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The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) Update
Recently, FPMT Education Services announced a revision of the FPMT Retreat Prayer Book, a critical resource for those attending longer teaching events and retreats with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Included in this revision was an update to The Method to Transform ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Definition of ‘Holiday’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s definition of “holiday” is: The mind abiding in correctly following the virtuous friend., The mind abiding in renunciation of samsara., The mind abiding in bodhichitta., The mind abiding in emptiness., The mind abiding in tantra path – ... Read more »
Choe Khor Sum Ling Finishes First Discovering Buddhism Lecture Series
In May 2016, five students of Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India, completed all the lectures for the first 13 modules of the 14-module FPMT Discovering Buddhism (DB) program series, a process that took three years to complete and ... Read more »
Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gendun Choephel Passes Away
We are sad to announce that on July 31, 2016, Sera Je abbot Khen Rinpoche Geshe Gendun Choephel suddenly passed away. Among Khen Rinpoche’s many students is Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe. Khen Rinpoche ... Read more »
Grant Offered to New Stupa Being Built at Rinchen Jangsem Ling
At the end of the Medicine Buddha retreat at Rinchen Jangsem Ling in Malaysia in April, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the kindness of several benefactors, offered a US$10,000 grant to the center for a two storey Namgyälma stupa which will ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice to Ven. Kunsang and Caregivers
Lama Zopa Rinpoche sent recorded advice to the French monk Ven. Thubten Kunsang and his caregivers during the final days of Ven. Kunsang’s life. Ven. Kunsang passed away on July 24 in India. He had traveled in Rinpoche’s entourage for ... Read more »
Land of Joy Celebrates First Dharma Festival of Light and Merit
“From July 1-3, 2016, Land of Joy, a retreat center in the United Kingdom, held its first Dharma Festival of Light and Merit,” shared Land of Joy board member and FPMT-registered teacher Andy Wistreich. “The main purpose of the festival ... Read more »
Chokhor Duchen Buddha Multiplying Day Is August 6
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on Saturday, August 6. Also known as the Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma, Chokhor Duchen commemorates the anniversary upon which ... Read more »
How to Convert a Samsaric Picnic into a Beneficial Picnic
Recently in July, Ogmin Jangchub Sishu Tsogpa, the association of former Kopan Monastery Sherpa monks and nuns living in New York, US, hosted a picnic for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Bear Mountain State Park, which is about 50 miles (80 ... Read more »
Tara Home’s Compassionate Care for End of Life
Tara Home, located at Land of Medicine Buddha in Soquel, California, is a home for terminally ill people entering their last few months of life. Around-the-clock compassionate care is provided by trained volunteers. Tara Home relies completely on donations to ... Read more »
Ven. Thubten Kunsang (Henri Lopez) Passes Away
We are sad to share the news that the French monk Ven. Thubten Kunsang (Henri Lopez) passed away on Sunday, July 24, at 11:46 a.m. in India due to cancer. Ven. Kunsang traveled with Lama Zopa Rinpoche for many years, ... Read more »