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Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 2: How the Letter Z Comes Into Existence

Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 2: How the Letter Z Comes Into Existence

Everything comes from the mind, Rinpoche reminds us in this second teaching from the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery, given on December 8, 2022. Samsara, nirvana, suffering, enlightenment, all appearances we have, anything we hold as good or ... Read more »
A Major Achievement: Rejoicing in the New Geshema Graduates of 2022!

A Major Achievement: Rejoicing in the New Geshema Graduates of 2022!

Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery has announced that four of their senior nuns, Ven. Lobsang Dolma, Ven. Thupten Choedon, Ven. Thupten Sangmo, and Ven. Lobsang Dolkar, graduated as geshemas on November 18, 2022. They were joined by six other nuns from nunneries ... Read more »
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, December 21

Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Kopan Monastery, December 21

As a reminder, an official long life puja will be offered on behalf of FPMT centers, projects, services, study groups, and students for Lama Zopa Rinpoche, on December 21, at Kopan Monastery, Nepal. This second long life puja in 2022 ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Life of the 102nd Ganden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche: Representing the Pinnacle of the Sutra and Tantra Traditions

Rejoicing in the Life of the 102nd Ganden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche: Representing the Pinnacle of the Sutra and Tantra Traditions

The 102nd Ganden Tripa Rizong Rinpoche, one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s gurus, passed away on December 8, 2022 at Drepung Monastery, Karnataka, India, at age 94. Ganden Trisur Rizong Sras Rinpoche was born in Ladakh, India in 1928, to an ... Read more »
Seasons Greeting and Welcome to Our December e-News

Seasons Greeting and Welcome to Our December e-News

FPMT International Office wishes you a most joyous holiday season and new year. We are very pleased to share with you our December 2022 e-news which is packed with news and teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche, causes for rejoicing, resources ... Read more »
Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 1: By Studying Buddha Dharma, You Come to Know Yourself

Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 1: By Studying Buddha Dharma, You Come to Know Yourself

In this first teaching Rinpoche offered to the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery, Nepal, on December 7, 2022, Rinpoche thanked everyone for coming to Nepal to learn lamrim (the gradual path to enlightenment) and get to know the ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Activities Supported by the FPMT Education & Preservation Fund in 2022

Rejoicing in the Activities Supported by the FPMT Education & Preservation Fund in 2022

In 2022, US$121,634 in grants from the FPMT Education and Preservation Fund were provided to activities promoting the dialogue between Buddhist teachings and modern education and sciences, as well as translations of Dharma texts from Tibetan into Hindi and Bengali. ... Read more »
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 18

Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Ganden Ngamchoe) Is on December 18

Ganden Ngamchoe, literally “Ganden Offering of the Twenty-Fifth Day,” is also known as Lama Tsongkhapa Day. It is a celebration of the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. This ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #17 Give Away Your Body, Enjoyments, and Merit to Others

New Podcast Episode: #17 Give Away Your Body, Enjoyments, and Merit to Others

There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »
Kopan Monastery’s Birthday Celebration for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Upcoming Long Life Puja

Kopan Monastery’s Birthday Celebration for Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Upcoming Long Life Puja

Birthday Celebration On Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s birthday, December 3, the Kopan community, joined by monks and nuns, locals, and November Course participants, offered a Sixteen Arhats long-life puja to Rinpoche, and organized a joyous celebration for FPMT’s spiritual director, which ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Achievements of Sangye Sherpa, Longtime Director of Lawudo Retreat Center

Rejoicing in the Achievements of Sangye Sherpa, Longtime Director of Lawudo Retreat Center

This letter below by Frances Howland was originally published in the Love Lawudo Newsletter #14, November 2022. It celebrates the service of Sangye Sherpa, the brother of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, and the development of the Lawudo Gompa and Retreat Center ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching from Kopan Monastery – Join in the Livestreams!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching from Kopan Monastery – Join in the Livestreams!

Yesterday Lama Zopa Rinpoche officially started teaching from the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery in Nepal. In this teaching Rinpoche discussed the importance of the lamrim teachings and he stressed to the participants how meaningful it is for ... Read more »