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Skies of Thanks
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote the following letter in 2014 to a benefactor and said that this message could be given to others who are generous and in this way bringing sentient beings to enlightenment. My very dear friend, This is ... Read more »
French Translation Services Successful Training
Thirteen members of the FPMT French Translation Services team met for a two-day training from February 14-15, 2015. The meeting was a mix of old and new translators and offered a rare opportunity for translators to meet each other in ... Read more »
New Online Feature Story from Mandala!
“Memorization: Beneficial Exercise for the Mind,” our online feature story for February, has just been published! American monk Ven. Tenzin Gache (Brian Roiter), who just finished his seventh year at Sera Je Monastic University, writes about the history and role ... Read more »
Life Is Short
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a letter, posted in 2012 on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive, thanking a student for his concern regarding Rinpoche’s health and giving advice about the essence of lam-rim practice: My dear Sam, Life is very short. ... Read more »
Another Successful Year for the Sera Je Food Fund
Over the past year we have reported details about the incredible amount of food required to offer three nutritious meals daily to all of the monks studying at Sera Je Monastery (3,300 for breakfast, 2,500 for lunch and dinner). The ... Read more »
Rinpoche at Root Institute: ‘Your Whole Life Is Lived in Total Hallucination’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India on February 2. Ven. Sarah Thresher recently shared some of Rinpoche’s beneficial activities with Mandala: Much work has been done on improving Rinpoche’s house [at Root Institute]. A library has ... Read more »
Geshe Kelsang Wangmo Visits Jamyang Buddhist Centre London
“We were very honored to welcome Geshe Kelsang Wangmo last November,” said Jamyang Buddhist Centre London’s Natascha Sturny. “She kindly agreed to visit us as part of her first UK tour at the invitation of FPMT UK. “On the evening ... Read more »
Memorization: Beneficial Exercise for the Mind
Ven. Tenzin Gache (Brian Roiter), an American monk who just finished his seventh year of study in Sera Je’s geshe program, is a top memorizer and debater. In August 2013, he was one of 16 from his class of 118 ... Read more »
Practicing Patience for World Peace
“If you are patient, you don’t get angry at sentient beings,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote in a letter to a student who was experiencing the impact of his anger. “In that way, sentient beings only receive peace and happiness from ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo, Nepal, 1969 [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/12/lama-zopa-rinpoche-in-lawudo-nepal-1969-video/Rinpoche-1969-YouTube-320x191.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche in Lawudo, Nepal, 1969 [Video]
Alexis Benelhadj, an FPMT student at Institut Vajra Yogini in France, recently helped digitize an old roll of film donated by Georges Luneau, who in 1969 recorded Lama Zopa Rinpoche at the home of his previous incarnation in Lawudo, located ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on ‘Calling the Guru from Afar’
“‘Calling the Guru from Afar’ was composed by Pabongka Dechen Nyingpo, the great yogi of Heruka Chakrasamvara, which is a manifestation of the kind, compassionate Shakyamuni Buddha,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructed during a teaching on guru devotion given in Singapore ... Read more »