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Pujas for Choden Rinpoche’s Health
When Lama Zopa Rinpoche heard that his guru, Choden Rinpoche, was manifesting some health obstacles, Rinpoche immediately sponsored a number of pujas through the Puja Fund. One puja Rinpoche sponsored, dedicated to Choden Rinpoche’s long life, was the reading of ... Read more »
Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
To close the CPMT 2014 meeting, a long life puja with the five dakinis was offered to FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Friday, September 19, in the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion. A video recording of the puja ... Read more »
Vajrapani Institute Continues No-Fees Kopan West Retreat
Vajrapani Institute in Boulder Creek, California continues its experiment with “no-fees” Kopan West lam-rim retreats, the next scheduled for November 21-30, 2014 and taught by FPMT-registered teacher Glen Svensson. Kopan West is a 10-day introductory lam-rim course modeled after the ... Read more »
Day 5 CPMT 2014: Amitayus Long Life Initiation, Aging Care and the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
The morning of Day 5 of CPMT 2014, FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered an Amitayus long life initiation. Rinpoche gave a penetrating teaching on emptiness and the merely labeled ‘I’ before offering the initiation. The teaching can be ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches on the Merely Labeled ‘I’
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave an exhilarating teaching on the merely labeled ‘I’ and emptiness during the preliminary teachings for the Amitayus long life initiation given during the CPMT 2014 meeting in Australia. A recording of the teaching is now available ... Read more »
Day 4 of CPMT 2014: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions, the Five Pillars of Service and Sangha
Day 4 of the CPMT 2014 meeting began with Lama Zopa Rinpoche leading the morning motivation in the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion. (A video recording of this is available on the CPMT Livestream page.) It was the perfect start ... Read more »
CPMT 2014 Day 3: Teachers, Good Local Governance and Picnic at Hanging Rock!
Day 3 of CPMT 2014 began, as each day does, with morning prayers before breakfast. Then, promptly at 8:45 a.m., the meeting part of the day started. First up, Helen Patrin, FPMT Australia coordinator, shared her experiences using the Inner ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Gives Morning Motivation at Day 4 of the CPMT 2014 Meeting, Video Webcast Updates
The video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s morning motivation for Day 4 of CPMT 2014 meeting, September 16, is now available to watch online. Rinpoche has been attending many of the session of the CPMT 2014 meeting currently taking place at ... Read more »
CPMT 2014 Day 2: Preserving the Dharma Now and into the Future
After a day of being blessed with many hours of teachings and advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Day 1, participants were geared up for a full day of presentations and small group discussions on Day 2 of the CPMT ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Attends Day 2 of CPMT 2014
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion during the morning tea break on the second day (September 14) of the CPMT 2014 meeting, currently being held at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Australia. After ... Read more »
CPMT Day 1: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Gives Inspiration and Advice
The first day of the CPMT 2014 meeting got off to a blessed start. Representative of the Jaara people, the native Aboriginal tribe of the Bendigo, Victoria, area, performed a smoke ceremony and traditional dances and offered Lama Zopa Rinpoche ... Read more »