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Now Available! Live Video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching with Interpretation at Light of the Path

Now Available! Live Video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching with Interpretation at Light of the Path

The Light of the Path retreat is underway. Live video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching in English with interpretation into French, Spanish and Italian is now available! Live Mandarin interpretation is available in audio only. A second, backup, Livestream.com video ... Read more »
Recite the Sutra of Golden Light for World Peace

Recite the Sutra of Golden Light for World Peace

“Anybody who wants peace in the world should read the Golden Light Sutra (Ser.ö dam.päi do wang.gyi gyälpo,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche advised in 2007. “This is a very important practice to stop violence and wars in the world. The Golden ... Read more »
Grant Offered to Prayer Wheel Restoration and Water Park Construction Namche Bazaar, Nepal

Grant Offered to Prayer Wheel Restoration and Water Park Construction Namche Bazaar, Nepal

The Holy Objects Fund recently offered a US$50,000 grant to the Mani Chungyur, Stupa and Water Park, a project being built in Namche Bazaar, Nepal, located in the Sagarmatha National Park and Buffer Zone (SNPBZ). The grant will be used ... Read more »
Never Disturb Others’ Happy Minds

Never Disturb Others’ Happy Minds

On July 31, Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT, Inc., shared on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Twitter page this very brief teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Rinpoche quoting Shantideva; Whatever happens I should never disturb others ... Read more »
FDCW Brings Universal Education to the World

FDCW Brings Universal Education to the World

The new issue of Mandala features the Foundation for Developing Compassion and Wisdom (FDCW), the UK-based FPMT international project that oversees the development and dissemination of Universal Education for Compassion and Wisdom (UECW) programs, such as the 16 Guidelines for ... Read more »
Everything Is in Your Hand

Everything Is in Your Hand

On July 31, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Twitter page this very brief teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Rinpoche; everything is in your hand, your happiness, your suffering, all up to you, up to your mind. Our ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live at 2016 Light of the Path Retreat!

Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach Live at 2016 Light of the Path Retreat!

Light of the Path Retreat 2016 with Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins on Sunday, August 14, at 5 p.m. local time (UTC -5). This retreat is the fourth in a series of teaching retreats led by Rinpoche based on Lama Atisha’s ... Read more »
Revised Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Practice

Revised Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga Practice

Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga is a particularly powerful practice for receiving the blessings of one’s personal teacher and developing the realization of guru devotion. Also known as the Hundred Deities of Tushita (Ganden Lha Gyama), it is a seven-limb practice ... Read more »
How to Stop the Violence

How to Stop the Violence

“In America it sometimes happens that small schoolchildren kill many people. Not only small children but adults as well. This happened last year and, from time to time, it has happened before; suddenly, surprisingly. I’m sure it’s not only in ... Read more »
Pujas, Practices, and Prayers Sponsored on Chokhor Duchen

Pujas, Practices, and Prayers Sponsored on Chokhor Duchen

Each year on Chokhor Duchen (commemorating Lord Buddha’s first teaching) the Puja Fund sponsors pujas and offerings all over the world dedicated to success of the entire FPMT organization. The practices are offered by up to 15,650 monks and nuns. ... Read more »
The Good Heart Is the Root of Happiness

The Good Heart Is the Root of Happiness

“Even if other people don’t practice the good heart, still we should practice the good heart because we want happiness and we don’t want suffering. Even if other sentient beings don’t practice the good heart or they try to harm ... Read more »
Rejoicing Is the Best

Rejoicing Is the Best

“The fourth limb of the seven-limb practice is rejoicing. This is a very important practice and we should do it each day as many times as possible. It is the easiest way to accumulate merit,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains in ... Read more »