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Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teach in New Zealand Live!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche returns to New Zealand’s North Island to continue his teaching tour. Rinpoche’s teachings in Auckland at Dorje Chang Institute will be webcast LIVE on FPMT’s Livestream page: May 22: Teaching on How to Have a Happy, Meaningful ... Read more »
Using Our Whole Life for the I That We Can’t Find
“First, the I from beginningless rebirths – the way the I is perceived by us, it appears to us as truly existent, existing from its own side,” taught Lama Zopa Rinpoche at a refuge ceremony at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore ... Read more »
Food Offered to Students and Teachers of Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India
For the third year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, through the Social Services Fund, has offered food to the school children of Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India. This year, forty children, fifteen teachers, and 15 young monks will benefit from this offering. ... Read more »
Kopan’s Thousands of Helping Hands
While the ground continues shaking in Nepal, Kopan monks and nuns continue their emergency relief work in several districts in Nepal. Since the April 25 earthquake, there have been well over 100 magnitude 4.0+ earthquakes. Kopan teams are delivering relief ... Read more »
Nothing Happens by Itself
On May 15, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared this from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at Chandrakirti Centre on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa: Nothing happens by itself without causes and conditions. Outside is a condition, not the principal cause. Most think ... Read more »
May FPMT E-News Out Now!
We hope you enjoy the May FPMT International Office E-News. In this e-News we bring you: An overview of the resources available following the earthquakes in Nepal, Highlights from our blogs about Lama Zopa Rinpoche, News from FPMT Charitable Projects, ... Read more »
Relief Sent to Several Villages in Upper Solu Khumbu Nepal
Nyima Tashi, who is directing this initiative on behalf of Charok Lama Sherpa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche via the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund, arranged for 200 tents to be sent to Thame in Solu Khumbu region by Goma Air. Goma ... Read more »
Problems as the Path
On May 10, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared this from Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teaching at Mahamudra Centre on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa: Thought transformation is not to stop the problem. It is to use it to make it highly beneficial ... Read more »
Tending to Animals After the Earthquake
Phil Hunt, coordinator of the Animal Liberation Sanctuary at Kopan Monastery, has been helping not only the animals at Kopan, but other animals in Kathmandu and surrounding areas. Phil has been blogging about this work at Tree of Compassion. Here ... Read more »
Rinpoche Continues New Zealand Tour, Video of Teachings Available
Lama Zopa Rinpoche traveled from New Zealand’s North Island to its South Island to continue his teaching tour, which is being made available as much as possible via web streaming. Video of these teachings, both live and recorded, can be ... Read more »
A New Book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche: ‘How to Help Your Loved Ones Enjoy Death and Go Happily to Their Next Rebirth’
In this handbook – now available as a free download – Lama Zopa Rinpoche gives a huge amount of advice about how to help our loved ones before, during, and after death. This 400+ page book, compiled and edited by ... Read more »