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July FPMT International Office e-News Out Now
Welcome to the July edition of the monthly FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice about serving the guru, News about the Sera Je Food Fund Endowment, Announcing the new edition of Mandala magazine! ... Read more »
‘Are You Sitting on Your I?,’ A New Living in the Path Module
The achievement of both liberation from samsara and enlightenment depend on realizing emptiness—how the “I” and all phenomena do not exist at all from their own side, even though this is how they appear to us ordinary sentient beings. In ... Read more »
Mandala Offerings: ‘Everything You Visualize Should Be Big, Huge!’
What is the most important thing to remember when doing mandala offerings? Lama Zopa Rinpoche has explained that, “Many high lamas have made comments on [the mandala offering]. The main purpose is to create merit, so it’s important that your ... Read more »
Support for Social Services at Root Institute Continues
For the past six years, due to the kindness of one main benefactor, the FPMT Social Services project has been able to offer substantial grants toward the amazing projects of Root Institute, India, which directly benefit underprivileged individuals in the ... Read more »
‘The Friend Who Is Angry Can Be the Most Kind Person in Your Life’
In October 2016, a student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche asking how to deal with a situation in which an individual behaved in ways that were angry and unkind. Rinpoche typed out the following reply himself from Buddha Amitabha Pure ... Read more »
FPMT Student Brings Dentistry to Solu Khumbu
In September 2016, long-time student and former FPMT center director George Manos and a team of three volunteers journeyed from Australia to Chailsa, Nepal, to offer dental care to the villagers living there. With the help of four porters, the ... Read more »
Dozen of Volunteers Prepare for Light of the Path 2017
From August 20 to September 17, Lama Zopa Rinpoche will teach in Black Mountain, North Carolina, US, at the fifth annual Light of the Path retreat, hosted by Kadampa Center. This massive Dharma undertaking requires the support of dozens of ... Read more »
The Inner Job Description Card: A Mindfulness Practice Tool
The Inner Job Description Card (Mindfulness Practice Tool) was created to help those offering service to FPMT track their progress throughout the day as they attempt to develop the inner professional and subdue outer expressions of ignorance, anger, attachment, and ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Shopping
Can shopping go along with Dharma? In 2009, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave some advice on how to make shopping a virtuous activity. Rinpoche said, “When you do shopping, watch and prepare your motivation. When you are in the shop, either ... Read more »
Investing in Retreat Houses for Geshes in Chailsa, Nepal
Chailsa is in Solu Khumbu, north-eastern Nepal, the district where Lama Zopa Rinpoche was born. Chailsa is in the southern part of the district. In May, Lama Zopa Rinpoche stayed at Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery for a month and visited ... Read more »
‘We Have Full Freedom in Our Life’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche talked in 2008 about our good fortune: being able to choose happiness. What is the source of this good fortune? Teachings on how to create the causes of happiness. “What people believe in the world, the more ... Read more »