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Rebuilding Khumjung Gompa, Nepal
The Nepal earthquake and aftershocks of 2015 devastated much of Nepal including many parts of Khumbu region where Khumjung Gompa is located. At 12,400 feet near Everest, this monastery is a 400-year-old monastic center of Sherpa culture and Tibetan Buddhism. ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Apple Strudel [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/23/lama-zopa-rinpoche-makes-apple-strudel-video/markus-igel-lama-zopa-rinpoche-ven-roger-austria-20171018-320x180.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Apple Strudel [Video]
In late September, Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Panchen Losang Chogyen Gelugzentrum in Vienna, Austria. This was Rinpoche’s first official stay in Austria and his first visit to the FPMT center that was started nearly thirty-three years ago. There Rinpoche gave ... Read more »
Ven. Thubten Chodron Discusses ‘Approaching the Buddhist Path’
In August 2017, Wisdom Publications published Approaching the Buddhist Path , the first volume of a new collaborative series—The Library of Wisdom and Compassion—between His Holiness the Dalai Lama and American Buddhist teacher, scholar, and author Ven. Thubten Chodron. Former ... Read more »
October FPMT International Office e-News Out Now!
We invite you to read the October edition of the FPMT International Office e-News now! This month we bring you: News about the annual long life puja offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and how to contribute, Highlights of Rinpoche’s Advice ... Read more »
‘The Refuge and Bodhichitta Verse,’ A Living in the Path Module
For those wishing to understand Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s explanations of the verse for taking refuge and generating bodhichitta, which is commonly recited at the beginning of teaching sessions and many practices, Living in the Path module “The Refuge and Bodhichitta ... Read more »Presenting the Path to Modern Students: An Interview with Ven. Thubten Chodron
Ven. Thubten Chodron is a celebrated American Buddhist teacher, scholar, author, and leader who has published many popular books explaining the Dharma, including a 2013 work co-authored with His Holiness the Dalai Lama called Buddhism: One Teacher, Many Traditions. She ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Advice on Lama Chöpa at 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues giving teachings at the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat, which is currently taking place at Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa in Pomaia, Italy. Around 400 people are attending, including a number of center directors and regional and ... Read more »
Rinpoche’s Advice on California Wildfires
During the 100 Million Mani Mantra Retreat in Pomaia, Italy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to control the wildfires in California: Everybody should make strong prayers to Chenrezig to purify all the six-realm sentient beings—their negative karma and ... Read more »
Grant Offered Toward New Sewage System at Sera Lachi, South India
Earlier this year when Lama Zopa Rinpoche was in Bangalore, he was requested to help with a desperately needed new sewage system at Sera Lachi. Sera Lachi is made up of Sera Je and Sera Mey Monasteries in southern India. ... Read more »
Memorizing for Rinpoche’s Happiness
When Dechen Bloom had completely memorized the Three Principal Aspects of the Path in April 2017, he urged his mother to take a video of him reciting it and send it to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. At the time, Dechen was ... Read more »
Drolkar McCallum Visits the Sakyadhita International Conference in Hong Kong
In June 2017, Drolkar McCallum, regional coordinator for FPMT North America and member services coordinator for the International Mahayana Institute—FPMT’s international community of nuns and monks—visited Hong Kong to attend the Sakyadhita International Conference. Drolkar, who additionally serves as acting ... Read more »