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Introducing the Protecting the Environment and Living Beings Project
Welcome to our new initiative, the Protecting the Environment and Living Beings Project. This project began due to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent advice that specific pujas and practices should be done regularly to pacify harm from the elements and to ... Read more »
How to React to Harm in Accordance with the Dharma
During the 2017 month-long lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught on karma, explaining a verse from Bodhicharyavatara (A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life) by Shantideva, the great eighth-century Indian Buddhist master. This is what ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Featured in Wisdom Publication’s Podcast
Wisdom Publications recently featured Lama Zopa Rinpoche in its Wisdom Podcast. Daniel Aitken, director of Wisdom Publications, spoke with Rinpoche for over an hour, during Rinpoche’s visit to Kurukulla Center in Boston, US, in August 2018. In the far-ranging interview, ... Read more »
New! Torma Offering to the Landlord Spirits (Zhidag Torma)
The Torma Offering to the Landlord Spirits (Zigdag Torma) is a common ritual, often done in the context of other more extensive practices such as self-generation sadhanas, burning offerings, land consecrations, and Dharma protector pujas. The torma offering placates the ... Read more »
Visiting Geshe Lama Konchog’s Retreat Cave in Tsum, Nepal
In May 2018 a group of twenty-two pilgrims, including Losang Dragpa Center resident teacher Geshe Jampa Tsundu, Tsum Project coordinator and former Rinchen Jangsem Ling secretary Low Yuet Kiew (“YK”), and FPMT Southeast Asia regional coordinator Selina Foong traveled together ... Read more »
Pilgrimage to the Hidden Valley of Tsum, Nepal
In the remote borderlands of the high Himalayas, several valleys are said to be beyul—hidden or secret valleys—only open to those with very pure minds and hearts. According to ancient scriptures, they were established by Guru Rinpoche, the 8th-century Indian ... Read more »
How to Achieve a Beautiful Human Body
During the 2018 retreat in Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained the various results of positive actions, captured in this excerpt and video clip: What Guru Shakyamuni Buddha sees, all the rest of the buddhas see similarly. They don’t find mistakes. ... Read more »
Imagine: Hundreds of Millions of Pujas and Practices to Benefit All Beings
Lhabab Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar when merit is multiplied by 100 million times, takes place this year on Wednesday, October 31. On this day, up to 15,650 Sangha are sponsored through the ... Read more »
Amitabha Buddhist Centre Hosts Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Singapore on September 10, 2018, where he was greeted by a large group of students at the airport. Rinpoche spent the following three weeks leading activities at FPMT center Amitabha Buddhist Centre. The program ended ... Read more »
New! Two Prayers by Dharma King Songtsen Gampo Translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Two prayers by Dharma King Songtsen Gampo have been translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and are now available on FPMT.org. Prayer to Chenrezig, Compassionate-Eye-Looking One and Prayer of Auspiciousness from the Mani Kabum both come from the Mani Kabum, a ... Read more »
Hundreds of Tushita Meditation Centre Students Meet His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Ven. Tenzin Kunphen, spiritual program coordinator, and Maria Nobuko Corrales, assistant spiritual program coordinator, Tushita Meditation Centre share an update from Dharamsala, India. After completing a record-breaking 2017, we are enjoying a year of record-breaking of another sort: teachings and ... Read more »