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Having Time for Practice
“Whether you have time for practice or meditation or not, or to do prayers, mainly depends on your interest,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in Cherishing Others: The Heart of Dharma , the fourth volume in a Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive ... Read more »
Kopan Celebrates Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s 70th Birthday
All of Kopan Monastery and Nunnery’s monks and nuns offered Lama Zopa Rinpoche a cake and sang “Happy Birthday” to Rinpoche. Originally, they wanted to come up and offer a khata to Rinpoche, but Rinpoche said instead that he would ... Read more »
Supporting the Next Generation of Teachers
As a boy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche was ordained and educated at the monastery of one of his teachers, Domo Rinpoche — Drugkar Monastery. Domo Rinpoche’s incarnation is now being educated at Sera Je Monastery in South India and Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 5
Lama Tsongkhapa Day, or Ganden Ngamchoe, is a celebration of the anniversary of Lama Tsongkhapa’s parinirvana. It is celebrated on the 25th day of the 10th month on the Tibetan calendar. This year, Lama Tsongkhapa Day falls on Saturday, December ... Read more »
First Photo of 2015 Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche Released
On December 2 , Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter this photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche receiving the official FPMT long life puja at Kopan Monastery, Nepal. In the photo, specially selected dancers representing the five-colored dakinis petition the lama ... Read more »
Autumn News from Milarepa Center
Student Tommy Nimrod shares this news update from Milarepa Center in Barnet, Vermont in the United States: Blessed by the presence of our Dharma brothers and sisters from Tubten Kunga Center in Florida, Geshe Konchog Kyab led a vibrant five-day ... Read more »
Two New Photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from Kopan Monastery
On December 1 , Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter two new photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, where he is teaching during the annual month-long November course. In the photo above, Rinpoche is “explaining the story ... Read more »
New Short Film on the Sera Food Fund Featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche Just Released
A beautiful new short film on the Sera Je Food Fund featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche was released last week. In it Rinpoche candidly speaks on the importance of supporting the food fund and the role it plays in spreading the ... Read more »
Rinpoche Checks Relics Destined for Maitreya Projects
On November 25, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter this photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery “checking some of the collection of relics destined for the heart of the Maitreya statues in India.” The statues are part of ... Read more »
How to Bless Water
In the online content for Mandala July-September 2013, FPMT student Murray Wright describes the story of how he and friends Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi and Brian Rae offered holy crystals to bless the waters of New Zealand’s North Island during the ... Read more »
‘If We Have Met Dharma, Our Negativity Can Be Purified’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this advice about karma in a letter to a student, recently published on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA). He emphasized the importance of living in pure morality and of understanding the suffering of this life. ... Read more »