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Two New Photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche from Kopan Monastery
On December 1 , Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter two new photos of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, where he is teaching during the annual month-long November course. In the photo above, Rinpoche is “explaining the story ... Read more »
New Short Film on the Sera Food Fund Featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche Just Released
A beautiful new short film on the Sera Je Food Fund featuring Lama Zopa Rinpoche was released last week. In it Rinpoche candidly speaks on the importance of supporting the food fund and the role it plays in spreading the ... Read more »
Rinpoche Checks Relics Destined for Maitreya Projects
On November 25, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on Twitter this photo of Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery “checking some of the collection of relics destined for the heart of the Maitreya statues in India.” The statues are part of ... Read more »
How to Bless Water
In the online content for Mandala July-September 2013, FPMT student Murray Wright describes the story of how he and friends Ven. Tenzin Chogkyi and Brian Rae offered holy crystals to bless the waters of New Zealand’s North Island during the ... Read more »
‘If We Have Met Dharma, Our Negativity Can Be Purified’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this advice about karma in a letter to a student, recently published on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive (LYWA). He emphasized the importance of living in pure morality and of understanding the suffering of this life. ... Read more »
Robes Offered on Losar to FPMT Touring and Resident Teachers on Losar
As part of an array of offerings made through the FPMT Puja Fund on Losar, Lama Zopa Rinpoche sponsored 57 sets of robes for FPMT’s touring teachers and resident geshes. “If you were Sangha but you didn’t wear robes, then ... Read more »
‘There Is So Much in Which to Rejoice’
“[T]he whole thing about whether (service to others) becomes a burden or whether it becomes a pleasure for you, it depends on your attitude,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught at a May 2003 teaching at Institut Vajra Yogini in France. “Whether ... Read more »
Enjoy Your Meal While Making Merit!
This time of year means, for many, an increase in festive meals celebrated with friends and family. There are a variety of ways to enjoy your meal while still practicing virtue. FPMT Education Services also makes available a collection of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Thanksgiving Day
In 2007, Lama Zopa Rinpoche shared what he and some FPMT students did to benefit the millions of turkeys that are killed in the U.S. for Thanksgiving Day. Rinpoche has long been a proponent of vegetarianism and thanks anyone who ... Read more »
Choe Khor Sum Ling Goes on Retreat
Student Jeffrey G. Butts, Jr. shares the latest news from Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore, India: Taking advantage of a long weekend earlier in October, students from the Choe Khor Sum Ling (CKSL) meditation and study center in Bangalore, ... Read more »
Meditate Until You Achieve the Effortful and Effortless Experiences
“One thing is guru devotion. First, you do it like this, you can do like this, tsöl je kyi nyong wa, generating or developing the experience of the lam-rim – the experience of the graduated path to enlightenment – with ... Read more »![7 Short Geshe Thubten Sherab Teachings Released [VIDEO]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/23/7-short-geshe-thubten-sherab-teachings-released-video/Geshe-Sherab-square-540x540.jpg)