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Dorje Chang Institute’s Annual Yamantaka Jangwa Puja
Each year Dorje Chang Institute, an FPMT center in Auckland, New Zealand, organizes a Yamantaka Jangwa Puja. Venerable Gyälten Wangmo, spiritual program coordinator, shares about the most recent puja which took place on August 25, 2018. Our FPMT resident teacher ... Read more »
The First Kopan Meditation Course
November’s Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive E-letter shares the story of the first Kopan Meditation Course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal : Zina was still eager for Lama Yeshe to teach a course, but he refused. She turned to Zopa Rinpoche. ... Read more »
Take a Look! Buddha’s Teachings on Our Lives Card
Lama Zopa Rinpoche composed, translated, and drew the mantra calligraphy on the Buddha’s Teachings on Our Lives card as a reminder about the central role karma plays in our lives and experience. The card reads: “As the Founder, the Omniscient ... Read more »
On Pilgrimage in Mongolia With Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling
Ianzhina Bartanova, director of FPMT center Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, shares about an August 2018 fourteen-day pilgrimage the center organized to holy sites in Mongolia. This is a short excerpt from Ianzhina’s published online story, The ... Read more »The Karmic Bond That Connected Us All in Mongolia
Ianzhina Bartanova, director of FPMT center Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, shares about an August 2018 fourteen-day pilgrimage the center organized to holy sites in Mongolia. Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling placed an advertisement in the January-June ... Read more »
‘Vajrasattva Practice Is So Important’
“Of course by purifying negative karma collected since beginningless rebirth and by collecting extensive merits, this allows you to have realizations on the path to enlightenment and for your mind to change,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote to a student who ... Read more »
Rejoicing in a Beneficial Year of Charitable Giving
FPMT Charitable Projects had an incredible year offering support to beneficial initiates which include: offering food to ordained Sangha; providing scholarships to study Buddhist philosophy; offering to the main teachers of the Lama Tsongkhapa tradition and sponsoring annual debates; offering ... Read more »
Tushita Meditation Centre Hosted Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Dharamsala, India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India, from August 29-September 8, 2018. Ven. Tenzin Kunphen, spiritual program coordinator, and Maria Nobuko Corrales, assistant spiritual program coordinator share the story. In August 2018 our Dharma wishes came true ... Read more »
Nuns’ Jang Guncho and Geshema Graduation Ceremony Held at Kopan Nunnery in Nepal
Monks have held the Jang Guncho for centuries. The first Nuns’ Jang Guncho took place in Dharamsala, India, in 1995. An annual event, the Nuns’ Jang Guncho is an opportunity for nunneries to gather together to train in and practice ... Read more »
Gendun Drupa Center Hosted Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Savièse, Switzerland
Gendun Drupa Centre, an FPMT center in Martigny, Switzerland, hosted Lama Zopa Rinpoche from November 14 until December 4, 2018. The center’s spiritual program coordinator, Séverine Gondouin shares the story with help from Caro Solloso and Sophie Lacroix. Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Season’s Greetings and Latest News!
Please find Season’s Greetings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all of us at Rinpoche’s Office, together with our latest e-News! In addition to our Season’s Greetings, we bring you news of: How to Give A Gift to Benefit Others New ... Read more »