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Kopan Helping Hands Continues to Offer Essential Aid in Nepal
Immediately following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Nepal on April 25, 2015, causing extensive devastation, the monks and nuns of Kopan Monastery and Nunnery (which were both badly damaged) did not hesitate to spring into action by establishing Kopan ... Read more »
Building a Retreat House
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave this translation of a Tibetan text on how to build a retreat house, published in November 2013 on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: As requested by Pungsang, Buddha states how to make a meditation room: On ... Read more »
Dharmarakshita Study Group Shares Dharma in Mauritius
Shilpa Ramphul shared with Mandala some photos from Dharmarakshita Study Group’s March 2015 outreach activities in at at the Caudan Waterfront in Port Louis, Mauritius. “Dharmarakshita members and friends gathered to create more awareness of Buddhism and share mantras and ... Read more »
The Benefits of Medicine Buddha Mantra and Practice
“The seven Medicine Buddhas, attainers of bliss, strongly prayed for the temporal and ultimate happiness of yourself and all sentient beings. They vowed that their prayers would be actualized during these degenerate times when the teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha are ... Read more »
Please Rejoice on Saka Dawa for the Prayers and Practices Offered by 15,650 Sangha
Each year on Saka Dawa (Day 15 of Month 4: Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana), the Puja Fund sponsors an extensive array of offerings and pujas. Please rejoice that today, on Saka Dawa, 15,650 ordained Sangha members are offering ... Read more »
Purifying Your Forefathers’ Killing Karma
A student wrote Lama Zopa Rinpoche with a serious confession: “My forefathers have done very heinous sins, which is the major cause of suffering in our family now. My grandma’s father and his friends a long, long time ago killed ... Read more »
Work a Day for Rinpoche Campaign for Saka Dawa
With the great full moon of Saka Dawa, the 2015 Work a Day for Rinpoche campaign is culminating on Tuesday, June 2. Since 2007, students in the FPMT international community have been celebrating the birth, enlightenment and Parinirvana of Lord ... Read more »
Support Continues for Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Ongoing Work in Nepal
The Nepal Earthquake Support Fund has been contributing to the work of Losang Namgyal Rinpoche’s Nepal Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund. Losang Namgyal Rinpoche, a Kopan Rinpoche and a high lama for the Tamang people, has been coordinating with Kopan on ... Read more »
Life Is Full of Hope
“There’s a big difference between those who have met Dharma and those who have not met Dharma,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche says in a teaching in the just published Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive May E-letter. “By having met Dharma, you are ... Read more »
Prostrations and Benefiting People You’ve Killed
In the past, a student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche killed his parents during a psychotic episode. Rinpoche gave him practice advice then and later the student wrote back, “These days, I do practice as you advised me to: Vajrasattva practice, ... Read more »
Interfaith Dialogue at Centre Kalachakra in Paris
On March 5, Centre Kalachakra in Paris welcomed local religious leaders representing Catholicism, Protestantism, Buddhism and Islam. Fifty people attended the dialogue, which focused on the theme of joy and happiness. Geshe Drakpa Tsundue, Centre Kalachakra’s resident geshe, welcomed all ... Read more »