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‘The Best Business’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India on February 2. Ven. Sarah Thresher recently shared some of Rinpoche’s advice for practice during the first 15 days of Tibetan New Year : We are now in the 15 ... Read more »
Please Rejoice for New Large Padmasambhava Statue at Osel Ling
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT is for many large statues of Padmasambhava to be built around the world. To date, nineteen statues have been built in accordance with Rinpoche’s wishes. Please rejoice in the completion of ... Read more »![Protecting Your Mind by Protecting Karma [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/26/protecting-your-mind-by-protecting-karma-video/IMG_9826-web-320x256.jpg)
Protecting Your Mind by Protecting Karma [Video]
In late November and early December 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught as part of the annual month-long Kopan course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Rinpoche’s teachings covered a variety of subjects. What follows is an excerpt from a lightly edited ... Read more »
News from Jamyang Mindrol-ling Study Group
Staff from Jamyang Mindrol-ling, a study group in Coventry, United Kingdom reports: With the current interest in mindfulness meditation growing, Jamyang Mindrol-ling has launched a new meditation group which meets twice a month in Coventry. The aim is to root ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Mantra Recitations Volume Two Now Available
FPMT Education Services is pleased to announce the second volume of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s mantra recitations, available as an MP3 download from the FPMT Foundation Store. In this new collection of studio recordings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche chants several prayers and ... Read more »
Freeing All Beings from Suffering
As Lama Zopa Rinpoche travels throughout the world, he always takes time to emphasize the activities we can do to benefit animals, which is one of Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for FPMT. In an excerpt from “Liberating Animals from the Dangers ... Read more »
Transforming Suffering into Happiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the following advice to a student who said he felt like a magnet for bad situations, people and environments: I’m going to tell you what Kadampa Geshe Khamlungpa said in regards to attracting bad situations like ... Read more »
Ven. Ann McNeil Passes Away
Ven. Ann McNeil, one of Lama Yeshe’s and Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s most senior Western students, passed away on Sunday, February 22, 2015, in British Columbia, Canada. Known as Anila Ann, she became a student of Lama Yeshe in 1970, when ... Read more »
Please Rejoice in the Activities of the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund
The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund is one of FPMT’s longest running charitable projects. Established in 1997 at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, this fund has three main objectives: Offering stipends to the 150 most senior teachers of ... Read more »
Dharma Double Feature in Canada
On January 25, Lama Yeshe Ling, an FPMT center serving the greater Toronto area in Ontario, Canada, hosted a screening of two documentary films featuring His Holiness the Dalai Lama – Dalai Lama Awakening and Compassion in Action – with ... Read more »
The Benefits of Working for the Guru
Each year Lama Zopa Rinpoche receives about 1,500 letters and emails. In his replies to these letters, Rinpoche may offer essential advice, thanks and, if requested, life practices. Here is one letter Rinpoche sent in 2014, thanking a student who ... Read more »