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Register for the Next Foundation Service Seminar at IVY, France, this Summer!
The next Foundation Service Seminar will be held at Institut Vajra Yogini, Marzens, France: Aug 12-16, 2014 with seminar facilitators Wendy Ridley and Francois Lecointre. Register in English or French for this seminar which will explore how to best offer ... Read more »
The Mind is the Measure of All Things
Jampa Jaffe, FPMT registered teacher, answers in the April-June 2014 issue of Mandala the q uestion: w hy does Buddhism place so much emphasis on the mind? In emphasizing the mind, Buddhism is stressing that when we look to a ... Read more »
We Don’t Want Suffering, We Want Happiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a teaching to the young children, teachers and parents of students at the Maitreya School, which is a project of Root Institute. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche’s assistant, shared that Rinpoche said to the children that we don’t want suffering, we want happiness, so then, we should not give harm to others; this is the very, very basic education! This is the basic principle of the education in this school. Rinpoche also said that the Maitreya School is special because it has additional education showing how suffering and happiness do not come from outside, but from inside – from one’s own mind. After the talk, Rinpoche offered rucksacks to ... Read more »
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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits MAITRI Charitable Trust
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited MAITRI Charitable Trust, an FPMT project in Bodhgaya, India that offers a wide array of health and education programs to the very poor in the area as well as care to animals. Children from the villages surrounding Bodhgaya lined ... Read more »
Khadro-la Offers Teaching at Tushita Meditation Centre
Tushita Meditation Centre is a bustling FPMT center in Dharamsala – the seat-in-exile of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Tushita staff recently wrote Mandala, sharing news about a visit from Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la), an extraordinary Tibetan ... Read more »
Living with Compassion
“… On the basis of [reflecting on the lam-rim], we should generate the good heart, bodhichitta, the thought of benefiting others. This is our best refuge, especially for those of us whose lives are very busy, who don’t have much ... Read more »
Weekly Ocean Blessings with Namgyälma Mantra Boards
In addition to the weekly animal liberations offered by the Sangha at Kachoe Dechen Ling – Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s California residence, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha to also make weekly trips to the Pacific Ocean in order to ... Read more »
Photo Gallery: Pamtingpa Center Builds a High Desert Stupa
On a smaller scale than the Maitreya Projects and the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, dozens of FPMT centers, projects and services have built or are in the process of creating their own stupas, often representing a true community effort. ... Read more »
Extraordinary Aspirations
“… May my pure activities be endless, My good qualities boundless, And through abiding in immeasurable activity, May I actualize infinite emanations. “Limitless is the end of space, Likewise, limitless are living beings, Thus, limitless are karma and afflictions. May ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s Attendant
While in Bodhgaya, Lama Zopa Rinpoche met with the attendant of the previous Khunu Lama Rinpoche. Known as the Ladkhi Gen-la, he has been teaching in Mumbai for the past 20 years. Khunu Rinpoche, who passed away in 1977, was as a great teacher and scholar, called by His Holiness the Dalai Lama “the Shantideva of our time.” He authored Vast ... Read more »