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Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Benefits of Medicine Buddha Mantra
In the Medicine Buddha sadhana published by FPMT Education Services, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers advice on doing Medicine Buddha practice. Mantra recitation as part of the practice is very powerful, as Rinpoche explains: The Medicine Buddha encompasses all the buddhas. ... Read more »
Essential Mantras Available to You
FPMT Education Services makes available many commonly used mantras that students can download freely for their personal use. For extensive advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche about the benefits of reading, writing, or reciting particular mantras, or how to engage with ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Fifth Annual 100 Million Mani Retreat in Mongolia
Throughout the month of June 2017, the fifth 100 Million Mani Retreat was held at Idgaa Choizinling Monastery in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, and hosted by Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling (GDNSL). Center director Ianzhina Bartanova and resident teacher Ven. Thubten Gyalmo ... Read more »
Community and Commitment: A Yamantaka Study Group at Tara Institute in Australia
Recently, a group of students from Tara Institute in Melbourne, Australia, who had previously received a Yamantaka initiation from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and again from His Holiness the Dalai Lama, gathered to form a Yamantaka study group. Yamantaka is a ... Read more »
Welcome to the World, Tenzin Norbu
On September 15, 2017, a tsog day, Tenzin Osel Hita and partner Indila Dora welcomed Tenzin Norbu into the world. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was offering prayers during Tenzin Norbu’s birth. Warm wishes for much happiness in this new chapter for ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on How to Circumambulate
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has stressed the importance of circumambulating holy objects like stupas and has given specific advice for how to do that. In March 2017, when he led a large group of students in a late-night circumambulation of the ... Read more »
Offering Gold and Robes to Precious Jowo Statue in Tibet
On full moons and during Sakadawa the Puja Fund sponsors special offerings to the Jowo Buddha Statue in Tibet. Gold is offered to the statue’s face (and will soon be offered to the whole body on Buddha days) and robes ... Read more »
Light of the Path Concludes, Rinpoche Travels to Vienna
The month-long 2017 Light of the Path retreat in North Carolina, US, concluded on September 17. Recorded video and audio of the teachings in English as well as in translation to Chinese, French, Italian, and Spanish are all available from ... Read more »
New Mandala Ebook: ‘Creating the Sacred’
Mandala has just published its latest ebook, Creating the Sacred , which takes an in-depth look at the making of Tibetan Buddhist thangkas, prayer wheels, and statues. This new ebook contains fourteen articles, interviews, and stories—published by Mandala between 1982 ... Read more »
Choe Khor Sum Ling Expands Prison Project to Women
Rashmi Krishnan, a student and volunteer of Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, shares news about the center’s encouraging expansion of its prison outreach through the Liberation Prison Project (LPP) to women: For over two years, students at Choe ... Read more »
Precious Amoghapasha Card Available
FPMT Education Services recently made available a precious deity card designed and translated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. This card features an image of Amoghapasha, a deity connected to Avalokiteshvara (Tib.: Chenrezig), the Buddha of Compassion, and a description of the ... Read more »