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Please Rejoice in Incredible Year of Benefiting Animals
Benefiting animals in any way possible is a high priority for FPMT and one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the organization. The Animal Liberation Fund helps carry forth this work. In 2014, approximately 77,100 animals were liberated by ... Read more »
MAITRI Charitable Trust Supports World Leprosy Day
On January 25, MAITRI Charitable Trust participated in World Leprosy Day, founded in 1953 by French writer and humanitarian Raoul Follereau. Director Adriana Ferranti serves some of India’s poorest people in the state of Bihar and has worked for 25 ... Read more »
Remembering the Kindness of the Guru
“Up to now, what we have been able to accomplish, benefiting this world in various ways, is, I think, basically through the kindness of the guru: His Holiness, who is the only object of refuge of all sentient beings and ... Read more »
Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity to Join Tenzin Ösel Hita on a Pilgrimage to India and Nepal
From April 12-26, 2015, pilgrims will have a rare opportunity to join Tenzin Ösel Hita, recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the reincarnation of Lama Thubten Yeshe, (the incomparably kind founder of the FPMT), on a pilgrimage to ... Read more »
How to Take Care of Your Life
In late November and early December 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught as part of the annual month-long Kopan course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Rinpoche’s teachings covered a variety of subjects. What follows is an excerpt from a lightly edited ... Read more »
News from Finland’s Tara Liberation Study Group
Student Maria Suominen from Tara Liberation Study Group in Helsinki, Finland, reports: The past months have been busy for our small yet active group. In the summer of 2014 we hosted the Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour and in the autumn ... Read more »
The Letter A: All Phenomena Come from the Mind
In December 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught as part of the annual month-long Kopan course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Rinpoche taught on a variety of subjects, including how all things are “merely labeled by the mind.” What follow are ... Read more »
His Holiness the Karmapa Meets Ragni at Root
On January 10, His Holiness the Karmapa paid a visit to Root Institute, a busy FPMT center in Bodhgaya, India. While there, His Holiness for the first time met Ragni, the mate of Bodhichitta, a male elephant offered to Lama ... Read more »
Monthly Offering to Stupas in Nepal
Every month, on the full moon, the Puja Fund sponsors offerings of white wash, four giant saffron flower petals and the best quality cloth to the umbrellas at the pinnacles of Bouddhanath and Swayambunath Stupas in Nepal. Please rejoice in ... Read more »
Discovering Dharma
“My very dear most kind precious [student],” Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote to a student who had written to Rinpoche about his book How to Practice Dharma, published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. “Skies of thanks for your discovering Dharma, ... Read more »
‘What If Your Dear Mother Were Caught in a Blazing Fire?’
What if your dear mother were caught in a blazing fire? You would not relax and say, “Let her burn. I don’t have time to get her out right now. I’ll do it later.” Of course you would stop whatever ... Read more »