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‘We Must Respect Other Religions’
“[It would be good] for the centers to arrange regular interfaith dialogues with religious leaders in their local community,” encouraged Lama Zopa Rinpoche when he developed his Vast Visions for FPMT, noting that this is one way FPMT can offer ... Read more »
The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness
Over the past couple of years, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has put a great deal of emphasis on the practice The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment). In this practice, Rinpoche has carefully compiled, and in many ... Read more »![How to Benefit Insects and Other Small Beings [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/04/how-to-benefit-insects-and-other-small-beings/IMG_7870-ed-320x250.jpg)
How to Benefit Insects and Other Small Beings [Video]
A student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche in October 2016 to ask what to do when finding dead insects. Rinpoche responded from Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in Washington State, taking the opportunity not only to give advice but to describe ... Read more »
Support Offered to Jampaling Elder’s Home, Dharamsala, India
Jampaling Elder’s Home, situated in Dharamshala, is about 15 minutes walking distance from the main temple of His Holiness the Dalai Lama with many prayer wheels lining the way. The resident Tibetan elders are able to attend all the teachings ... Read more »
Rejoice!
Should we be happy? In a letter to a student, Lama Zopa Rinpoche once wrote,” I think the most important thing is that you’re happy … I’m talking about the happiness that you can develop from life to life, up ... Read more »
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche on January 2, 2017
A long life puja will be offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on behalf of Sera Je Monastery as requested by Abbot Khen Rinpoche, on the Maitreya Project land in Bodhgaya on January 2, 2017 starting in the afternoon. You can ... Read more »
Guhyasamaja Center Celebrates World Vegetarian Day
On October 1, 2016, Guhyasamaja Center in the Washington DC Metro Area of the United States celebrated World Vegetarian Day. Guhyasamaja Center shared this report with Mandala to help encourage other FPMT centers to promote vegetarianism and veganism to their ... Read more »
Advice Regarding Gurus
In FPMT centers, a great deal of devotion can be found with respect to the spiritual teacher (guru). A short booklet, available through the FPMT Foundation Store, Advice Regarding Gurus, introduces newcomers to this practice and explains why such emphasis ... Read more »
‘You Can’t Really See What Is Going to Happen to You’
When he visited New York this past summer, Lama Zopa Rinpoche encountered a skeleton. To benefit the person whose the skeleton it had been, he offered blessings and mantras (see video below). The skeleton, he pointed out, should remind everyone ... Read more »
Another Year of Offering Food to the Monks of Sera Je Monastery
As 2016 comes to a close, we’d like to invite you to rejoice in another year of offering food to all of the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery through the Sera Je Food Fund. Since 1991 the Sera Je ... Read more »
Six Syllables of Profound Meaning
While he was in New York this past summer, Lama Zopa Rinpoche took a few minutes to explain the six-syllable mantra AH AAH SHA SA MA HA. In an informal conversation, Rinpoche held up a card on which he had ... Read more »