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‘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 »
Verses for Success
The “Verses for the Eight Auspicious Noble Ones,” or “Tashi Gyepa” in Tibetan, is one of Mipham Rinpoche’s most well-known compositions and is recited daily by practitioners from a variety of traditions. In these verses one pays homage to the ... Read more »![‘The Kindness of the Enemy—Wow, Wow, Wow’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/15/the-kindness-of-the-enemy-wow-wow-wow-video/P1270004-320x244.jpg)
‘The Kindness of the Enemy—Wow, Wow, Wow’ [Video]
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a concise teaching last April at Losang Dragpa Centre in Malaysia on “the kindness of the enemy,” now available in a 20-minute video. “What is the advice?” asked Rinpoche. “Take the loss on yourself and offer ... Read more »
Supporting Land of Joy, a UK Retreat Center
Land of Joy is an FPMT-affiliated Buddhist retreat center located in the Northumberland National Park in the north of England. We are pleased to report that due to the kindness of a generous benefactor, the Practice and Retreat Fund was ... Read more »
Vajrapani Founders’ Retreat Participants Record Early History
Long-time student and Vajrapani Institute co-founder Elaine Jackson shares some early Vajrapani Institute history and reports on the January 2016 Vajrapani Institute’s founders’ retreat: It was 1977. Two hundred or more baby Dharma students gathered in Yucca Valley, California for ... Read more »
Mandala Online: How Does Mindfulness Relate to Middle Way Philosophy?
We hear about mindfulness everywhere, it seems. Many of us practice it. But what is it doing? And how does it relate to Buddhist teachings on the emptiness of the self? If both mindfulness and Madhyamaka are methods to transform ... Read more »
An Eventful Visit: Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been staying at Kopan Monastery since late February. Rinpoche first celebrated Tibetan New Year (Losar) at Kopan. He also circumambulated and made offerings at stupas in Boudhanath and Swayambu. As well, he presided over the enthronement ... Read more »