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April FPMT International Office E-news Out Now!
We hope you enjoy our April edition of the FPMT International Office E-news. Highlights include: Photo collage of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Long Life Puja – update and thanks, Visualise a Food Offering for 30,000, New Online ... Read more »
Free Downloadable Audio from Lama Zopa Rinpoche Available from the Foundation Store
Many important audio resources from Lama Zopa Rinpoche are available for download via the Foundation Store. Acquiring audio can often be cost prohibitive for students due to shipping costs. By ordering these digital files, you can access the materials right ... Read more »
Advice for the Malaysian Economy
Dr. Goh Pik Pin, director of Losang Dragpa Centre and president of Kasih Hospice Service, asked Lama Zopa Rinpoche during his recent visit to Malaysia, “The Malaysian economy is going down and our money is losing value. Is there any ... Read more »![‘A Thousand Hands: How the Chenresig Statue Arose at ABC’ [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/13/a-thousand-hands-how-the-chenresig-statue-arose-at-abc-video/DSC00156-320x280.jpg)
‘A Thousand Hands: How the Chenresig Statue Arose at ABC’ [Video]
In late January, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore released A Thousand Hands: How the Chenresig Statue Arose at ABC, a six-part video illustrating the creation of the large Thousand-Arm Chenrezig statue sculpted by Denise and Peter Griffin. Each video ... Read more »
Offering Meals to the Monks of Sera Je Monastery
Since 1991, the Sera Je Food Fund has been offering three meals a day to every monk studying at Sera Je Monastery. Some monks do not need to rely on this service due to various reasons such as having personal ... Read more »
Thanks and Update from Ven. Roger Kunsang
A message from Ven. Roger Kunsang, assistant to Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the CEO of FPMT, Inc.: Dear Friends, The special long life puja offered to Rinpoche in Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore went very well. I think this was due ... Read more »
Advice for Eclipse Days and Buddha Multiplying Days
On lunar and solar eclipses, Lama Zopa Rinoche advises that the merit generated is multiplied by 700,000 and 100 million, respectively, and any beneficial practices can be done. In particular, Rinpoche recommends: Recitation of the names of the Thirty-five Confession ... Read more »
‘Listening to the Teachings on Emptiness Collects Much Greater Merit’
“It’s also mentioned in the Meeting of Father and Son Sutra that compared with the merit of practicing the five paramitas – patience, charity, morality, perseverance and concentration – for ten eons, listening to teachings on emptiness collects much greater ... Read more »
Grant Offered to Rolwaling Sangag Choling Monastery to Rebuild Gompa
Thanks to the kindness of a generous benefactor who provided a grant, the Social Services Fund was able to recently offer US$173,599 to Rolwaling Sangag Choling Monastery for the rebuilding of their gompa. Rolwaling Monastery is the main monastery in ... Read more »
Even Raising a Doubt Breaks Samsara in Pieces
“It is said that even rising a doubt about emptiness, even rising a doubt, even that breaks samsara in pieces,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in “Teachings on the Heart Sutra,” an excerpt of a March 2000 teaching now available through ... Read more »
Cittamani Hospice Service Celebrates 20 Years of Service
Joanne Newman from Cittamani Hospice Service on Australia’s Sunshine Coast recently sent Mandala news of the FPMT project celebrating its 20th anniversary: Cittamani Hospice Service celebrated 20 years of specialist in-home palliative care to residents of the Sunshine Coast, Australia, ... Read more »