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New Photo Album: Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal, March-April 2017

New Photo Album: Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Nepal, March-April 2017

New photo albums have been added to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Photo Gallery, where you can see Rinpoche in action as he travels around the world! Visit FPMT’s website to see a new photo album showing Rinpoche’s March-April visit to Nepal. ... Read more »
‘All the Buddhas Cherish Your Mother’

‘All the Buddhas Cherish Your Mother’

Lama Zopa Rinpoche often talks about mother sentient beings—but what does he say about actual mothers? Rinpoche wrote to a student in 2014 about how to think about her mother, saying, “The way to think is that you received all ... Read more »
Mandala Online: The Benefits of Monasteries and Nunneries

Mandala Online: The Benefits of Monasteries and Nunneries

Are monasteries and nunneries necessary? What are their benefits? Mandala explores this issue in a new online feature called “The Benefits of Monasteries and Nunneries,” which presents recent words of wisdom from Lama Zopa Rinpoche along with reflections by American ... Read more »
Buddha House Finishes Renovations on New Property

Buddha House Finishes Renovations on New Property

On May 12, 2017, Buddha House in the suburbs of Adelaide, Australia, celebrated one year since receiving the keys to its new property and beginning extensive renovations. Buddha House student Carole Migalka described the process of finding the 1866 bluestone ... Read more »
A Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche Spontaneously Composed by Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme

A Long Life Prayer for Lama Zopa Rinpoche Spontaneously Composed by Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme

During a long life puja at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, for Lama Zopa Rinpoche on March 13, 2016, Ven. Holly Ansett offered a beautiful long life prayer composed by Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la). We are pleased to make ... Read more »
CORRECTED–Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Mongolia: Update [Video]

CORRECTED–Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Mongolia: Update [Video]

CORRECTED, May 11—This post has been corrected. We apologize for the errors that appeared in this blog as it was originally published on May 10. Lama Zopa Rinpoche—who has been touring Mongolia this month, giving teachings, blessings, and initiations—visited Dolma ... Read more »
Progress Made on Mani Chungyur, Stupa, and Water Park

Progress Made on Mani Chungyur, Stupa, and Water Park

Last year, the Holy Objects Fund offered a substantial grant to the Mani Chungyur, Stupa, and Water Park, a project being built in Namche Bazaar, Nepal, located in the Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone (SNPBZ). The grant is being ... Read more »
The Benefits of Monasteries and Nunneries

The Benefits of Monasteries and Nunneries

Are monasteries and nunneries necessary? Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently answered the question with a resounding “Yes!” and explained some of the benefits of monastic communities. The question was also examined by Ven. Tenzin Legtsok, an American monk in the geshe ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live from Mongolia

Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live from Mongolia

You can watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche teach live from Mongolia May 10-12! Rinpoche’s teachings before the Great Chenrezig Initiation at Idgaa Choizinling Monastery—organized by Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, the FPMT center in Ulaanbaatar—will be streamed live on FPMT’s YouTube ... Read more »
Golden Light Sutra for World Peace

Golden Light Sutra for World Peace

“Anybody who wants peace in the world should read the Golden Light Sutra,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in 2007. “This is a very important practice to stop violence and wars in the world. The Golden Light Sutra is one of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Arrives in Mongolia

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Arrives in Mongolia

Lama Zopa Rinpoche has arrived safely in Mongolia, traveling from Nepal. Rinpoche is staying at the FPMT center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, called Ganden Do Ngag Shedrub Ling Center. He will also be visiting the Golden Light Sutra Center in Darkhan, ... Read more »
Ongoing Support for the Nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery, Nepal

Ongoing Support for the Nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery, Nepal

In 2014 a grant was offered to Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery for new accommodation needed for the resident nuns. The nunnery recently sent an update that three rows of rooms are nearly finished and some nuns have already begun moving ... Read more »