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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 »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Visit To Dzongdrakha in Bhutan
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited many sacred places connected with Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) during his June 2016 trip to the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan. In addition to the holy sites of Guru Rinpoche’s body and speech, Rinpoche visited Dzongdrakha, the place ... Read more »
Announcing the Newly Revised FPMT Retreat Prayer Book
The FPMT Retreat Prayer Book was originally compiled in 2008 in preparation for the first Light of the Path Retreat and has become a critical resource for those attending longer teaching events and retreats with Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Many students ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Incense Puja at Dongkarla Lhakhang
Towards the end of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s visit to Bhutan in June, Rinpoche went to Dongkarla Lhakhang, one of the highest holy sites in Bhutan at an elevation of 11,975 feet (3,650 meters). The temple was built in the 15th ... Read more »
Animal Liberation Fund Supports Animal-Saving Work in Bhutan
Jangsa Animal Saving Trust (JAST), established in 2000 in Bhutan, is a non-profit charity founded on Buddhist principles of animal activism. JAST currently cares for hundreds of animals across ten provinces. Bulls, yaks, sheep, pigs, goats, ducks, dogs, and fish ... Read more »
FPMT International Office Meets Source of Foundation Store Thangkas
On June 2, the staff of FPMT International Office in Portland, Oregon, US, had tea with Pradip Rajbhandari, the Nepali co-owner, with Birendra Shahi and founder Surendra Bahadur Shahi, of the workshop responsible for creation of all of the hand-painted ... Read more »
Rejoice in the More Than 1.8 Million Kshitigarbha Mantras Recited to Pacify Earthquakes!
Recently, Land of Medicine Buddha announced that 1,840,962 recitations of the Kshitigarbha long mantra had been accumulated, completing the remaining advice Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave for preventing and pacifying earthquakes in California and the rest of the world. A total ... Read more »