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Rebuilding Lawudo After the Earthquake
As reported in July, the Lawudo Retreat Centre, in eastern Nepal, was damaged by the earthquake and aftershocks the area experienced in April 2015. The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund offered US$50,000 toward the renovation needed due the kindness of many ... Read more »
New Issue of MANDALA Published!
The new issue of Mandala has just been published and is headed towards mailboxes now. This new issue takes a focused look at the future of the Gelug tradition through interviews with three important high lamas: Ganden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche, ... Read more »
Wish Lust
By Ven. Chönyi Taylor As part of the January-June 2016 online content, Mandala is happy to share the most recent Dharma Realities column by Ven. Chönyi Taylor, who has been contributing to Mandala‘s online edition since 2010. What better way ... Read more »
Cultivating Compassion: Geshe Thupten Jinpa Brings Dharma into the Secular World
In May 2015, Geshe Thupten Jinpa, His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s principal English-language interpreter, came to Maitripa College in the United States to talk about his newest book A Fearless Heart: How the Courage to Be Compassionate Can Transform Our ... Read more »
Gigantic Guru Rinpoche Thangka Displayed with 100,000 Tsog Offerings, Puja and Cham at Kopan Nunnery
On the advice of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, the monks and nuns of Kopan organized a spur-of-the-moment event, which included the display of a gigantic Guru Rinpoche thangka; 100,000 tsog offerings; and a puja and cham (ritual dance) of wrathful Guru ... Read more »
You Can Practice Dharma
“Developing the mind in the path to enlightenment, finding faith in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, in reincarnation and karma – even to have some faith in Buddha, Dharma and Sangha, even to have some faith in reincarnation and karma, ... Read more »
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 »