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Rejoicing in the Compassionate Work of Kopan Helping Hands
Kopan Monastery and Nunnery have been actively involved since the very beginning with relief efforts for those devastated by the Nepal earthquake and subsequent aftershocks through Kopan Helping Hands. The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund has been able to offer grants ... Read more »
‘Remember Dharma!’
On August 24, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on his Twitter page this brief thought from Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a photo of Rinpoche with a skeleton: Lama Zopa: Death is here, remember Dharma! You can find teachings and advice from ... Read more »
Support Offered to Ganden Yiga Chozin, Nepal
On Saka Dawa this year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered US$6,000 to FPMT’s Ganden Yiga Chozin in Pokhara Nepal. The center was negatively impacted by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks which occurred right before the center’s busy tourist and ... Read more »
Observing Passengers on a Plane
“When I’m on a plane I sometimes observe the other passengers. They’re trapped there for many hours but still keep so busy,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche shares in The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment, part ... Read more »
Mantras Available for Download
FPMT Education Services makes available many commonly used mantras which students can download freely for their personal use. Recently added are His Holiness the Dalai Lama Name Mantras (there are two available), Lama Tsongkhapa Name Mantra, and Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
There’s No Such Thing as a Problem Not Dependent on the Mind
“Taking universal responsibility is the meaning of our own life,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in Creating the Causes of Happiness, the second volume in a Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive s eries drawn from the 24th Kopan course in 1991. “With ... Read more »
Happiness Doesn’t Depend on Only Material Development
“If happiness depended on only material development, rich countries such as America would be very happy places,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche reflects in “In Search of a Meaningful Life” in Teachings from Tibet, an updated and reprinted collection of lineage master ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in New York
On Sunday, August 30, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a Most Secret Hayagriva long life initiation for New York‘s Sherpa community. The event was organized by Ogmin Jangchub Sishu Tsogpa, the association of former Kopan Monastery monks and nuns living in ... Read more »
Robes Offered to the Buddha Statue in Mahabodhi Temple Every Month
Every month on the full moon, the Puja Fund sponsors the offering of robes, made of the most precious material, to the most holy Buddha statue in Mahabodhi temple, Bodhgaya, India. During the robe offering, students and Sangha from Root ... Read more »
The Analogy of Lightning
“We can also use the lightning analogy to explain emptiness in a very simple way,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment, part of the FPMT Lineage Series from Lama ... Read more »
Ling Rinpoche’s First Visit to Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore
“Amitabha Buddhist Centre gave a warm welcome to His Eminence the 7th Ling Rinpoche as he visited the center for the very first time on August 2,” reports Ven. Tenzin Tsultrim. “Rinpoche kindly made time for the brief Sunday morning ... Read more »