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Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Tonglen Practice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings from Kopan Monastery in Nepal during the coronavirus pandemic. In this video Rinpoche emphasizes transforming hardships and obstacles into the conditions that can be used to develop your Dharma practice. “Then all these ...
Rinpoche Available Now
Teachings from Kopan during COVID-19 crisis Venue: Kopan Monastery, Kathmandu, Nepal Date: March and April 2020 Lama Zopa Rinpoche sends us teachings via recorded videos to help us make use of this crises in our dharma practice. The videos are ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Tonglen and Emptiness
In a new video from Kopan Monastery in Nepal, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reminds us that the coronavirus, and the suffering that is being experienced from this, can be used to motivate us to practice Dharma, to purify as much as ...
FPMT Centers Unite During Coronavirus Pandemic
In these uncertain times of quarantines and social distancing, students around the world are missing the connections they formed at their local FPMT centers. Efforts by FPMT regional and national coordinators to fill this gap in community among students are ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche: An Introduction to Lojong and Tonglen
In a new video from Kopan Monastery in Nepal, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers an introduction to lojong and tonglen practices. Rinpoche teaches on how to approach these practices in this hour-and-fifteen-minute-long video. Rinpoche emphasizes the importance of the guru and ...
An Opportunity to Practice the Path of Patience
A student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche about his anger and its impact on other people. The following is an extract of Rinpoche’s reply to the student. This is really an opportunity to practice the path of patience. The purpose ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Oral Transmission of Verses for the Eight Auspicious Noble Ones to Bring Success
In a new video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives advice and an oral transmission (lung) of the Verses for the Eight Auspicious Noble Ones to stop the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and to bring success. After a brief introduction from young Kopan ...
High Lamas in Kathmandu Perform Coordinated Incense Puja to Mitigate COVID-19
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi, and senior Kopan Monastery monks performed a Padmasambhava incense puja to benefit beings affected by COVID-19 and to help mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus. Lama Zopa Rinpoche consulted with Rangjung Neljorma ...
Free Online Study Opportunities
Dharma practitioners around the world have been advised to isolate themselves from others as much as possible to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. This can be a challenge to those wishing to study without access to their local centers. ...
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice to a Person Who Is Dying
A new video from Lama Zopa Rinpoche focuses on advice for students supporting someone who is dying. Rinpoche recorded this video in March 2020 at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In the video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche recites various mantras and teaches ...
Transcript for Coronavirus Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
We recently shared a new video from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in which Rinpoche shares his advice for practices concerning protection and healing from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as well as oral transmissions of the Vajra Armor mantra and four other recommended ...