunk at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, Washington, US, July 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Rinpoche has had many displays of animals statues with signs created on the retreat land, offering visitors short Dharma teachings. He also has had made many signs with mantras and images of deities that purify just by seeing.
In addition, BAPL has a 13-foot (4-meter) tall statue of Amitabha Buddha, which was created in Vietnam of white marble, as well as a smaller statue of Medicine Buddha. The statues are surrounded by beautiful gardens and flower offerings. Rinpoche has organized a yearly festival to honor the Amitabha statue and the retreat land.
A new video shows many of these statues, signs, and activities on the retreat land and features Rinpoche’s chanting.
Watch a video of tour of Buddha Amitabha Pure Land:
https://youtu.be/n6f2vNdL5PA
See photos from Rinpoche’s visit to Buddha Amitabha Pure Land and Pamtingpa Center in Washington State, US:
https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/gallery/washington-us-july-august-2019/
In October, watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings streamed live from Russia:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
Find video and audio recordings and transcripts of Rinpoche’s recent teachings at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/amitabha-buddhist-center-singapore-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 teaching inside the temple called the Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2017. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
On September 30, Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Elista, the capital city of the Russian Republic of Kalmykia, which is the only region in Europe where Buddhism is the primary religion. Rinpoche traveled to Elista to offer a Great Chenrezig initiation and lead a 100 million mani retreat.
The events with Rinpoche begin on Friday, October 4, and run through October 20. Between 250-450 students are expected to attend, including many students from Ganden Tendar Ling, the FPMT center in Moscow.
Rinpoche then travels to Moscow to teach on “How to Develop Bodhicitta in the Modern World (a commentary on Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhichitta),” October 25-27. Students from Ganden Tendar Ling are organizing the teachings in Moscow and also helping with the 100 million mani retreat in Elista.
Rinpoche’s teachings will be streamed live from Russia. For links to streaming video:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/lama-zopa-rinpoche-live/
The Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha, Elista, Kalmykia, Russia, May 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Learn More about Ganden Tendar Ling Center:
https://fpmt.ru/
Find video and audio recordings and transcripts of Rinpoche’s recent teachings at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/amitabha-buddhist-center-singapore-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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 being offered a khata by Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi, Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche concluded a busy visit to Singapore last week. Three weeks earlier, Rinpoche landed in Singapore, where he was enthusiastically greeted by students at the airport, despite the late time of his arrival.
During his visit at Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC), the FPMT center in Singapore, Rinpoche gave general teachings as well as commentary on Lama Chopa.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, September 2019. Photo by Ven. Lobsang Sherab.
Students at ABC offered a long life puja to Rinpoche with Lama Chopa and the Sixteen Arhat Long Life Prayers on Sunday, September 22.
Many students around the world watched the live webstreaming of Rinpoche’s teachings from ABC, especially in Taiwan, due to Ven. Thubten Dechen’s simultaneous translation of the teachings into Chinese.
Rinpoche’s teachings from ABC are available as video and audio recordings, including Italian translations of the teachings and a Spanish translation of one day of teachings. A written English transcript is also being made available.
ABC is a vibrant and active center. According to Ven. Holly Ansett, it’s a very inspiring center for its high level of student involvement and the scale of offerings and holy objects there. While staying at ABC, Rinpoche also attended the center’s 30th anniversary celebration.
Watch the Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Lama Chopa and Sixteen Arhat Prayers from ABC:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn3tyEXX43I
Learn more about Amitabha Buddhist Centre:
http://www.fpmtabc.org/
Find video and audio recordings and transcripts of Rinpoche’s recent teachings at Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore:
https://fpmt.org/media/streaming/teachings-of-lama-zopa-rinpoche/amitabha-buddhist-center-singapore-2019/
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is 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.