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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Begins Teaching Tour, Emergency Relief Arrives in Thame
After completing the Most Secret Hayagriva initiation late at night on May 3, Lama Zopa Rinpoche departed from Kopan Monastery in Nepal on May 4 to begin a worldwide teaching tour. Rinpoche travels first to New Zealand’s Mahamudra Centre, where ... Read more »![Kopan Monastery and Nunnery Shaken By Quake, Organize Emergency Relief Efforts](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/01/kopan-monastery-and-nunnery-shaken-by-quake-organize-emergency-relief-efforts/1463079_663495900447556_2707139665523879067_n-320x481.jpg)
Kopan Monastery and Nunnery Shaken By Quake, Organize Emergency Relief Efforts
Ven. Joan Nicell, a Canadian nun currently living at Kopan Monastery, shared this report of events at Kopan Monastery and Nunnery after the April 25 earthquake in Nepal. This report wraps up a week of blog posts on FPMT.org covering ... Read more »![Resources to Support Nepal](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/01/resources-to-support-nepal/11160046_10200563480607550_8922986614353572358_o-320x240.jpg)
Resources to Support Nepal
FPMT.org makes available a variety of resources to help concerned students and supporters stay abreast of the latest updates and news from Kopan Monastery and other FPMT centers and projects in Nepal affected by the earthquake. Learn more and offer ... Read more »![The Many Helping Hands of FPMT Centers and Projects in Nepal](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/01/the-many-helping-hands-of-fpmt-centers-and-projects-in-nepal/1596744_665506983579781_1064334543906128229_o-320x240.jpg)
The Many Helping Hands of FPMT Centers and Projects in Nepal
As the shaking of the ground in Nepal tapers off and electricity returns to Kathmandu, relief efforts have been moving forward. Ven. Roger Kunsang shared that the first aid shipment to Thame arrived on May 1. Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered ... Read more »![Update from Ven. Roger Kunsang](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/30/update-from-ven-roger-kunsang/11157501_393487274171591_7278908416365790716_o-320x427.jpg)
Update from Ven. Roger Kunsang
30 April 2015, 10 p.m. Kathmandu time From Ven. Roger: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teaching was in the gompa due to the rain. Rinpoche taught that the earthquake fear is similar to what we create in Chöd, and that the earthquake ... Read more »![News from Kopan Nunnery](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/30/news-from-kopan-nunnery/11178327_664740270323119_8254877909954145941_n-320x241.jpg)
News from Kopan Nunnery
30 April 2015, 1 p.m. Kathmandu time From Ven. Sarah Thresher: Today, Tara Melwani, who is the Southeast Asia FPMT regional coordinator from Singapore, and myself went down to check on the Khachoe Ghaykil Nunnery also known as Kopan Nunnery. ... Read more »![Kopan Monastery Helps Supply Water and Food](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/30/kopan-monastery-helps-supply-water-and-food/day4-2-320x240.jpg)
Kopan Monastery Helps Supply Water and Food
Posted 30 April 2015, 10:18 p.m. Kathmandu From Kopan Monastery staff: Day five We’ve come to know that food and water are needed at the hospital, which is full of sick people and their families living with little amounts of ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sending US$50,000 of Aid to Thame in Solu Khumbu District, Nepal](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/29/lama-zopa-rinpoche-sending-us50000-of-aid-to-thame-in-solu-khumbu-district-nepal/IMG_0263-320x256.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Sending US$50,000 of Aid to Thame in Solu Khumbu District, Nepal
29 April 2015, 1 p.m. Kathmandu From Ven. Roger Kunsang: So many people have been affected and many seriously. It’s an impossible job to help everyone at the same time. The government with the support of many overseas and local ... Read more »![Helping in Diverse Ways](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/29/helping-in-diverse-ways/IMG_1539-320x228.jpg)
Helping in Diverse Ways
29 April 2015, 8 p.m. Kathmandu time From Ven. Sarah Thresher: Teachings canceled today [at Kopan]. Most people went down to help in diverse ways: distributing food in Bhaktapur, moving rubble, collecting garbage. In Durbar Square they found one person ... Read more »![Video of Kopan Monastery after the Earthquake](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/28/video-of-kopan-monastery-after-the-earthquake/10378074_662258897237923_1486065663521812541_n-320x276.jpg)
Video of Kopan Monastery after the Earthquake
Phil Hunt, coordinator for the Animal Liberation Sanctuary, a project of Kopan Monastery, was enroute to Nepal when the earthquake struck on Saturday, April 25. He arrived safely in Kathmandu on Sunday, April 26, and traveled up to Kopan Monastery. ... Read more »![FPMT’s Activities in Nepal](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/28/fpmts-activities-in-nepal/11159485_10152974651858292_3847770272338400244_n-320x256.jpg)
FPMT’s Activities in Nepal
The strong connection between the international FPMT community and Nepal cannot be understated. After all, Kopan Hill is where it all started. After receiving teachings from Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the first Kopan courses in the early ... Read more »![One’s Self-Cherishing Mind](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/28/ones-self-cherishing-mind/LZR-Kopan-Gompa-28april2015-ven-sarah-320x230.jpg)