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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
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
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
28 April 2015, 9 p.m. Kathmandu time From Ven. Roger Kunsang: Services have started to come back. Kopan just got electricity and internet just now. Rinpoche taught this afternoon, but still no initiation. Rinpoche taught mostly on emptiness and how ... Read more »
Prayers and Light Offerings at Kopan
28 April 2015, 8 p.m. Kathmandu time From Kopan Monastery staff: Updated from day two, mid-day (yesterday) As on the first day, we saw all the people either on the road or in open places. Most of them are staying ... Read more »
Nepal Earthquake Support Fund
In light of the recent tragic earthquake in Nepal, Ven. Roger Kunsang has asked FPMT International Office to set up a fund so that FPMT can provide assistance. Donations to the Nepal Earthquake Support Fund will be used to provide ... Read more »
Updates from Kopan Monastery after the Earthquake
27 April 2015, 10 p.m. (Kathmandu time) From Ven.Roger Kunsang: All at Kopan Monastery are spending the third night sleeping outside. Most people in the area are doing the same. People are very scared to sleep inside the houses as ... Read more »
Prayers and Practices for Earthquake in Nepal
The following prayers and practices are recommended in response to the devastating earthquake (and subsequent aftershocks) which hit Nepal April 25, 2015. Prayers & Practices for Controlling and Preventing Earthquakes Practice to Control Earthquakes, Kshitigarbha Practice, Kshitigarbha mantra y Buddha’s ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and all at Kopan are Fine After Earthquake
Updates from Ven. Roger Kunsang at Kopan Monastery: 27 April 2015, 10am (Kathmandu time) Lama Zopa Rinpoche, all the Kopan monks and nuns (approximately 800) and about 25 foreigners who are at Kopan slept outside for a second night, tremors ... Read more »
Practice Patience!
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, during February and March 2015. On March 20, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared this on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa; we need to cherish the one who is causing us most ... Read more »
Tenzin Ösel Hita: ‘Think About the Person Next to You’
On February 19, Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe, made a surprise visit to Malaysian center Losang Dragpa Centre to participate in its Guru Puja for Losar, Tibetan New Year. Just before the puja began, ... Read more »