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Long Life Puja Offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama January 1, 2016
Over twenty years ago, Lama Zopa Rinpoche requested that the FPMT organization offers a long life puja to His Holiness the Dalai Lama every year. This year the annual long life puja will be offered on January 1, 2016 following ... Read more »
Season’s Greetings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche and International Office!
Season’s greetings to you! We hope you enjoy the December 2015 FPMT International Office eNews. There’s so much to rejoice about, including: A long life puja being offered to His Holiness the Dalai Lama during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings, Sera ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in South India for Jangchup Lamrim Teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is currently in South India and attending the Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, which commenced on Sunday, December 20, at the newly inaugurated Tashi Lhunpo Monastery. The Janchup Lamrim teachings is a busy ... Read more »
Live Life Day and Night with Bodhichitta
“You have to know that even though something is called Buddhist and Buddhism that doesn’t mean that every single thing people are practicing is necessarily correct. There is wrong conduct and wrong view even when people believe what they are ... Read more »
Buddha Statue in Mahabodhi Temple Offered Robes Every Month
Every month, on the full moon, the Puja Fund sponsors an offering of robes, made of the most precious material, to the most holy Buddha statue in Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, India . The offering and prayers and kindly offered by ... Read more »
Kshitigarbha Practice to Pacify Earthquakes
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently advised that the following must be completed by February 1, 2016 to help pacify an earthquake that Rinpoche has been predicting will hit California in the very near future: 1,800,000 recitations of the long Kshitigarbha mantra ... Read more »
Think About the Continuation of Life
“Courage is so important,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructed a student worried about his father’s thoughts of suicide in the advice “Think About the Continuation of Life,” recently posted on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. “Perhaps you might know this, but ... Read more »
Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery Rebuilds (and Purifies)
Long-time student and monk, Thubten Gyatso, shared with Mandala news from Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery (TSL) in Australia: All the monks and several volunteers have been working for six months to repair the fire damage to our new building, and ... Read more »
Tomorrow or the Next Life?
“We just cannot be sure which will come first, tomorrow or our next life,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in July 2014 at Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London. “Because of that it is unbelievably worthwhile to work for the next life, ... Read more »
52,254 Pounds of Flour Used Every Six Months by the Sera Je Food Fund
Every day, an incredible effort from many individuals, and a large quantity of food and supplies is needed to prepare, cook, and serve three meals per day to all of the monks studying at Sera Je Food Fund. Over the ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in South India
On December 13 , Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter this photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche “enjoying coconut juice on the way back from teachings in Gyurme Tantic College.” Lama Zopa Rinpoche is currently at Osel Labrang at Sera Monastery ... Read more »