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Offering Food to the Monks of Thame Monastery, Nepal
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was very pleased to offer a grant for over US$10,000 to Thame Monastery in the Solo Khumbu District of Nepal. The grant will cover the cost of food for all the monks during 2018. The ... Read more »
Practicing Dharma Skillfully with Bodhichitta
By generating a bodhichitta motivation throughout each day, we can benefit ourselves and sentient beings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explained while teaching at the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat in Italy. Rinpoche’s advice, captured in a video clip from the October ... Read more »
Khadro-la Visits Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Rinpoche Celebrates Losar at Kopan
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Kopan Monastery in early February after spending two weeks at Tso Pema in India. Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Namsel Drönme) visited Rinpoche at Kopan after he returned to the monastery. Khadro-la joined Rinpoche for lunch. ... Read more »
Updated! A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha
A Daily Meditation on Shakyamuni Buddha was specifically compiled by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for beginner Buddhist practitioners. Last year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reviewed and updated the previous edition with the help of Ven. Ailsa Cameron, a long-time editor for Lama ... Read more »
Thubten Kunga Center Offers Practice in Wake of Parkland Tragedy
On the afternoon of February 14, a mass shooting occurred at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, US. Fourteen students and three teachers were killed. A further fourteen people were wounded. In the days after the shooting, Thubten ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Virtuous Activities Sponsored During 15 Days of Miracles
The Fifteen Days of Miracles began on the first day of the Tibetan new year (Losar, February 16) and continues until March 1. This period commemorates the special time when Guru Shakyamuni Buddha showed many powers. All fifteen days are ... Read more »
See Photos from Rinpoche’s Visit to India and More!
Keep up with Lama Zopa Rinpoche on his travels throughout the world by viewing new photo albums of Rinpoche’s journeys. The new photo album of Rinpoche’s recent trip to India contains sixty photos, covering Rinpoche’s time at Root Institute in ... Read more »
Rinpoche Receives Oral Transmissions in Tso Pema, India
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Tso Pema, a place of pilgrimage in Himachal Pradesh, India, on January 21, coming from Bodhgaya. Rinpoche traveled to the holy site associated with the 8th-century Indian Buddhist master Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpoche, to receive ... Read more »
Losar Tashi Delek!
All good wishes for Losar (Tibetan New Year) to you, from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all at FPMT International Office. Our Losar greetings are part of the February FPMT International Office e-News. In addition to our Losar message, we invite ... Read more »
Losar Greetings from Mandala Magazine and Raven Jones
Currently a prisoner at Idaho Correctional Institution-Orofino (ICIO) in the United States, Raven Jones has been sharing his print copies of Mandala with fellow inmates. This small group of Dharma students recently offered two Losar (Tibetan new year) cards to ... Read more »
Large Stupa in Thame, Nepal, to Benefit the World
Recently, a grant was offered toward a large stupa being built in Thame in the Solo Khumbu district of Nepal to replace one that was destroyed in the 2015 earthquake. The new stupa, which will stand nearly 44 feet tall ... Read more »