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Rinpoche’s Art, part 2
While Lama Zopa Rinpoche was in the Bendigo-area for the CPMT 2014 meeting and the retreat that followed, he added mantras to statues of an elephant and a
Prostrations to the 35 Confession Buddhas Now Available
FPMT Education Services is pleased to release Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas as a standalone practice. This practice was previously only available as part of the Preliminary Practice of Prostrations booklet and in other practice compilations. Prostrations to the ... Read more »
Rinpoche’s Art
After Lama Zopa Rinpoche manifested a stroke in 2011, he stayed in a hospital in Bendigo, Australia. While there Rinpoche bought a painting that was part of a fundraiser for the hospital. Rinpoche returned to Bendigo in September 2014 for the CPMT 2014 meeting and the retreat ... Read more »
Ambulance, Mosquito Nets and Blankets Offered to Villagers in Kushinagar
In early 2014 Lama Zopa Rinpoche, via the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund, offered a donation to Maitreya Project Kushinagar to be used toward the incredible humanitarian work they are now undertaking. Some of the money was used for a ... Read more »
Receive All New FPMT.org Posts Now in One Email
Beginning today, all posts to the many news blogs on FPMT.org are now being distributed together in one email! If you have signed up in the past to receive one of our blogs like “Lama Zopa Rinpoche News,” “FPMT News ... Read more »
Blessing the Rabbits at Osel Labrang
“It’s very important not only to have human rights, caring for and supporting humans, but also to be helping animals.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche, “Animal Welfare,” Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive Read more “Advice for Non-harming” from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on ... Read more »
Giant 21 Taras Thangka by Peter Iseli Making Progress
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund sponsored the creation of a workshop where large thangkas can be created at Institut Vajra Yogini in France. One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is to create many large thangkas around ... Read more »
Two FPMT Centers Participate in First Swiss Buddhist Fesitval
Francesca Paoletti from Longku Center in Switzerland sent Mandala news of the country’s first annual Swiss Buddhist Festival in early September 2014. The Swiss Buddhist Union, which encompasses most Buddhist groups in Switzerland, has launched its first Swiss Buddhist Festival ... Read more »
Rinpoche Begins Teaching at Choe Khor Sum Ling Centre
After spending part of December at Gaden Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, in South India to attend the Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche traveled to Sera Je Monastery, where he stayed at Osel Labrang. ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Amitabha Buddhist Centre
Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore spent the last year celebrating its 25th anniversary. At the end of November 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited ABC and attended a special anniversary dinner attended by more than 600 people. The dinner included ... Read more »
The Benefits of Reciting Mani Mantra
Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote a letter to a student’s mother in September 2013, describing the benefits of reciting OM MANI PADME HUM: “I just arrived from Mongolia [in September 2013], where they did a 108 million mani retreat. There were ... Read more »