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Ven. René Feusi Distills Shantideva’s ‘Bodhicharyavatara’

Ven. René Feusi Distills Shantideva’s ‘Bodhicharyavatara’

“In the 1990s, I went to Bodhgaya to do two months’ retreat. I had rented a cabin in Bodhgaya and one of the texts I had with me with was Bodhicharyavatara. It was Stephen Batchelor’s translation. While doing retreat there, ... Read more »
New Free Module from the Living in the Path Program: The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment)

New Free Module from the Living in the Path Program: The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment)

A new free module from Living in the Path program, “The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment)” is now available on the Online Learning Center. In this module of Living in the Path, you will find ... Read more »
Rinpoche’s Flower Offering Card

Rinpoche’s Flower Offering Card

When Rinpoche was at his home in California in October and part of November last year, he created a new flower offering card. Rinpoche then had the card made into a 3-foot (1-meter) tall sign, so that when you first ... Read more »
Cats and Dogs Receive Blessings in Last North American Relic Tour Event [VIDEO]

Cats and Dogs Receive Blessings in Last North American Relic Tour Event [VIDEO]

“The final North American Maitreya Loving Kidnesss relic tour event was held at Yavapai College in Sedona, Arizona, December 12-13, 2015,” said Karen Smith, who was there. “It was an intimate venue with magnificent views of the famous Sedona Red ... Read more »
‘The Best Response Is Forgiveness’

‘The Best Response Is Forgiveness’

“As a parent, you should also teach your children that when someone harms, disrespects or even abuses them, the best response is forgiveness. Forgiveness is extremely important – it opens the hearts of both those who forgive and those who ... Read more »
Wisdom Publication’s Steps on the Path to Enlightenment Series: Commentary by Geshe Lhundub Sopa

Wisdom Publication’s Steps on the Path to Enlightenment Series: Commentary by Geshe Lhundub Sopa

For over eighteen years Wisdom Publications has been working on publishing a series of commentaries, Steps on the Path to Enlightenment, on Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lam-rim Chenmo by Geshe Lhundub Sopa. Volumes, 1 (The Foundational Practices), 2 (Karma), 3 (The Way ... Read more »
His Holiness the Karmapa Visits Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre [VIDEO]

His Holiness the Karmapa Visits Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre [VIDEO]

Ven. Kabir Saxena shares news about His Holiness the Karmpa’s recent December 2015 visit to Tushita Mahayana Meditation Centre in New Delhi, India: We were really fortunate that His Holiness the Karmapa fulfilled his promise to visit Tushita just before ... Read more »
Practices for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Long Life

Practices for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Long Life

Message from Ven Roger Kunsang, assistant to Lama Zopa Rinpoche and CEO of FPMT Inc : “Dear Friends, This year seems especially important for all Rinpoche’s students to come together in some way to offer practice and prayers for Rinpoche’s ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Lawudo Cave [VIDEO]

Lama Zopa Rinpoche in the Lawudo Cave [VIDEO]

In early April 2015, Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Lawudo, near Mount Everest in Nepal’s Solu Khumbu region, which was the home of his previous incarnation known as the Lawudo Lama. During the visit, Rinpoche taught in the meditation cave of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Prayers for David Bowie and Bob Brintz

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Prayers for David Bowie and Bob Brintz

While eating lunch on Monday, January 11, Lama Zopa Rinpoche was looking at Ven. Roger Kunsang’s mobile phone when a notification arrived with the news that English musician David Bowie had died. So Rinpoche read the news notification and proceeded ... Read more »
Geshe Thupten Jinpa Discusses Cultivating Compassion in a Secular World

Geshe Thupten Jinpa Discusses Cultivating Compassion in a Secular World

“I have had the privilege to serve His Holiness for so long and I know that one of his main focuses is to promote an appreciation of basic human values. He calls it ‘secular ethics,'” Geshe Thubten Jinpa, His Holiness’ ... Read more »
Begin Your Day with Bodhichitta

Begin Your Day with Bodhichitta

Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a student who was requesting Rinpoche as her guru: “Begin your day with bodhichitta to make the life most meaningful and beneficial for sentient beings, thus transforming your life from iron into gold, not only with ... Read more »