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The Main Way to Protect Yourself
On April 28, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on his Twitter page this brief teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Lama Zopa; main way to protect yourself is for you to not harm others! It’s not sufficient to just study Dharma, you ... Read more »![Congratulations, Geshe Tenzin Namdak!](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/02/congratulations-geshe-tenzin-namdak/DSF4896-320x213.jpg)
Congratulations, Geshe Tenzin Namdak!
On April 26, 2016, the Dutch monk known as Ven. Tenzin Namdak received the title of “Geshe” from Sera Je Monastic University in recognition of his completion of the advanced Buddhist studies and practice program. Completing the geshe studies program ... Read more »![Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach in Hong Kong](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/29/watch-lama-zopa-rinpoche-teach-in-hong-kong/ChIYofiVEAAjsep-web-320x400.jpg)
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach in Hong Kong
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in Hong Kong this week to give teachings and initiations organized by Mahayana Buddhist Association (Cham Tse Ling). Rinpoche’s teachings on May 1 and 2 are scheduled to be streamed live on FPMT’s Livestream page from ... Read more »![FPMT Education’s Death and Dying Materials](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/28/fpmt-education-death-and-dying-materials/Untitled-2.jpg)
FPMT Education’s Death and Dying Materials
All of us live with reminders of impermanence and the loss of those we hold dear, yet it is difficult to accept the inevitability of our own deaths or the deaths of our loved ones. While avoiding death is not ... Read more »![Rinpoche Liberates Three Goats at Maratika Cave [VIDEO]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/27/rinpoche-liberates-three-goats-at-maratika-cave-video/IMG_5203-web-320x256.jpg)
Rinpoche Liberates Three Goats at Maratika Cave [VIDEO]
In late February, Lama Zopa Rinpoche liberated three goats at Maratika, Nepal, site of the famed Maratika Caves associated with Padmasambhava and long life. In a new video on FPMT’s YouTube channel, Rinpoche leads an extensive motivation for the animal ... Read more »![Food Offered to Monks Studying at Idgaa Choizinling College in Mongolia](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/26/food-offered-to-monks-studying-at-idgaa-choizinling-college-mongolia/Mongolian-monks-food-3-320x179.jpg)
Food Offered to Monks Studying at Idgaa Choizinling College in Mongolia
For the last few years Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been offering the food for the monks studying at Idgaa Choizinling College in Mongolia. Recently US$5,564 was offered to cover the costs of offering lunch to all of the thirty-five monks ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/25/lama-zopa-rinpoche-at-rinchen-jangsem-ling-retreat-centre/DSC03336-web-320x256.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre
On April 8, Lama Zopa Rinpoche traveled from Kuala Lumpur, where he taught at Losang Dragpa Centre, to Rinchen Jangsem Ling Retreat Centre (RJL), arriving in the early evening. The beautiful, rural center is located in the middle of a ... Read more »![Chenrezig Meditation and Mantra](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/22/chenrezig-meditation-and-mantra/DSC00158-web-320x256.jpg)
Chenrezig Meditation and Mantra
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a photo of Chenrezig to a waitress he met at a restaurant in Darjeeling, India. Later, he sent her this advice, recently published on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, which includes an explanation of the visualization, ... Read more »![Institut Vajra Yogini Offers Over 1,000 Recitations of ‘Sutra of Golden Light’ to Rinpoche](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/22/institut-vajra-yogini-offers-over-1000-recitations-of-sutra-of-golden-light-to-rinpoche/lancement-nouvelle-édition-du-Soutra-18-320x125.jpg)
Institut Vajra Yogini Offers Over 1,000 Recitations of ‘Sutra of Golden Light’ to Rinpoche
By Institut Vajra Yogini staff In September 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the transmission of the Sutra of Golden Light at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion and Wisdom in Bendigo, Australia. Inspired by Rinpoche’s emphasis on the sutra’s contribution ... Read more »![Registration is Open for the Light of the Path Retreat 2016](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21/registration-is-open-for-the-light-of-the-path-retreat-2016/LoP-Poster-320x414.jpg)
Registration is Open for the Light of the Path Retreat 2016
Light of the Path Retreat 2016 (August 14-August 28, 2016) is the fourth part of series of teaching retreats led by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, and hosted by FPMT’s Kadampa Center. The root text for ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Visit to Kuala Lumpur](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/20/lama-zopa-rinpoches-visit-to-kuala-lumpur/IMG_4514-web-320x336.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Visit to Kuala Lumpur
On the last day of March, Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at 1:30 a.m. at Losang Dragpa Centre (LDC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, after driving from Penang, where he had given teachings and initiations organized by Chokyi Gyaltsen Center. There were ... Read more »![Reciting the Sutra of Golden Light in Support of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/19/reciting-the-sutra-of-golden-light-in-support-of-lama-zopa-rinpoches-vast-visions/lzrgls-320x402.jpg)