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Three Days of Food Offered to 17,000 People During His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Teaching Event at Tashi Lhunpo Monastery
Tashi Lhunpo Monastery, Bylakuppe, India, will be welcoming His Holiness the Dalai Lama to their monastery December 19-29, 2015. During the visit, His Holiness will inaugurate the monastery’s new assembly hall and give teachings on Dharmakirti’s commentary on Pramana-samuccaya over ... Read more »
Relaxing a Negative Mind
From “Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Online Advice Book” on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: A student wrote to Lama Zopa Rinpoche about her negative, critical mind, which had become worse after attending lam-rim teachings and a retreat. She found Dharma practice ... Read more »
Living in the Path Online: New and Revised Modules
Living in the Path is unique among FPMT education programs in that it is taught exclusively by Lama Zopa Rinpoche. The online version of this program is currently undergoing extensive revision to divide it into “digestible bite-sized chunks” and make ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Welcomed with Open Arms in UK
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited the United Kingdom in September 2015. Long-time FPMT student Alison Murdoch shared this report on how FPMT UK students united with the local Tibetan community and other Tibetan Buddhist groups to offer a very ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on the Importance of Dharma Centers
“I’m going to mention briefly how the Dharma center is so important. We can see more and more how much of an emergency it is to have such a center, because this is where we can learn the whole path ... Read more »
30,587,000 Mani Mantras Offered in Celebration of His Holiness’ 80th Birthday
In July of this year, between 500-600 residents of Tsum Valley, Nepal, close to the Tibet border, recited 30,587,000 OM MANI PADME HUM mantras over the course of a one-week-long retreat in celebration of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 80th ... Read more »
Visualizing All Your Gurus in the Merit Field
“You may have heard the story about Drukhang Rinpoche, whose cave [was] just above Sera College,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche said during a teaching on refuge given in Dharamsala in 1986. “He had one guru from whom he had learned the ... Read more »
Animal Welfare in Nepal after the Earthquake
World Animal Day is celebrated every year on October 4. In honor of the day, Mandala has published a new online feature story, “Animal Welfare in the Aftermath of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake,” by Phil Hunt and Tania Duratovic, coordinators ... Read more »
Animal Welfare in the Aftermath of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake
The massive April 25, 2015, earthquake in Nepal brought devastation to the country’s people, economy and culture. Many in the international FPMT community responded to the crisis by offering prayers and making donations to FPMT’s Nepal Earthquake Support Fund . ... Read more »
Opening the Door
“Cherishing others is the door opening, opening the door for all the qualities, infinite qualities. Cherishing oneself is opening the door for all the problems, obstacles, for all these qualities, obstacle for all these qualities that we are talking about, ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund Distributes Food to Monks Over Summer Break
The Sera Je Food Fund is responsible for offering three nutritious meals to all the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery. As the monastery closes for the Summer (and thus, the kitchen closes), the fund makes other arrangements so the ... Read more »