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Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Good Health This Year
Every year Ven. Roger Kunsang, on behalf of the FPMT organization, checks with one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus or Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme) to determine what practices should be done to help create the conditions for Lama ... Read more »
Learn to Chant Lama Chöpa Tunes
FPMT Education Services would like to remind students of three videos available in which Lama Zopa Rinpoche chants the Lama Chöpa tunes in three ways: fast-paced, medium-paced, and slow-paced. These videos are an incredibly precious resource for FPMT students. Learning ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches ‘Seven-Point Mind Training’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/12/lama-zopa-rinpoche-gives-a-commentary-on-the-seven-point-mind-training-video/DSC02606-lzr-sherpas-bodhgaya-320x214.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches ‘Seven-Point Mind Training’ [Video]
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a wonderful teaching on the Seven-Point Mind Training (also called Seven-Point Thought Transformation) on February 5, 2017, at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India. The mind training (Tibetan: lojong) text Rinpoche taught was by Kadampa Geshe Chekawa. ... Read more »
Stupa for Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gendun Choephel
A new stupa is being built at Sera Je Monastery for Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gendun Choephel who passed away on July 31, 2016. Among Khen Rinpoche’s many students is Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe. ... Read more »
Feed the Birds
In 2007, Lama Zopa Rinpoche talked about the benefits of feeding birds, saying, “When we give food to birds we should chant the Mitukpa, Medicine Buddha, Chenrezig, and the five powerful mantras and then blow over the food. Giving food ... Read more »
New Mandala Ebook: ‘From Warm Heart to Warm Heart’
Mandala has just published a new ebook called From Warm Heart to Warm Heart: The Transmission of Dharma in the Modern World. The ebook contains seventeen interviews about the transmission of Dharma, published by Mandala between 1982 and 2017. While ... Read more »
The Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund’s Most Successful Project: The Sera Je Food Fund
The Sera Je Food Fund (a project of the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund) has been in operation for twenty-five years, offering free meals to the sincere monks of Sera Je Monastery daily. In a typical month, nearly 22,000 bananas, 120 ... Read more »
‘The Best Way to Take Care of Children’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche cares deeply about children. Indeed, his Vast Visions include a focus on young people. What does Rinpoche say about children and youth? Rinpoche has commented, “[FPMT should] help young people through meditation and consultation, and also help ... Read more »
‘Music Can Bring So Much Joy and Happiness’
Is it good to play music? “Music can bring so much joy and happiness to people,” said Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 2005, “especially if it’s performed with a good motivation.” In explaining how to play music in the most beneficial ... Read more »
Interview mit Dieter Kratzer: Wie es dazu kam, dass er Dharma Lehrer wurde
This is a German translation of the article Dieter Kratzer On Becoming a Teacher, published by Mandala online in January 2017. Hier ist eine Übersetzung des Artikels Dieter Kratzer On Becoming a Teacher. Der originale Artikel im Englischen wurde von ... Read more »
The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion Receives AUS$2.5 Million Matching Grant
On March 24, 2017, the Victoria state government in Australia announced that the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, an FPMT project that once completed will be the largest stupa in the Western world, would received a AUS$2.5 million matching grant. ... Read more »