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Read the September FPMT International Office e-News
The September FPMT International Office e-News is out now! This month we bring you news about: Long Retreats with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, A New Module of Living in the Path , Investing in Holy Object Creation , Mantra Hat Back ... Read more »
Just by Seeing Mantras
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently requested that FPMT Education Services make available two beneficial mantra cards featuring Rinpoche’s calligraphy. These mantras are the Phagpa Chulung Rolpai Do Mantra, which upon seeing, purifies 100,000 eons of negative karma and obscurations; and the ... Read more »![‘The More Vows, the More Merit, the More Power’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/13/the-more-vows-the-more-merit-the-more-power-video/JK-2-Doing-choe-jal-in-Sera-Jey-Temple-prior-to-rig-chung-ceremony-August-2016-photo-by-Sera-Jey-Photography-Group-320x212.jpg)
‘The More Vows, the More Merit, the More Power’ [Video]
In the video below, Lama Zopa Rinpoche talks about the impact of keeping vows on the power of prayer. He says that the more vows we have, and keep purely, the more power our prayers will have. Therefore, when monastics ... Read more »
Support for Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery Continues
Since 2009 sponsorship has been offered to the nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery, Nepal, to complete two 100 million mani retreats (100 million recitations of the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM). In addition to the 100 million mani retreats, ... Read more »
Registration Open for Australia 2018 Retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Registration is now open for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Bodhicaryavatara and Rinjung Gyatsa retreat at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia, March 30-May 12, 2018! This six-week retreat is the third in series of retreats given in Australia ... Read more »
Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds Receives £50,000 for New Building Campaign
Over twenty years, Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds (JBCL) in the United Kingdom has grown to become a significant focal point for practitioners, hosting an increasing number of classes and retreats, including those with Geshe Tashi Tsering from Jamyang Buddhist Centre ... Read more »
Light of the Path Participants Recite Kshitigarbha Mantras to Pacify Natural Disasters
The retreatants at the Light of the Path 2017 retreat spent a practice session reciting Kshitigarbha mantras on Tuesday, September 5. Participants did 2,000 recitations of the long Kshitigarbha mantra and 10,000 recitations of the middle-length Kshitigarbha mantra at Lama ... Read more »
Caring for Dharma Materials in the Digital Age
Dharma books contain the teachings of the Buddha and thus they have the power to protect against lower rebirth and to point the way to enlightenment. Therefore, they should be treated with respect. It is important to note that this ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sends Blessings into the Sky [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/06/lama-zopa-rinpoche-sends-blessings-into-the-sky-video/LZR-balloon-release-4-by-Kalleen-Mortensen-320x264.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sends Blessings into the Sky [Video]
Lama Zopa Rinpoche released balloons with mantras he had written on them to bless all the sentient beings who pass underneath them. During a break between sessions at the Light of the Path in North Carolina, Rinpoche had the retreatants ... Read more »
Prayer Wheel Sponsored at Tibetan Settlement in Bylakuppe, India
“My wish is for FPMT to build many holy objects everywhere, as many as possible. Making it so easy for sentient beings to purify their heavy negative karma and making it so easy for sentient beings to create extensive merit. ... Read more »![‘Living in Vows Affects the World’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/04/living-in-vows-affects-the-world-video/DSC04200-by-Bill-Kane-Malaysia-Apr-2106-320x253.jpg)
‘Living in Vows Affects the World’ [Video]
“How does taking vows or Mahayana precepts helps end famine and war?” a student asked Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the Light of the Path 2016 retreat. Rinpoche’s reply was captured in the video below. Rinpoche responds by saying, “those vows ... Read more »