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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.
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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The October 2016 FPMT International Office e-News is out now!
This month you’ll find:
- Cultivating Mindfulness of Bodhichitta in Daily Activities by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, published by FPMT Education Services,
- Inspiring advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about the benefits of offering to ordained Sangha, the monks and nuns of the Buddhist tradition,
- Exciting news to rejoice in such as Tushita Delhi hosting His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the imminent enthronement of Khensur Lama Lhundrup’s incarnation, Tezin Rigsel Rinpoche,
… and more!
The FPMT International Office News comes from your FPMT International Office, located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Visit our subscribe page to receive the FPMT International Office News directly in your email box.
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During August 1–30, FPMT Mongolia, a collection of FPMT centers, projects, and services in Mongolia, hosted its fourth 100 million mani retreat at Idgaa Choizinling Dratsang in Ulaanbaatar, the nation’s capital.
“The participants in the gompa together with the home retreatants accomplished a total number of 110,870,500 manis,” director M. Enhmandah sent in a report to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. “We are delighted to offer Rinpoche this number, and with the merit created, may it be a cause for Rinpoche to have a very long life and to perfectly benefit sentient beings, liberating them from the oceans of samsaric suffering.
“During the mani retreat, approximately 100 to 200 people attended every day.
“Geshe Thubten Zopa, a lharampa geshe from Sera Je, gave an inspiring talk on the benefits of the practice and mantra at the opening ceremony. Jhado Rinpoche kindly gave the Great Chenrezig initiation in a condensed way on the second day of the retreat. Geshe Senge Rinpoche’s incarnation, Tenzin Choidan, came to the retreat on Chokhor Duchen to give a teaching on the four noble truths for auspiciousness, and Damtsig Dorj Rinpoche attended the very last session on our last day.
“… We are most thankful for Rinpoche’s skillful means to benefit all sentient beings by giving us the precious advice to do the mani retreat here in Mongolia on an annual basis.”
Rinpoche responded:
“My most precious, most kind, most dear, wish-fulfilling ones,
“I want to thank from the depths of my heart, from the very inside of my heart bones. Thank you and the others for organizing the mani retreat each year. This is one of my dreams: to have this each year and to continue forever—even after I die, even after the people living now, who are working and offering service, die—to continue as long as Mongolia exists.
“The retreat is like offering infinite skies of help to sentient beings. Each session, even reciting one mala, purifies negative karma, including all the obscurations, created from beginningless rebirths. This is even without doing it with bodhichitta. It collects merit more than the drops of water in the Pacific Ocean, more than the grains of sand in the Pacific Ocean, more than the blades of grass growing in the mountains and on the lands of the earth.
“If one is doing it with bodhichitta—even just reciting OM MANI PADME HUM one time—it collects merit more than the sky. It’s unbelievable, unbelievable, unbelievable. In particular, it causes one to develop compassion for others: for the numberless sentient beings of the six realms—numberless hell beings, numberless hungry ghosts, numberless animals, numberless human beings, numberless suras, numberless asuras—and numberless intermediate state beings.
“Generating compassion is most powerful and is what makes one achieve enlightenment rapidly. Even if you generate compassion for only one sentient being, that is the quickest way to purify all the defilements and accumulate all merits, which are necessary conditions, and to actualize the path to enlightenment.
“The conclusion is that compassion makes it possible to achieve enlightenment—buddhahood, the total cessation of all the obscurations and completion of all the realizations—as quickly as possible. This means being able to free all the six realm sentient beings from the oceans of samsaric suffering quickly, which means being able to bring the numberless sentient beings to buddhahood quickly. This is the most important achievement, more important than anything else in life. By generating compassion, you are able to achieve this quickly.
“My mother was not able to read texts, she hadn’t learned the alphabet. I, this little Mickey Mouse, have read Dharma texts, and also I explain them a little bit to people and can write, but her compassion was 100 times more than mine. She told me one year before she died that she would recite 50,000 OM MANI PADME HUMs a day, but later she was too old and could not recite that much. From this she had so much compassion for people. For example, once in Nepal we took her by car down to Bouddha Stupa and other different places, and when she saw the Nepali people walking without shoes, she felt so sorry and had so much compassion, so much feeling—she didn’t want them to suffer. In Dharamsala we have a meditation center called Tushita. Every morning when she was there she ate breakfast, like pancakes, and she would eat some and then would pack up and keep half in her donkar (shirt) pocket. She would carry this pancake half and when she circumambulated His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s temple (she also went around the mountain where His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s palace is), she would share her pancake half with the beggars on the road. So like that she had so much greater compassion than me—so much, so much.
“I see many old people, such as the ladies who often do nyung näs in the temples in the villages, who haven’t learned the alphabet. So many of them can’t read texts or the sadhana, but still they have so much faith in Chenrezig and recite OM MANI PADME HUM and take the eight Mahayana precepts. I felt one of the ladies I spoke to for just a few words had much compassion—more than me—and this was because of reciting OM MANI PADME HUM every day and doing nyung näs, as I have explained.
“My plan is not only to do the 100 million mani retreat in Ulaanbaatar but also in other Mongolian cities, to gradually start 100 million mani retreats in other places.
“All the people that come to the retreat are helped. They achieve the happiness of future lives so easily; ultimate happiness, liberation from the oceans of samsaric suffering, so easily; and buddhahood, the total cessation of all the obscurations and completion of all the realizations.
“That all those people have been able to give time to come to this mani retreat, even coming to just one part of the retreat, even coming just one day, is very wise.
“The retreat is one of the extremely worthwhile functions of FPMT Mongolia. It is so beneficial to sentient beings, particularly those in Mongolia.
“With much love and prayers, hope to see you soon.”
A vegetarian lunch was offered each day to all the retreatants. At the end of the retreat, money offerings were given to Idgaa Choizinling Dratsang and to the many people who helped make the month-long event possible.
Establishing and sponsoring 100 million mani retreats is part of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast vision for FPMT.
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s letter above was dictated to Ven. Holly Ansett on October 2016. Edited for inclusion on FPMT.org.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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Registration is now open for a five-day Foundation Service Seminar (FSS) at Land of Medicine Buddha in California, February 3–7, 2017. The seminar will be led by FPMT’s service seminar coordinator Amy Cayton and senior registered facilitators. Immediately after the seminar, there will be a special opportunity to take the FSS Facilitator Training February 7–10, which allows one to apply to become a registered FSS facilitator later.
The Foundation Service Seminar explores how to best offer one’s skills and qualities in service, specifically in an FPMT context. Students investigate the purpose and mission of FPMT, what it means to be an FPMT center, and how that vision translates into action for centers, projects, services, and individuals.
Students explore their relationship to resources—both material and human; communication skills and conflict resolution; teaching according to the level of the audience; ways to maintain and develop personal practice in the midst of service, and methods to prevent and cure burnout. Students discuss service in terms of guru devotion, karma, compassion, and emptiness, and how to draw strength, inspiration, wisdom, and guidance from these practices.
“We need training in our outward dealings with people to be more kind and compassionate,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently advised. “For example, people receive a lot of training in customer care. FPMT students need that too.”
“So inspiring!” one past seminar participant said. “It gives meaning to our service in the center, the feeling of being an integral part of the family, to participate at our level in the vast projects of Rinpoche. This seminar gives energy, the wish to go on and continue.”
“I learned so much,” said another, “and reconnected with the amazing FPMT family. It was one-thousand times worth traveling halfway across the world for!”
For more information and to register:
http://landofmedicinebuddha.org/events/foundation-service-seminar/
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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In July 2016, Wendy Cook, FPMT student and assistant director of the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States, made the bold decision to rescue 140 meat rabbits from certain slaughter:
On June 13, I discovered a herd of rabbits being raised for meat on a farm near where I live. This farm is where I have a community garden plot and have been growing vegetables and flowers for several years. New farmers arrived to manage the non-profit community farm and they brought with them a rabbit chalet. When I saw the rabbits in dirty, small, wire-bottom cages, I was appalled and sad, and immediately felt that I wanted to do something to help them.
On July 6, His Holiness’ 81st birthday, I prayed that if I could get these rabbits off the farm, give them blessings, happier conditions, and extended lives, then I would dedicate all the merit for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s long lives. During a meeting that same day, the farmer offered to sell me his “meat rabbit production business, genetics, and infrastructure.” I asked how much. He said US$20,000. Without hesitation I said, “Yes, I will buy the herd.” I think they couldn’t believe their ears!
When I said yes to buying the herd, I knew that I didn’t have the money myself. Therefore, I contacted friends in Singapore and am indebted to their immediate great generosity in quickly offering the funds to secure the rescue of these “buns.”
After much delicate negotiation and collaboration with the farm, several weeks of intensive work, and with the help of dozens of kind volunteers, we were able to remove 140 rabbits from the farm into shelters, foster homes or forever homes! Please rejoice! Along the way, as Rinpoche advises, they received many Dharma imprints. I played them “Recitations for Animals,” recited mantras–especially Namgyälma–and they all were circumambulated around Buddha Maitreya, the 100,000 holy object set of cards designed by Rinpoche, the Sanghata Sutra, stupas and so forth. Also, it was extremely good fortunate that Khensur Rinpoche Lobsang Delek and four other geshes came to the farm and performed puja for the rabbits and other animals.
There was one rabbit who had been kept from me and when I found him he was very sick and without water. I took him to the animal hospital in Boston and this rabbit, whom Rinpoche has since given the name Dentong, which means “empty of true existence,” had to have his leg amputated because of infection. The doctor said that Dentong’s extremely poor condition is evidence of cruelty and neglect. It has been a true practice to keep compassion in my heart towards the farmer while rescuing these rabbits. This animal liberation has shown me up close the suffering of samsara. We are all in this quagmire together and so every being is an object of compassion. That’s what I have focused and meditated upon.
The Boston Globe has written and created a video about the rabbit liberation in “The Great Animal Pardon 2016.”
Read more and stay in touch with the great rabbit liberation via Facebook.
Benefiting animals is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s vast visions for the FPMT organization.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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In September 2015, student and artist Cai Martínez at O.Sel.Ling Centro de Retiros in Spain’s Alpujarras, began work painting the ceiling panels for the prayer wheel house at the center. In July 2016, the center captured the creation and installation of the panels on video, which they happily agreed to share with the wider FPMT community.
Watch “Pinturas Rueda de oraciones en Oseling” on YouTube:
https://youtu.be/7YIPpVN_SmA
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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The September FPMT International Office e-News is out now!
This month you’ll find:
- Inspiring new advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: “How to Make Your Life Most Beneficial for Sentient Beings, Even with Your Speech.”
- “A Song of Experience” is now available from FPMT Education Services
- FPMT Charitable Projects supports care for dogs in Malaysia and Bhutan
- Mandala Publications has a new ebook and new associate editor
… and more!
From your FPMT International Office
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“In mid-August, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) students were exceedingly happy to offer a total of 4.3 million Guru Rinpoche mantras to our most precious guru, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, for the success of the Maitreya Projects in India,” wrote Ven. Tenzin Tsultrim, a student and media editor at ABC, located in Singapore. “The accumulation of 4,313,961 mantras was accomplished over a period of three months, commencing on May 2 and ending on the auspicious and merit-multiplying Wheel Turning Day, August 6.
“The mantra accumulation was initiated by ABC student Cecilia Tsong after attending Rinpoche’s teachings in Malaysia earlier in 2016. During the teachings in Penang, Rinpoche had mentioned that it would be very beneficial to recite Guru Rinpoche mantras for the success of the Maitreya Projects. Inspired by this advice, a Guru Rinpoche mantra-counting project was launched at ABC on April 29. Everyone was invited to participate in the goal of accumulating and offering one million mantras ‘to Lama Zopa Rinpoche as an offering of practice for the fulfillment of his heart wish.’
“The final count of 4.3 million certainly exceeded expectations! Ninety-three people contributed to the count, including participants from three FPMT centers in Mexico. We greatly appreciate the enthusiastic support and contributions from Bengungyal Center, Chekaw
“On August 16, ABC wrote to convey our offering to Rinpoche: ‘We are most delighted to offer Rinpoche the final mantra count submitted by your devoted students at Amitabha Buddhist Centre. The mantra count is 4,313,961.’
“Our letter also conveyed our wishes for the success of the Maitreya Project and for Rinpoche’s long and healthy life, to ‘please remain with us till samsara ends.’
“We soon received this reply from Ven. Roger: ‘Rinpoche said to please pass on to everyone concerned billions and zillions of thanks! Rinpoche then said that we may have the land very soon, and if people can do the Guru Rinpoche prayer for quick success, that would be excellent. The outcome we will know on August 19.’
“A message was immediately dispatched to inform everyone of the latest advice. We are overjoyed many, many times over to learn in recent updates that the land for the Maitreya Project in Kushinagar has indeed been handed over at last!”
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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“During July, a nine-day community mani retreat was held in Tsum, Nepal, during which also Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) mantras were recited,” shared Kopan Monastery’s Ani Fran Mohoupt. “On the last day, there was also 100,000 tsog offerings. The mani retreat was attended by a minimum of 200 people from the villages around Rachen Nunnery, a project of Kopan Monastery. For the day of tsogs, more than 500 people came.”
“At this time of the year it is raining a lot, but still people come from far away, walking for many hours, or by horse, to participate in this retreat. We collected over 39 million recitations of OM MANI PADME HUM and about 73 million recitations of Guru Rinpoche’s mantra.
“Lunch was offered to everybody and, of course, tea several times a day. The expenses of the retreat were mostly covered from the donations of the local villagers, and lunch was offered by a group of sponsors from Malaysia.”
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is having “one hundred thousand 100 million Mani retreats around the world.” Learn more at: //fpmt.org/fpmt/vast-vision/.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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At the Light of the Path Retreat on Friday, August 19, there was tremendous rejoicing when Lama Zopa Rinpoche announced that the land for the very large Maitreya Buddha statue in Kushinagar had been officially signed over by the state government of Uttar Pradesh.
The official statement from the Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar shared the news as follows:
“We are delighted to announce that on August 19th 2016, the State Government of Uttar Pradesh formally and most generously, handed over about 200 acres of land in Kushinagar to Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar.
“The land is extraordinarily precious in that it is adjacent to the Maha Parinirvana Temple denoting the place where Shakyamuni Buddha passed into Maha Parinirvana. On three sides the land encloses the Ramabhar Stupa – the cremation site of Shakyamuni Buddha. The land is even more auspicious as it is predicted that when Maitreya Buddha appears on this earth, he will be born in Kushinagar.
“Maitreya Buddha Project is most grateful to Honourable Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and all the State Government officials who have assisted over the years, in the complex legal process culminating in today’s handover.
“The Project is indebted to Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche who since the passing of Project founder, Lama Thubten Yeshe, has ensured Maitreya Project continues despite many difficulties.
“The Project is equally indebted to FPMT Inc, the lead sponsor of the Project and to the other amazing individual donors who have so generously continued to fund the Project even though at times it seemed this moment would never come.
“The Project is also deeply grateful to the local population who have graciously facilitated this historic moment.”
The Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar has already begun its work in the area with humanitarian programs such as the the distribution of mosquito nets in the summer and blankets during the coldest months of the year. Now having officially taken possession of the land, they can begin work onsite. Here is their list of upcoming projects:
- “The first critical task is fencing the 15 kilometres (9.3 miles) of site boundary.
- “Also of major importance is to relocate the 7.4 meter (24 feet) high Maitreya statue, from Bodhgaya to the Kushinagar land. The Project is planning a ceremony to receive Maitreya Buddha onto the land as soon as possible.
- “The Project will also build a shrine to accommodate the amazing collection of Holy Relics that Lama Zopa Rinpoche has kindly assigned to the site.
- “The skeleton team that has overseen the legal work for the last 16 years must now expand to include local onsite management, a small office, security, communications and basic infrastructure.
- “We begin strategically master planning the site and are seeking professional help with the process.”
Back at the Light of the Path Retreat in United States, retreat participants were very moved by Rinpoche’s announcement of the good news after so many years of waiting to acquire this land. On the same day, Rinpoche got a fortune cookie and the message inside was “You have a potential urge and the ability for accomplishment,” which was taken as a sign for the Maitreya Project.
To learn more about the Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar, visit: http://mbpkushinagar.org. You can directly offer your support at this link: http://mbpkushinagar.org/donations/general-donation/.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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The August FPMT International Office e-News is out now!
This month you’ll find:
- Links so you can listen to Rinpoche’s teachings during the Light of the Path Retreat
- What is a holiday from Rinpoche’s point of view
- Rejoice in Offerings made on Chokhor Duchen
- New Materials from Education Services
….and more!
From your FPMT International Office
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“While there were group sessions initially, it eventually panned out into personal practice by those taking part. Altogether, 90 people contributed to the 1 million prostrations, which were performed in relation to the Thirty-five Confession Buddhas. To encourage more people to take part, those who were physically unable to do full-length prostrations could contribute short prostrations.
“What’s next after 1 million? Taking Khen Rinpoche’s latest advice, the group is now aiming for 3.5 million prostrations to match the incredible number that Lama Tsonkhapa had completed while in retreat at Wolka Cholung in Tibet. With the purifying benefits of prostrating in mind, Khen Rinpoche has encouraged them to continue the practice of prostrations for as long as they can. The organizers are calling for more prostrators to join them in following the great example set by Lama Tsongkhapa.”
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FDCW Brings Universal Education to the World
The new issue of Mandala features the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW), the UK-based FPMT international project that oversees the development and dissemination of Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom (UECW) programs, such as the 16 Guidelines for Life and the new A.R.T. of Fulfillment program that is launching in 2017. UECW is the manifestation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe’s vision of Universal Education, Buddhist-inspired learning for everyone. Under the guidance of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, FDCW is bringing these exciting and transformative programs to the world.
You can read Mandala‘s story “The Foundation for the Development of Compassion and Wisdom Carries Lama Yeshe’s Vision into the Future” as a PDF now available online to learn more about FDCW and UECW programs.
Mandala brings you news of Lama Zopa Rinpoche and of activities, teachings and events from nearly 160 FPMT centers, projects and services around the globe. If you like what you read on Mandala, consider becoming a Friend of FPMT, which supports our work.
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