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Registration Open! February 2017 Foundation Service Seminar
Registration is now open for a five-day Foundation Service Seminar (FSS) at Land of Medicine Buddha in California, February 3–7, 2017. The seminar will be led by FPMT’s service seminar coordinator Amy Cayton and senior registered facilitators. Immediately after the ... Read more »
Mantras for Bringing Benefit and Eliminating Obstacles
FPMT Education Services makes available many commonly used mantras, which students can download freely for their personal use. Mantras, meaning “mind protection,” are Sanskrit syllables usually recited in conjunction with the practice of a particular meditational deity. As they embody ... Read more »
‘Put Enlightenment Second’
“Cherish sentient beings first; put enlightenment second,” says Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his book The Joy of Compassion, available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive online as well as in print and digital formats. “Why do I say put enlightenment second?” ... Read more »
Progress Made Rebuilding the Gompa at Rolwaling Monastery, Nepal
Earlier this year we reported that due to a donation from a generous benefactor, a substantial grant had been offered from the Social Services Fund to Rolwaling Monastery in Nepal, at the Tibet border, for the rebuilding of their gompa ... Read more »
Partying All the Way to Enlightenment
“You can collect a huge amount of merit even in your own home by having a party,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructs in his latest book, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in print ... Read more »
Traditional Dances and Extensive Offerings at Amitabha Buddha Festival
On Saturday, October 1, the second Amitabha Buddha Festival was held at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land in rural Washington State, US. About 60 people, which included neighbors, local students and guests from out-of-town, attended the celebration, which began at 9 ... Read more »
Long Life Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
It is said that making sincere requests for one’s guru to live long and to continue teaching creates the causes and conditions needed to receive benefit from that teacher for a very long time. With this in mind, we wanted ... Read more »
‘The West Too Can Become a Blessed Place’
“You have to start with words,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaches in his latest book, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in print and digital formats, “but without actualizing the path in your mind, ... Read more »
‘We Need to Help Others as Much as Possible’
“In our life, whether we believe in karma, reincarnation, and so forth, we need to help others as much as possible.” So says Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his latest book, Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: The Benefits of Offering to Sangha
By Lama Zopa Rinpoche Why Offering to the Sangha Is So Powerful In the past, there was one man who had nothing, but he offered medicinal food just one time to four fully ordained monks. (These were not monks who ... Read more »
The Blessings of Impeccable Guru Devotion
“This is a real story,” recounts Lama Zopa Rinpoche in his latest book Sun of Devotion, Stream of Blessings, newly available from Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive in print and digital formats. “At Buxa, there was a monk called Jamyang, who ... Read more »