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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches at Kopan House at Sera Monastery
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a teaching to hundreds of Sangha and lay students at Kopan House at Sera Monastery in India on the evening of January 1. The Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama had concluded, completing ... Read more »
Meditate on Death and Impermanence to Help Your Practice
“If the mind has sunk down and it is difficult to practice, then you must meditate on death and impermanence. That is very important. It takes care of so many problems, solves everything. It cuts attachment to people, places, and ... Read more »
Support to Tashi Chime Gatsal Nuns Following the Earthquake in Nepal
Following the earthquake of April, 2015, the conditions at Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery (also known as Bigu Nunnery), located in a remote area of Nepal, were such that the nuns living there had to evacuate and take up temporary shelter ... Read more »
Thanks for Practice
An FPMT center wrote Lama Zopa Rinpoche about a New Year’s “sutra-thon,” where students recited the Heart Sutra , the Vajra Cutter Sutra and other sutras. They dedicated for a multitude of things, especially the health and long life of ... Read more »
The Benefits of Vajrasattva Practice
“Of course by purifying negative karma collected since beginningless rebirth and by collecting extensive merits, this allows you to have realizations on the path to enlightenment and for your mind to change,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote to a student who ... Read more »
Retreat Cabin Sponsored for Ordained Sangha
Due to the kindness of a generous benefactor, the Supporting Ordained Sangha Fund was able to sponsor the International Mahayana Institute’s building of a retreat cabin specifically to be used by Sangha at Thakpa Kachoe Retreat Land. This new cabin, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s New Book ‘How to Enjoy Death’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s much anticipated book How to Enjoy Death: Preparing to Meet Life’s Final Challenge without Fear will soon be released by Wisdom Publications. Rinpoche just received an advance copy of the book at Sera Monastery, where he is ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Lama Chopa Tsog
On December 20, Lama Zopa Rinpoche attended a Lama Chopa tsog in the garden of the Kopan House at Sera Je Monastery. In addition to the Kopan monks studying at Sera, several FPMT geshes as well as many IMI Sangha ... Read more »
Ven. Thubten Labdron (Trisha Donnelly) Passes Away in Australia
Long-time FPMT student Ven. Thubten Labdron (Trisha Donnelly) passed away on December 19, 2015, in Queensland, Australia, due to cancer, with which she had recently been diagnosed. She was 71. Ven. Trisha offered decades of service to FPMT. She helped ... Read more »
Celebrate Christmas with a Happy Mind
In December 1971, FPMT founder Lama Yeshe gave teachings to students at Kopan Monastery, which were collected into the book Silent Mind, Holy Mind , published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. Here’s the beginning of a short excerpt from ... Read more »
The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment)
Following Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wishes we have updated the text, Daily Meditation, which Rinpoche has renamed The Method to Transform a Suffering Life Into Happiness (Including Enlightenment). In addition to the name change, this text has also been revised according ... Read more »