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Mental Illness and the Chenrezig Mantra
A student wrote Lama Zopa Rinpoche: “I have suffered from a torturing mental illness for eight years. I have seen doctors and even counselors, but nothing helps. I’m completely unable to control my mind to think any positive thing.” My ... Read more »![Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Blessing Rabbits [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/27/watch-lama-zopa-rinpoche-blessing-rabbits-video/IMG_4459-web-320x256.jpg)
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Blessing Rabbits [Video]
While staying at Osel Labrang at Sera Je Monastery in January 2016, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave blessings to the rabbits there. You can watch a video of the blessings on FPMT.org’s “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Videos” page, where short videos of ... Read more »
Two Kopan Nuns Take Final Exam for Geshema Degree
In early May, 20 nuns sat at Geden Choeling Nunnery for a fourth and final round of examinations for the Geshema degree, including two nuns from Khachoe Ghakyil Ling (Kopan Nunnery) – Vens. Namdrol Phuntsok and Jangchub Gyalmo. According to ... Read more »
Stupas Made at Chenrezig Institute on Holy Days
For many years, Chenrezig Institute in Eudlo, Australia, has hosted stupa-making sessions on the four holy days of the Tibetan calendar and the finished stupas reside in the center’s gompa. Chenrezig Institute estimates that 2,000 stupas have been created in ... Read more »
Recognize All the Wrong Views and See Things as a Hallucination
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this teaching to about 50 ordained Sangha during a visit to a giant shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in April 2016. Rinpoche was in Kuala Lumpur giving teachings organized by Losang Dragpa Centre. Think of ... Read more »
ABC Celebrates Vesak 2016 with Grand Weekend Festival
“Here at Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore, we just concluded our annual celebration of Vesak Day with a weekend festival held from May 20-22,” shared Ven. Tenzin Tsultrim. “This year, we enjoyed a double celebration as Vesak Day fell ... Read more »
Light of the Path 2016
Light of the Path Retreat 2016 (August 14-28, 2016) is the fourth part of a series of teaching retreats led by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Black Mountain, North Carolina, USA, and hosted by FPMT’s Kadampa Center. The retreat is structured ... Read more »
Tenzin Ösel Hita Spends Time in Southeast Asia
Tenzin Ösel Hita recently spent time in Southeast Asia. In March he was in Singapore to attend the long life puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche organized by Amitabha Buddhist Centre. He then traveled to Malaysia later in the month to ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Meaning of Rest
On May 20, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on his Twitter page this very brief teaching from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: Rinpoche was asked “what does rest mean to you?” Rinpoche replied “abiding in virtue!” Video recordings from Rinpoche’s recent teaching tour ... Read more »![‘Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: On Becoming The First Geshema’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/16/geshe-kelsang-wangmo-visits-jamyang-buddhist-centre-london/DSC8066-540x360.jpg)
‘Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: On Becoming The First Geshema’ [Video]
In early May, The Yogini Project released “Geshema Kelsang Wangmo: On Becoming The First Geshema,” a video interview with Geshe Kelsang Wangmo. In the short interview, Geshe Wangmo – whose early contact with FPMT center Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Recommends Earthquake Protection Image
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested that this Thang Thong Gyalpo protection be made available to all students living in areas threatened by earthquakes. Rinpoche recently added text to the image, which he is recommending to students in Taiwan, California, New ... Read more »