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His Holiness the Dalai Lama Teaches in Bodhgaya
Few things are more precious than being able to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama teach in Bodhgaya, India, the location of the Buddha’s enlightenment. Australian student Cynthia Karena, a regular contributor to Mandala, traveled to India in December 2018 ... Read more »
Take a Look! Liberation Card for a Dying Person
The Liberation Card for a Dying Person includes images and mantras that by merely seeing them help a dying person to purify negative karma and be led to enlightenment. The front of the card features ten mantras and ten images ... Read more »
De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre’s Annual Lamrim Retreat on Kangaroo Island
Each year De-Tong Ling Retreat Centre, an FPMT center on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, offers an annual ten-day lamrim meditation retreat. Anthony Reid, one of the center’s board members, shares about the 2018 retreat. Meditative retreat is a cornerstone of ... Read more »
The Legacy of the Sera Je Food Fund– THANK YOU
The latest issue of Mandala magazine features an extensive article, “Sustaining the Pure Unbroken Lineage of Buddha’s Teachings in This World: The Legacy of the Sera Je Food Fund,” which is an in-depth look at the accomplishments and historical context ... Read more »
January e-News Out Now!
We hope you enjoy our January FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you news about: Updates to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Teaching Schedule , Time to Empty Your Merit Box! , 2019 LPP Calendar Available to Order , …and ... Read more »
Ideas and Advice for Losar and the Fifteen Miracle Days of Chotrul Duchen 2019
The Fifteen Days of Miracles—from the first day of the Tibetan new year (Losar, February 5) until the fifteenth (February 19)—commemorate the special time when Guru Shakyamuni Buddha showed miraculous powers in order to subdue six Tirthika, or non-Buddhist teachers, ... Read more »
FPMT Hispana Hosts Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Visit to Madrid, Spain
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Madrid, Spain, from October 16 to November 3, 2018. The visit was organized by FPMT Hispana. The FPMT Hispana community shares the story. FPMT Hispana will host Rinpoche in Madrid again from April 26-29, 2019. Rinpoche ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Liberation of 125,149 Lives in the United States in 2018
Resident Sangha at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in Washington State and Kachoe Dechen Ling in California, in the United States, engage in weekly animal liberation practice; offer charity to over 80 different ant nests; perform extensive daily offering practices of ... Read more »
How to Benefit a Cat
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who had asked Rinpoche how to benefit a very sick twenty-one year old cat. My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one, I heard you wanted very much to ... Read more »
The Most Essential Thing to Achieve Enlightenment
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following teaching during the retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Australia in April 2018: Whatever you do to please the guru, just there [by doing that], without even doing many hundreds of ... Read more »
Take a Look! Samantabhadra Card for Protection
Lama Zopa Rinpoche redesigned the Samantabhadra protection card in 2016. The card is available in PDF format through the Foundation Store. The 2010 design is still available in print. “This Samantabhadra protection is from the great lama Thugyen Chokyi Nyima,” ... Read more »