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Blessing the Sentient Beings of Omak Lake
Rinpoche recently spent some time blessing Omak Lake, near Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in Washington State, USA. Rinpoche did extensive prayers and mantras for all the sentient beings in the lake now as well as those who will be there ... Read more »
Support to 120 Students of Sagarmatha Lower Secondary School
For the past two years, Kopan Monastery has taken on the responsibility of supporting Sagarmatha Secondary School in Chailsa, Nepal. The school is located on what was once a Tibetan refugee camp and currently serves 120 young students. A foundation ... Read more »
Teaching Buddhism, Spreading Dharma
When did Tibetan Buddhism come to the West? In 1958 Geshe Wangyal established a monastery in New Jersey where several of the first Americans to learn Tibetan studied in the 1960s. Sakya lama Dezhung Rinpoche arrived in the USA in ... Read more »
Time Is Emptiness; Emptiness Is Time
“This is a very good meditation on emptiness,” says Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his book Kadampa Teachings, adding, “It’s simple but profound, and gives us a clear understanding.” “When we hear or think of one year, ‘Oh, it takes one ... Read more »
Documentary! ‘Awakening the Mind: ILTK Life’ (Video)
Two years ago, student Quy N. Sam released Awakening the Mind: ILTK Life, a 25-minute documentary capturing the history and daily life of Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK), an FPMT center in Pomaia, Italy. Awakening the Mind is filled with ... Read more »
Samantabhadra Card for Protection
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently updated the design of a Samantabhadra protection card for one’s wall. FPMT Education Services is pleased to make this protection card available as a printable PDF. Rinpoche advises, “By displaying this card, all the outer and ... Read more »
Fulfilling Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Vision: His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Strasbourg, France
With organizational help from numerous FPMT volunteers, the city of Strasbourg, France, hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama on September 17 and 18, 2016. His Holiness taught from Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhichitta, conferred an Avalokiteshvara initiation, and gave a public ... Read more »
Strasbourg, France Hosts His Holiness the Dalai Lama
By Cynthia Karena; Photos by Olivier Adam Strasbourg, France hosted His Holiness the Dalai Lama on September 17 and 18, 2016. His Holiness taught from Nagarjuna’s Commentary on Bodhichitta, conferred an Avalokiteshvara initiation, and gave a public talk entitled “Ethics ... Read more »
Progress on Land of Medicine Buddha Mahabodhi Stupa Continues
Progress continues on Land of Medicine Buddha’s 39-foot-tall Mahabodhi stupa project in California. Earlier this year the community filled the final structural chamber of this stupa and celebrated by enjoying a picnic in the meadow after the work of the ... Read more »
Vows: Happy Restraints
“Discovering the suffering nature of samsara makes you very happy to restrain yourself from engaging in negative karma, in unrighteous actions,” declares Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his book Kadampa Teachings, adding, “The more you meditate, the more you discover that ... Read more »![Spanish Student Offers Rinpoche ‘Remembering the Three Jewels’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/28/spanish-student-offers-rinpoche-remembering-the-three-jewels-video/FotoGermán-320x541.jpg)
Spanish Student Offers Rinpoche ‘Remembering the Three Jewels’ [Video]
Germán Rodríguez Vicente, a FPMT Masters Program Online student and student of Centro de Meditación Tushita in Spain, put together “Remembering the Three Jewels” as a video offering to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, which he agreed could be shared publicly. The ... Read more »