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No One Can Cheat You
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in December as part of the Kopan Monastery November course. On December 7, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa: When you experience the real I that ignorance has been focusing on, disappears, ... Read more »
Robes Offered to 75 Nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery
Due to the kindness of a very generous benefactor, a full set of robes are being made by tailors in Kathmandu and then will be offered to the 75 nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery and three monks (the abbot, ... Read more »Help at the Time of Death
“I tell people that the FPMT organization is here to help. I think it is so fortunate that we, the FPMT, are able to provide help at the time of death, because death is really a most difficult, most hard ... Read more »
Taiwan Organizes First Lam-rim Retreat with Geshe Tsethar
Ven. Thubten Dechen, who interpreted for Geshe Tsethar during FPMT Taiwan’s and Heruka Center’s first jointly organize lam-rim retreat, reports on the special event: FPMT Taiwan and Heruka Center in Kaohsiung jointly organized its first guided meditation lam-rim retreat during ... Read more »
‘This Is Buddha Nature’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught in December as part of the Kopan Monastery November course. On December 7, Ven. Roger Kunsang shared on his Twitter page: Lama Zopa: The mind is empty of a real mind. This is because the mind ... Read more »
Remembering Death
During a teaching at the recent November Course at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche said, “This life is so, so, so precious. Your death is definite; it can come at any moment.” Rinpoche has taught many times on the importance of remembering death. Here’s an excerpt from a teaching given at Nalanda Monastery in France in 1995 and published ... Read more »
2014 Inspiring Year for Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour
“2014 has been an inspiring year for Maitreya Loving Kindness Tour,” said staff member Michael Fouts. “In Russia, the relics visited Gunzechoinei Datzan which is the oldest temple in St. Petersburg and has hosted teachings from both Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offered in Singapore
Amitabha Buddhist Centre’s 25th anniversary celebrations culminated with a very extensive long life puja with the five dakini dance offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche on November 23, 2014. Follwing the puja, Rinpoche commented that he felt the students were sincerely ... Read more »
ABC Radio National Features Chenrezig Institute in Broadcast on the History of Buddhism in Australia
“An ABC National presenter visited us for the 40th anniversary of Chenrezig Institute [celebrated in September 2014] to include us in her show about the history of Buddhism in Australia. It has just been played [on Saturday, December 13] and ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Kopan November Course
In late November 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Kopan Monastery in Nepal and like most other years, he gave teachings to students attending the month-long lam-rim course, known as the November Course. [Kopan offers several different course and retreats ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Karma
Lama Zopa Rinpoche made the point while teaching a the Kopan Monastery November course, “We can spend hours in meditation, but we don’t take care of karma! That is not correct meditation.” Rinpoche offered these observations on karma in 2000, which you can find on the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: “In some ways, you can say even just looking ... Read more »