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Rending of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Stupa of Complete Victory being built at Kopan Monastery.
We are very happy to share this short update on recent progress that has been made on the Stupa of Complete Victory that is being built at Kopan Monastery for the swift return of Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche and actualization of all his wishes. We have three new videos we hope give a glimpse into the incredible work happening to finish this stupa.
The building under the stupa started in January 2024, and it has now reached the second story. Now the actual foundation for the Stupa has begun.
Building site of the second story and foundations of the Stupa of Complete Victory.
Please enjoy these short videos that show the recent progress:
- In this video you can see that the foundation for the stupa has begun on the second floor of the building. You can also see around the poles for the 32 smaller stupas that will surround the main stupa.
- This short video shows the area that will be the gompa beneath the stupa. This is on the second story.
- The Kopan monks regularly help with the building. In this video you can see them joyfully carrying the soil on their backs for the building.
Kopan monks helping with the building of the Stupa of Complete Victory.
Thank you to everyone who is helping to actualize this precious holy object come into existence, all the donors, those working on the stupa, and everyone concerned.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has mentioned many times the benefits of holy objects:
“Every day, when sentient beings see stupas and statues, this plants the seed of enlightenment. It is said that even dreaming of a stupa plants the seed of enlightenment. This is mainly due to the power of the holy object. …
“Just by seeing holy objects one’s karma is purified. Holy objects purify the mind and plant seeds for the path to liberation. That’s how stupas and other holy objects liberate [sentient beings] each day. Every day, holy objects bring sentient beings to enlightenment.”
Padmasambhava explained the benefits of building stupas to King Trisong Detsen:
“Listen, Great King. Generate intense devotion. Since all the three time buddhas and bodhisattvas have actually absorbed into the holy object of the mind1 and are abiding in it, any request or prayer done to this great stupa will spontaneously and effortlessly succeed, for it is like a precious wish-granting jewel. The benefits received by any transmigratory being with a pure special attitude who does prostration or circumambulation or makes offerings are incalculable and cannot be expressed even by all the past, present, and future buddhas.
“All those who put clay on the stupa will become thousand wheelturning kings who reign over as many thousands of world-systems equal to the number of particles of clay.
“All those who brought earth and stones for the stupa will have all obstacles to a long life and dangers to their life pacified; they will have a long life, free of disease, and a good holy body.
“All those who put effort with their body, speech, and mind for the stupa will have every single blessing of the holy body, speech, and mind of the buddhas enter their body, speech, and mind.
“All those who rejoice in the stupa will generate every single quality of a buddha in their mental continuum.”
Kopan monks carrying soil for the building of the Stupa of Complete Victory.
To learn more about this stupa project and to offer support: https://fpmt.org/projects/fpmt/lzr-complete-victory-stupa/
Please read more about the holy objects supported through the Holy Objects Fund.