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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 »
‘In the Centers, Everything That Is Done Is for Sentient Beings’
During a session on September 4 at the Light on the Path retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught on several topics, including continuing a translation of Nagarjuna’s Praise to Satisfy Sentient Beings. From that, Rinpoche spoke to participants about the importance ... Read more »
Investing in the Future of the Geluk International Foundation
The Geluk International Foundation was established to preserve and promote Buddhist heritage in general and the Gelug tradition in particular. The vision of the foundation is to promote, propagate, develop, enrich and preserve the Gelug tradition established by Lama Tsongkhapa. ... Read more »
‘By Having This Sickness I Can Practice Pure Dharma’: Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche sent the following advice to a person who fell down and was injured, and is still very sick as well as worried because he hasn’t gotten better. Think that I am the most fortunate one, that I ... Read more »
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 »