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How to Make Your Life Most Beneficial for Sentient Beings, Even with Your Speech
During the recent Light of the Path retreat, Lama Zopa Rinpoche dictated this advice and had it distributed to all participants. Rinpoche also wanted it shared with people offering service at FPMT centers, projects and service as well as with ... Read more »
100 Million Mani Retreat Begins at Newly Built Tibetan Settlement Community Center
In July we reported that a new community hall at Rabagayling Tibetan Settlement in South India was completed. The Social Services Fund provided a grant for this new building which will be used by by 2,710 refugees. We are delighted ... Read more »
Every Step Brings Us Closer to Death
On August 17, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Twitter page this very brief teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Walking meditation … Every step, every breath brings us closer to death … Only thing to do .. Practice ... Read more »
Rachen Nunnery Completes Community Retreat
“During July, a nine-day community mani retreat was held in Tsum, Nepal, during which also Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) mantras were recited,” shared Kopan Monastery’s Ani Fran Mohoupt. “On the last day, there was also 100,000 tsog offerings. The mani retreat ... Read more »
New from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings
Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA) recently announced the arrival of our latest book from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings. Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings is the record of a remarkable series of powerful and clear ... Read more »
Praise and Request to Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
At the conclusion of the Light of the Path retreat with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Nick Ribush composed and delivered a praise of Rinpoche that also requested for him to live a long life. Nick is a long-time student of Lama ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund is Twenty-five Years Old
We’d like to invite you to rejoice in twenty-five years of the Sera Je Food Fund offerings meals to the monks of Sera Je Monstery! The Sera Je Food Fund began in 1991 when Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized incarnation ... Read more »
Advice for Depression
“If you can find a reason for why you’re feeling depressed, you can try to use that situation or those conditions as the basis for meditation to overcome the depression. But if you can find no obvious reason, the best ... Read more »
What We Do to Protect This Nonexistent Real I
“If we do some profound scientific analysis, some inner scientific analysis, we can see how much we believe in this totally real I that actually does not exist. It appears to be real from its own side, we believe it ... Read more »
Bringing the Light of the Path Retreat to Students Around the World
Light of the Path Retreat 2016 is four days from completion in Black Mountain, North Carolina. This retreat is the fourth in a series of teaching retreats led by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and hosted by FPMT’s Kadampa Center. While 300 ... Read more »
A Landmark Step Forward for Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar
At the Light of the Path Retreat on Friday, August 19, there was tremendous rejoicing when Lama Zopa Rinpoche announced that the land for the very large Maitreya Buddha statue in Kushinagar had been officially signed over by the state ... Read more »