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Preparing for the 2017 Light of the Path Retreat
Registration is now open for the extended 2017 Light of the Path hosted by Kadampa Center in North Carolina, USA, and taking place August 20-September 17. We hope that many students will be able to attend in person or participate ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: On Feeling Loved
A student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche saying that he felt no one liked him. Rinpoche responded as follows. When you had very negative thoughts before, thinking “nobody loves me, no one cares for me etc.,” you had so much ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in Another Year of Ongoing Animal Liberations
Benefiting animals in any way possible is a high priority for FPMT and one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the organization. The Animal Liberation Fund helps carry forth this work. The Animal Liberation Fund sponsored the liberations of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Art
Can creating art be a Dharma practice? Lama Zopa Rinpoche discussed this in 2005. Here is what he said: “The first thing to think about,” explained Rinpoche, “is one’s attitude. The purpose of making the painting or of creating any ... Read more »
Ven. Lobsang Konchok, Buddha House Artist-in-Residence (Video)
Student Carole Migalka of Buddha House, near Adelaide, Australia, shared a brief profile of resident artist Ven. Lobsang Konchok: During Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s visit to Buddha House in May 2015, Rinpoche spoke of a Tibetan artist, Ven. Lobsang Konchok, residing ... Read more »
Resources for Realizing the Lamrim
“What makes your life most meaningful is meditation on the lamrim, then to live your life with bodhichitta motivation. This is the best.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche FPMT Education Services would like to remind you of several resources available to ... Read more »
‘If You Offer Even One Water Bowl with Bodhichitta …’
Rinpoche wrote this letter to students in Mongolia who make extensive water bowl offerings every day. My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling ones, I don’t have much to say, but when we make offerings, I always remember in ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Long-Term Retreat Cabin Rebuild
Out of control wildfires ravaged many parts of the United States’ Pacific Northwest during the Summer of 2015. Several fires occurred in Okanogan County, Washington, where Buddha Amitabha Pure Land (BAPL) is located. Among the damage done, a retreat cabin ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Explains Tormas
What exactly are tormas? The word is Tibetan (the Sanskrit is balingta) and refers to an offering cake used in rituals. There are various different types of tormas for different purposes. Tormas can be ornamented in many ways, such as ... Read more »
Kopan Community Celebrates Annual Monlam
During March 9-13, Kopan Monastery hosted its annual Monlam, a prayer festival first founded by Lama Tsongkhapa in 15th-century Tibet that has survived the Tibetan diaspora. Kopan hosts the annual event for all of the Gelug monasteries and nunneries in ... Read more »
March FPMT International Office e-News Out Now
We invite you to read our March FPMT International Office e-News. This month you’ll find: How to Prepare for the 2017 Light of the Path Retreat, Updates to Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Schedule, Rejoicing in Friends Old and New, New from ... Read more »