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800 Meals Offered Daily to Young Monks of Sera Je School
In addition to offering three meals a day to all 2,500 monks studying at Sera Je Monastery, the Sera Je Food Fund offers breakfast daily to 800 young monks studying at the Sera Je School. Lunch and dinner are sponsored ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Chants “Calling the Guru from Afar”
“Calling the Guru from Afar” begins: LA MA KHYEN Lama, think of me. LA MA KHYEN Lama, think of me. LA MA KHYEN Lama, think of me. SANG GYÄ KÜN GYI YE SHE DE CHHEN CHHÖ KUR RO CHIG The ... Read more »
Our Lives Have Been Most Fortunate
“I would say that compared to others, our lives have been most fortunate,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructs in his book Bodhisattva Attitude: How to Dedicate Your Life to Others. ”First of all, many of us have heard the heart of ... Read more »
Big Successes for FPMT Taiwan
Ven. Thubten Osel, director of Jinsiu Farlin, reported on the events happening at the three centers – Heruka Center, Jinsiu Farlin and Shakyamuni Center – that comprise FPMT Taiwan: Heruka Center Buddhist Education – Satellite Program Last year, Heruka Center ... Read more »
The Purpose of Retreat Places
“A retreat place is not for gaining power like black magic, it’s not for a honeymoon or holiday. Also it is not a place in which to be spaced out,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche advised in 2007. “The whole purpose of ... Read more »
Pujas Sponsored for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Safe Travel
In addition to the continuous pujas sponsored by the Puja Fund, pujas are also often arranged when Lama Zopa Rinpoche travels internationally in order to ensure health and safe flights and for obstacles to be removed. These pujas are often ... Read more »
Langri Tangpa Centre’s ‘Feast of Amazing Events’
“Langri Tangpa Centre near Brisbane, Australia has had a feast of amazing international teachers and events this year,” reports student Carolyn Mason. “Maybe it is the blessing of the center’s wonderful new altar put in last year, carefully following advice ... Read more »
Advice on Guru Devotion
“Guru devotion is the quickest way to collect the most extensive merit, the means to achieve enlightenment,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche once told a group of students at Kopan Monastery. “Of course, the main thing is having the right motivation, bodhicitta, ... Read more »
Retreat Prayer Book Update Now Available
This FPMT Retreat Prayer Book is used in retreats with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, especially the annual Light of the Path retreat in North Carolina, USA. Students are also encouraged to use this collection in their personal retreats as it includes ... Read more »
Taking Care of Your Child with Great Compassion
“Bodhichitta is thinking to benefit all sentient beings, to free them from suffering and to bring them to full enlightenment, therefore we have to achieve enlightenment, therefore we do this practice, this action, so in this way all the time ... Read more »
The Cause of Death
“In reality, even if we believe that we will live for a long time, that we have so many years to live – like 100 years or more, and maybe after 100 years, we expect another hundred years (I’m joking) ... Read more »