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Lawudo Gompa from Above: A Place of Stillness
Gregor Beer, a student and helicopter pilot who has flown Lama Zopa Rinpoche to visit Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Centre and Tsum in Nepal, shared this amazing aerial shot of the Lawudo complex with Mandala. Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Centre, ... Read more »
Puja Offered for Peace in Israel and Palestine
In November, Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommended for Shantideva Study Group, located in Israel, to arrange an extensive Medicine Buddha puja and to sponsor recitation of the Sutra of Golden Light to help the bring peace to the escalating situation between ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Phuntsok Rinpoche
While at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche met with Tenzin Phuntsok Rinpoche, the recognized reincarnation of the great master Geshe Lama Konchog, who passed away in 2001. Phuntsok Rinpoche was born in Tsum valley in Nepal in 2002 and was ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Video Available to Students Worldwide
FPMT International Office is happy to share a newly organized collection of video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent teaching events. FPMT International Office is committed to making Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings at large events available live as they are happening ... Read more »
Prayers Practices Resources and Supplies to Enrich Your Practice
Every year, many of us get caught up in the stress and hustle of the holidays, unable to take time for ourselves and strengthen our practice. FPMT Education Services has made many resources available to you online. You can keep ... Read more »
Have a Good Heart and Love and Compassion for Living Beings
“… If you really know how to think, if you really know Buddhism, then you can make Christianity much deeper, with your own view and your own understanding. You will even have a much better understanding, the deeper you understand ... Read more »
‘The Best Present You Can Bring Is a Peaceful Mind’
Many of the Western students who came to Kopan Monastery to hear FPMT founders Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche teach in the 1970s came from Christian backgrounds. Recognizing this, each year Lama Yeshe gave teachings that touched on these ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Jangchup Lamrim
After the first day of the Jangchup Lamrim teachings on December 23 at Gaden Monastery in South India, Ven. Roger Kunsang, assistant to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, tweeted the photo above and an explanation: Straight after the teachings of His Holiness, ... Read more »
Weekly Namgyalma Mantra Blessings for All Beings in the Ocean
Sangha at Kachoe Dechen Ling offer a weekly blessing of all sentient beings in the ocean by submerging large Namgyälma mantra boards into the water. The Namgyälma mantra is embossed and by entering the ocean, it blesses all beings who ... Read more »
Jangchub Lamrim Teachings Begin
His Holiness the Dalai Lama arrived at Ganden Jangtse Monastery in Mundgod, Karnataka, India, on December 22 for the Jangchup Lamrim. FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche is also in Mundgod and attending the teachings with His Holiness, which begin ... Read more »
15 Years of Success – Losang Dragpa Centre’s Annual One Thousand Offerings Event
Candy Tan, spiritual program coordinator at Losang Dragpa Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, recently told Mandala about the center’s 15th annual 1K Event, a two-day prayer festival for the public. Located just 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) from the heart of ... Read more »