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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 »
One Million Dorje Khadro Mantras Recited at Centro de Meditación Tushita, Spain
“From September 29 until November 3, 2016, Centro de Meditación Tushita in Spain hosted a five-week Dorje Khadro group retreat that was attended by ten participants from all over the world,” reported student Annette van Citters. “Together we recited more ... Read more »
Silent Mind, Holy Mind: Lama Yeshe on the Spirit of Christmas
This week many of us head into a long holiday weekend with family and friends. We’d like to share an excerpt from Lama Yeshe’s Christmas teachings originally published by Wisdom Publications in 1978 under the title Silent Mind, Holy Mind. ... Read more »