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Transforming Sickness and Injury into Pure Dharma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice to a student who was injured by a fall and who had not healed and was worried. Here’s what Rinpoche told the student: Think that, “I am the most fortunate one, that I have this ... Read more »
Updated! The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said very strongly on many occasions that The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) with Additional Practices is a practice that he would like all his students to do every day. In ... Read more »
Thank You Message from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has recorded a message to thank all who recited the practices requested for his health and long life. Listen to Rinpoche’s message, and read the edited transcript: “This is a message from Mickey Mouse, little one, little ... Read more »
Supporting the Education of Tibetan Refugees’ Children
The Social Services Fund has been sponsoring the midday meals for the children attending The Central School for Tibetans, Cauvery Valley Project (CVP), located in Bylakuppe, South India. The school was was established in 1971 to serve the children of ... Read more »
Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery and Maratika Cave
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was at Kopan Monastery during February, between travels, and met with a number of people, including Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khandro Namsel Drönme) and a group of Chinese Sangha from Wutaishan. He gave an oral transmission to them ... Read more »![Rinpoche on Proper Respect for Dharma Texts [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/02/rinpoche-on-proper-respect-for-dharma-texts-video/lama-zopa-rinpoche-khadrola-text-bhutan-2016-320x256.jpg)
Rinpoche on Proper Respect for Dharma Texts [Video]
“My iPad contains the Kangyur, the Tengyur, many teachings. It is the same as a Dharma text. You can’t put it on the bed or down [low]. You have to respect it and put it higher,” Rinpoche explained in a ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Oral Transmissions
On various occasions, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has taught that receiving the oral transmission (lung) of prayers, practices, and texts is very beneficial. In addition to multiplying the benefits of one’s own recitations of the text by one hundred, the oral ... Read more »
Monastère Dorje Pamo – A Place for Nuns to Live and Practice Together
Monastère Dorje Pamo is a new probationary nunnery in the South of France, situated close to FPMT centers Institut Vajra Yogini and Nalanda Monastery. Monastère Dorje Pamo is modeled on the previous Dorje Pamo, which was founded by Lama Yeshe ... Read more »
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 »