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Students Offer Thanksgiving Puja at the Conclusion of Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s Third Basic Program
On June 10, 2018, several students from Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa’s 2015-2018 Basic Program met to offer a thanksgiving puja to mark the conclusion of their program. From among the thirty-five students who participated in the three-month review and passed ... Read more »
Maitreya School Children Took Bodhgaya’s Waste Management Matters into Their Own Hands
Anrich Bester, a volunteer at Maitreya School in Bodhgaya, India, shares stories about the students’ involvement with the Bodhgaya Clean Environment Hygiene and Sanitation Program. Maitreya School, a social project of Root Institute for Wisdom Culture (Root Institute), collaborated with ... Read more »
Grant for Animal Liberation Sanctuary, Nepal, Issued Again this Year
Every day around the world millions of animals are killed and mistreated needlessly. In countries like Nepal, the care and management of animals is very poor and animal sacrifices are common creating tremendous suffering for the animals and those involved. ... Read more »
How to Practice While Walking or Traveling
A student was taking time off after serving at a center for ten years and was planning to do a walking retreat for several months. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this advice: Yes, doing 200,000 Vajrasattva mantras as you walk is ... Read more »
Numberless Bodhisattvas Love You Very Much
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this thank you note to a volunteer in October 2017. All your past happiness from beginningless rebirths and now your future happiness up to enlightenment is received from every sentient being. This includes every single comfort, ... Read more »
Celebrate, Praise, and Learn from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
On July 6 the world will celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 83rd birthday. Enjoy these many resources available to help celebrate, praise, and learn from His Holiness! Long Life Prayers Prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Tibet ... Read more »
Celebrating the Jade Buddha at ILLUMIN8 Festival of Light and Peace
ILLUMIN8 is an annual event held at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia, celebrating peace and harmony inspired by Buddha’s life story. This year ILLUMIN8 also celebrated the return of the Jade Buddha for Universal Peace to ... Read more »
Support Offered to Elders of Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, Kollegal, India
Dhondenling Tibetan Settlement, located in Kollegal, India, is the most remote and underdeveloped Tibetan settlements in southern India. The settlement consists of twenty-two villages, and an elderly home. The elderly home has a capacity for thirty-two elderly Tibetans residents. The ... Read more »
The Benefits of Cooking Delicious Food for Others Including the Guru
In July 2016 Lama Zopa Rinpoche sent the following advice to a cook at a Dharma center: The essence of the Mahayana teaching is to let go of the I and to cherish others who are numberless. Even by cherishing ... Read more »
We Experience the Result for Eons
A student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, asking if he should give his brother a large sum of money as requested to help a girl sold into prostitution. In his response Rinpoche advised the student to think of this payment ... Read more »
Children Study the 16 Guidelines for Life and English in Mongolia
FPMT center Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling has begun offering children’s classes on the 16 Guidelines for Life, an initiative of the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW). These classes are taught to the children in the English language ... Read more »