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        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.

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        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.

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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:Foundation 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。

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Jun
28
2010

Quoting Rinpoche

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Hong Kong — June 28, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

Rinpoche has mentioned several times over the last few months:

“Within the FPMT organization we are doing well studying the words. Now we need  the students to experience the Lam-Rim.”

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Jun
26
2010

Blessed But Not Hot!

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Hong Kong — June 26, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsgang:

#9 was found and delivered!

It is the day after our arrival in Hong Kong. There is no program so Rinpoche is free. It is morning and Rinpoche is meditating and doing prayers. Rinpoche keeps silent every morning until prayers finished. Breakfast is usually taken into his room and he has it at some stage when he wants, never while it is hot. Hours go by and Rinpoche has lunch at about 5:30 p.m. Offering the food takes time and so the meal is never hot. Rinpoche continues through the evening in his room meditating and reading texts.

We have a guest from overseas over for dinner. Rinpoche comes out of his room at about 11 p.m. for dinner, very warmly meeting our guest.

The offering prayer for dinner starts shortly after our guest arrives. Rinpoche goes through an elaborate prayer and meditation on emptiness, in fact, he covers the whole path to enlightenment! It is now midnight and the prayer/meditation is still going on. There are seven of us at the table. One is on the verge of snoring, the guest is occasionally answering emails on his Blackberry (holding it under the table, being very discreet). Meditation continues. It is now 1 a.m. Around 1:15 a.m. Rinpoche finishes and bursts into laughter announcing the puja has finished! (The food is never hot.) We eat and watch the BBC news. The night goes on. Then protector prayers, a little discussion here and there, and we finish around 7 a.m. Not everyone made it through to the morning as there is the schedule for the next day starting early.

A meal with this yogi is never hot … but always blessed!

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Jun
21
2010

Bag #9

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Petaling Jaya and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — June 19 – 21, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

On the third day of the Yamantaka initiation, Rinpoche starts at 8 p.m. We go through the night with two pee-pee breaks and finish at 8 a.m. Nice! Before getting off the throne for breakfast, Rinpoche says we can start the long life puja in one hour at 9 a.m. I have a quick word with Rinpoche, mentioning that it might be a bit tiring after all night. Rinpoche gives me a sharp reply, “No, we do! We do!”

Then, as we are walking away to breakfast, Rinpoche says to me, “I want to offer lunch to the Sangha and then we can take a boat ride on the lake and bless the water and fish, and offer them food.” (The owner of the hotel has a very large lake created on the grounds and uses it for releasing fish, etc. He is a very kind and generous Buddhist.) I remind Rinpoche that the whole day is filled and that we have a big fundraising dinner starting at 7 p.m. with 500 people, so there is no time for rest. This time, the look I get is, well, it has a nice touch of wrath, more like a fierce smile.

The day goes on and we are at the dinner in the evening — an excellent evening with the teenagers of Losang Dragpa Centre’s 16 Guidelines group offering great entertainment. The evening is to raise funds for the Sera Je Food Fund that Rinpoche initiated 20 years earlier. The evening finishes a little after midnight and we go back to the hotel where we need to pack nine large suitcases, four trolley bags and four backpacks, as well as find people who are going to the USA to take things back, and people going to Hong Kong (the next stop) as we always have too much! Most of the luggage are texts and gifts. The packing is an art. It’s complex and highly technical, and requires a great deal of patience as there are so many things. It really takes a lot to figure out how to get all of it from one place to another. I always end up debating with Rinpoche that we are going to be way overweight … and we always are! Maybe I’m exaggerating … no, not really.

At the airport, while checking out, we find we are missing a bag! Where did it go? We try to stay out of an argument with the airline people, as they say we only have eight bags checked in.

“We gave you nine!” We search everywhere and can’t find #9, so the airline must have it.

They even search down where all the bags are getting loaded onto the flight: “No, not there.”

“Where is #9?”

“Did you have nine bags?”

We go over it again: “Yes, we had nine, so where could it have gone!”

It goes back and forth for 90 minutes!

We negotiate with the airline and I think we get them convinced that they have it and somehow they didn’t register or tag it. I start to think, “We have to go … let’s hope it turns up in Hong Kong. I’ve never lost a bag in the last 25 years of doing this … I’m always on the road … I’m a real roady, how can it be? My reputation! I don’t want to think of which bag it is … what if it’s one of the bags that is full of texts!”

Rinpoche always spends time thinking about what gifts to buy and for whom — we absolutely have to have gifts. At the airport in Kuala Lumpur, we go shopping and Rinpoche buys a few hundred dollars worth of gifts for the next stop. Rinpoche puts a lot of thought into it. We have to have nice gifts for people, the right things for the right people. This time, Rinpoche bought lots of pure silk scarfs and two hand-beaded purse. It takes time.

We then spend over an hour reading/browsing different books in the bookshop. Then, we suddenly have to rush for the flight. We are the last on the flight to Hong Kong! We get three and a half hours to relax before we are greeted by many students at the Hong Kong airport and the Hong Kong schedule begins.

“Where on earth did bag #9 go? Will it be in Hong Kong?”

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Jun
18
2010

Altar Fires and Blackouts

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Petaling Jaya, Malaysia — June 18, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

Teachings in Malaysia are going very well. There is quite a full schedule. The program is mostly being held in a nice hotel. We met the owner, one of Malaysia’s wealthiest citizens and a very devoted Buddhist, several years ago. We had lunch with him yesterday at another of his hotels. The hotel has a few exhibition halls. The Chenrezig nyung nä program was originally to be held in the biggest hall for 10,000 people. But at the last minute, the hall was not available.

We visited Losang Dragpa Centre for an afternoon and evening program. It went like this (often when with Rinpoche, things don’t go to the conventional plan):

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has come to Losang Dragpa Centre to bless stautes of the 17 Nalanda Pandits.

We arrived and were greeted by many students. Gradually, Rinpoche made it into the gompa. Rinpoche was supposed to consecrate the new statues of the 17 Nalanda Pandits in the garden as well as a large Dzambala statue, etc.

Instead, Rinpoche lead all the gathered students in prostrations. That became a teaching for a few hours. Then there was a tea break. Some confusion arose as the statues had not been blessed and now it was time for the evening talk.

Rinpoche came up to his room for tea and some people came in a little later. In the process of talking with them, Rinpoche started to give refuge … Meanwhile, people in the gompa are not sure what is going to happen next!

Then, the altar in Rinpoche’s room catches on fire! I scramble to put it out. There is lots of smoke because plastic is burning, and out of the corner of my eye I see Rinpoche — he hasn’t missed a beat and is still giving refuge. It takes some time to put out the fire and there is lots of smoke. We put a fan on near Rinpoche trying to blow out the smoke — and Rinpoche is still giving refuge!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers khatas to one of the statues that adorn Losang Dragpa Centre's garden.

Rinpoche finishes giving refuge and says he will give the talk. Suddenly, the power goes out. Darkness! No mics, no fans or air conditioning. After an hour, and getting the electrician to fix the problem, we start again. The talk starts and finishes near midnight. People come up for blessing, which takes a while. Rinpoche wants two lines coming up to him, one from the front and the other from the back! It is awkward, but what to do? Malaysians are coming from the front and Singaporeans from the back — it is nice, quite cool. We are getting through the crowd a little quicker!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers a flower to a statue of one of the 17 Nalanda Pandits.

Now, it’s after midnight and people are speculating what’s going to happen next! Because the consecration hasn’t happened yet, there is some pretty wild speculation. Rinpoche says to me that the blessing can be done another time. Geshe-la also agrees. Rinpoche gets off the throne and starts blessing the statues one at a time, offering prayers, khatas and flowers. Each of the pandits takes time. Then there are the prayer wheels and stupas. The crowd is thinning out as it gets late, we finish with dedication around 2:30 a.m. — not too bad! Then we drive half an hour back to the hotel and have dinner … and relax!

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Jun
13
2010

Great Chenrezig Initiation, Malaysia

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia — June 13, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

Rinpoche giving the Great Chenrezig Initiation

The day after arriving in Kuala Lumpur,  Rinpoche started the  first day of the Great Chenrezig Initiation. The initiation was  held at the exhibition hall of the Wellness Hotel, where we stayed. About 2,000 people  attended; on the  second day, possibly more. Rinpoche’s motivation and explanation for the initiation on both days lasted about five hours with a break in the middle. The actual preparation on the first day only took 30 minutes and on the second day, the actual initiation took  about 45 minutes to an hour at the most.

The Great Chenrezig Initiation attendees

Finishing at 8:30 p.m. both days surprises many old students (including myself!).  What is Rinpoche going to with all that time left in the evening!? He sees people, does some prayers and mediation, and then a few more  prayers while watching BBC news. Breakfast at 5-5:30 a.m., more meditation as the morning drifts on, and sometimes the appearance of  sleep while still sitting up.

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Jun
10
2010

Unexpected Meetings and Askew Toupees

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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – June 10, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

We left Kathmandu Wednesday afternoon and stayed overnight in Bangkok. The next morning, around 7 a.m., Rinpoche was sitting waiting for the flight and let his head lean back, accidentally touching the head of a Vietnamese lady sitting behind him. Rinpoche immediately began apologizing to the lady, when she suddenly screamed, “Ahhh! It’s Lama Zopa Rinpoche. I have read your books!” She started jumping up and down in excitement and calling to her friends (there were about seven or eight of them). She finally settled down, took many photos and they all got involved with asking Rinpoche about Dharma. When we had to go to catch the flight, they invited Rinpoche to Vietnam.

We arrived at Kuala Lumpur airport, there were many people waiting. People had lots and lots of flowers. They managed to get Rinpoche a seat and then people came up for blessings and to say hello. Then Indian staff from a coffee shop came across for a blessing also, then staff from the airlines … all joined in!

Rinpoche was blessing one man and as Rinpoche was reciting the mantras, kept touching the man on the head. Gradually, I noticed (I was standing very close) the man’s hairpiece was slipping off his head as Rinpoche kept tapping it. When he walked away, it was just hanging on the side of his head. It looked pretty cool, sort of sticking out like a punk!

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Jun
7
2010

Sending in the Helicopter

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Maratika, Nepal — June 6, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

It’s 9 a.m. and we are hoping that the weather is OK so we can pick up Rinpoche in the helicopter. Rinpoche is meditating in the cave still. Usually, Rinpoche meditates with a few Westerners in the early morning and then leaves them with what they have to do for the day. Then Rinpoche is in the cave for the rest of the day. Khadro-la and Dagri Rinpoche are also there. Last year, when Khadro-la did retreat here, we heard that she hardly slept, ate or drank anything.

The helicopter pilot says we’re on to go in at 2 p.m. to get Rinpoche – weather looks OK. He is Swiss and eager to meet Rinpoche. When he arrives, he says, he wants to visit the cave and look around for an hour and talk to Rinpoche. He is interested in meditation and has heard of Rinpoche and so is quite excited.

We’re supposed to send up food with the helicopter but no news what to buy and time is running out. Also, Maratika Lama wants to hitch a ride in the helicopter on the way up, but he hasn’t appeared. There is no planning here, it all seems to happen last minute. Weather quickly changes, so need to be careful. If they don’t get out today, tomorrow is the last chance as they have to fly to Malaysia and the program starts immediately.

When Rinpoche gets back, there are lots of things to do last minute!

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Jun
4
2010

Pilgrimage and Retreat in Maratika

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Lawudo/Maratika, Nepal — June 5, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

This morning Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Dagri Rinpoche and  Khadro-la did a short pilgrimage to the different  caves of Guru Rinpoche in Maratika. After lunch they will start retreat in the  small cave (the bigger one has many pilgrims coming and going  so not easy to do retreat).

The road to the caves from the airport is very basic and  rough and sometimes quite dangerous so several times everyone had to get out of the vehicle and walk while the jeep makes its own way on the dangerous rough slippery sections.

Just prior to the visit there was a lot of chopping and changing. First going to Lawudo and preparing … figuring out transport etc., then suddenly changing plans. Getting to  Maratika is even more complicated, mainly because of its remoteness.

On the 7th we pick  Rinpoche up in a helicopter due to shortness of time, difficulty getting out and uncertainty of planes being able to get in.

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Jun
4
2010

Getting Things on the Road

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Kathmandu/Maratika, Nepal – June 3-4 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

This morning, at 7 a.m., Rinpoche went to the Kathmandu airport to fly to Maratika, to the cave where Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) achieved enlightenment. Rinpoche was busy most of the night and we attendants went to bed (escaped) at about 1 a.m. and got up at 5 a.m. to get things on the road. It is time to go and as usual Rinpoche seems not to be aware of the time! It’s a rush and we’re running late (as usual). Arrive at the airport. Flight delayed.

Khadro-la and Dagri Rinpoche , along with several others have joined Rinpoche. The flight is delayed from bad weather. And delayed. 11 a.m. lunch at a nearby hotel. Finally at 2 p.m. the flight takes off. The plane arrives at a very small remote airport. A few lamas came from Maratika to greet Rinpoche. It is about a 7-8 hour walk to Maratika Cave, very rough and primitive. The main disciple of the Lawudo Lama built a small gompa at the cave site. He passed away and now there is the young incarnation there. Western students of Rinpoche’s were on the next flight out of Kathmandu, but it got canceled. Maybe tomorrow.

We will send a helicopter up for Rinpoche on the 7th of June and fly to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the 9th.

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May
31
2010

Tulshig Rinpoche and Off to Maratika

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Kathmandu, Nepal – May 31, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

Lama Zopa Rinpoche attends the third of a three-day long life puja hosted by Khadro-la.

Today the long life puja for Rinpoche started. Khadro-la said this puja was important to do for Rinpoche. It is done over three days. Dagri Rinpoche and Khadro-la are doing it with the senior monks and nuns of Kopan.

Rinpoche, Khadro-la and Dagri Rinpoche went to see Tulshig Rinpoche (head of Nyingma school) this afternoon. Tulshig Rinpoche has been ill and in the last two years has not been seeing anyone – the three received special permission to visit.

We were going to Lawudo but suddenly changed plans and now are going to Maratika, a cave where Guru Rinpoche is said to have attained immortality.  It takes quite a bit to organize in the middle of everything else going on. We have to go for three days and are leaving in two days. We need to find a helicopter and all the food, etc. because there is nothing there!

The long life puja was attended by Dagri Rinpoche and Khadro-la and the senior monks and nuns of Kopan.

Also, there are changes in the Asia tour plans. We need to sort out another ticket and make changes, but it shouldn’t effect the Malaysia or Hong Kong visit.

Rinpoche is now circumambulating Swayambunath Stupa … the big korwa.

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May
21
2010

40 Hours to Bouddhanath Stupa

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San Francisco, United States; Munich, Germany; and Kathmandu, Nepal – May 19 – 20, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

Hello! Last month was spent in USA…got lost in the traffic! Now we’re on the road again. (Roadies, too much happened to say in less than 60 words!) We are now on the way to Kathmandu. Rinpoche loved the science program on the flight television from Portland to San Francisco, it was about the evolution of space travel. We’re now busy shopping in airport transit. Gifts for whomever we meet next.

Made sure there were veggie chips and healthy fruit and nut bars for snacks ….

Arrived in Munich. We have three hour transit and then to Delhi. Rinpoche is having a meeting outside. Flight from San Francisco was OK. Rinpoche did prayers most of the time. Didn’t speak at all. Departing very soon ….

Just finished shopping in airport transit in Munich, so many new gifts, and now  running for the next flight ….

We arrived in Kathmandu after more than 40 hours of travel. Tomorrow the 100,000 Tsog Offerings to Guru Rinpoche begin in front of Bouddhanath Stupa. I only have to stand for a few seconds and I fall asleep ….

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Apr
6
2010

Hello, San Francisco!

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San Francisco, United States – April 6, 2010

From Ven. Roger Kunsang:

We left Dharamsala and missed our domestic flight. Then, drove to Delhi. Four hours remained before depature. In the meantime,  Rinpoche met with one relative of Lama Yeshe.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama was on the same flight up to Munich, so Rinpoche was able to have a brief chat with His Holiness. From Germany, we flew on to the USA. We arrived in San Francisco to many, many people at the airport ready to greet Rinpoche. Rinpohe had candies for everyone and then had tea with Geshe Ngawang Dakpa.

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