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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 »
Seasons Greetings From Us to You!
Warm Seasons Greetings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and FPMT International Office! Our greetings of the season come as part of our December FPMT International Office e-News. In this month’s e-News you’ll also find: International Merit Box Collection Season has Begun!, ... Read more »
The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund Offers Support to the Teachers of Tomorrow
On Friday, December 23 Tibetan Buddhists of the Gelug tradition celebrate Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419) was a Tibetan Buddhist master whose studies and meditations in all ... Read more »
Hunger in Nigeria: How to Help
There is starvation in Nigeria, and people are dying. Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently checked on what is best to be done in Nigeria, where so many people are dying of hunger. It seems that this is due in part to ... Read more »
Ven. Kabir Saxena Now Director of Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar
In early October 2016, Maitreya Buddha Project Kushinagar, a project to build a large statue of Maitreya Buddha in Kushinagar, India, announced that long-time student Ven. Kabir Saxena had taken over as director. Ven. Kabir wrote a letter to Maitreya ... Read more »
Saving Animals: Eat Rice, Have Faith in Mantras
How can we save animals? Ven. Thupten Wongmo, a nun who lives at Buddha Amitabha Pure Land (BAPL), is a vegetarian because of what Lama Zopa Rinpoche told her many years ago: “It’s best to avoid eating meat out of ... Read more »