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Life Practice Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s highest priorities was providing guidance to students’ requests for advice on daily and lifetime practices. We are so happy to let you know we have created a new page that is based on Rinpoche’s essential ... Read more »
Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri for the Swift Return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In October we shared the very precious advice we received from His Holiness the Dalai Lama to recite Chanting the Names of Noble Manjushri continuously for a few months, for the swift return of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s reincarnation. With great ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen at Lawudo, a Most Auspicious and Amazing Celebration
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, took place this year on November 4 and meritorious activities took place around the world. At Lawudo Gompa, Nepal, an incredible day of auspicious activities occurred and ... Read more »
Universal Love: Compassion and Emptiness
Universal Love is a collection of Lama Yeshe’s teachings on the yoga method of Maitreya, which he taught at Maitreya Institute, Holland, in 1981. Also included are some introductory lectures on Buddhism from Lama’s 1975 teachings in the USA. In ... Read more »
Milarepa Center’s Solar Project
In October 2023 Milarepa Center, situated on 276 acres of land in Barnet, Vermont, on the northeast coast of the US, completed a 500 kW AC solar array project in cooperation with Norwich Solar, a local clean technology company. The ... Read more »
Accomplishing the Guru’s Wishes: 31-Foot Tall Amoghapasha on Drak Karma Cliff Above Lawudo
Twenty-five years ago, Lama Zopa Rinpoche began expressing the wish for a large painting of 1,000-Armed Chenrezig to be painted on a 100-foot high cliff named Drak Karma above Lawudo in Nepal, approximately 4,200 meters above sea level (over 13,000 ... Read more »
Kṣitigarbha Ten Wheels Mahāyāna Sūtra from the Great Collection
For the benefit of students, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advised the translation of the Kṣitigarbha Ten Wheels Mahāyāna Sūtra from the Great Collection into English, kindly sponsored by Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore. This 292 page translation is now available according to ... Read more »
This Is the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, This Is the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life
As we all are now very aware, on April 13, 2023, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, our most precious guru and spiritual director, entered his final meditation at Kopan Monastery. Although it is difficult to convey the extraordinariness of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Interview on Universal Education, 2005
In June 2005 Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a three hour long interview to Christina Lundberg on the benefits of Universal Education. In 1983 Lama Thubten Yeshe began formulating the idea of Universal Education. “The world needs a new system of ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Continued Impact of the Merit Box Project
The International Merit Box Project began in 2001 as a generosity practice for the international FPMT community. For many years, students and centers kept Merit Boxes close by so they could gradually make offerings throughout the year, before sending them ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Practice during Solar and Lunar Eclipses
Lama Zopa Rinpoche often spoke about solar and lunar eclipses, which are considered auspicious for practice and provide opportunities for accumulating merit by multiple folds. As stated in the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic, the karmic results of ... Read more »