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LIVE Video Webcast: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Tuesday, April 22

LIVE Video Webcast: Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Tuesday, April 22

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offers a White Tara Long Life Empowerment on Tuesday, April 22, at Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon, US. You can watch a live video webcast of the preliminary teachings on FPMT’s Livestream page. The webcast is scheduled ... Read more »
Live Webstream UPDATE: Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Maitripa College, April 21

Live Webstream UPDATE: Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Maitripa College, April 21

On Monday, April 21, at 7 p.m. PDT Lama Zopa Rinpoche will offer an oral transmission of the preliminary practice of Dorje Khadro at Maitripa College. UPDATE: All public portions of the oral transmission will be webcast live on FPMT’s ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Arrives in Portland, Oregon

Lama Zopa Rinpoche Arrives in Portland, Oregon

FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived on Friday, April 18 in Portland, Oregon, US, where he is giving an initiation and oral transmission on Saturday, April 19 and Monday, April 21. Rinpoche was greeting by Yangsi Rinpoche, president of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Sangha Liberate Many Mother Sentient Beings

Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Sangha Liberate Many Mother Sentient Beings

When Lama Zopa Rinpoche is at his residence in Calfornia, Kachoe Dechen Ling, he often joins in the weekly animal liberations that the Sangha do on behalf of all who are sick. These liberations include extensive prayers and practice, according ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Upcoming Portland Teaching Event: Materials Available

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Upcoming Portland Teaching Event: Materials Available

This upcoming week, on Saturday April 19 and Monday April 21, Lama Zopa Rinpoche will offer Vajrasattva Initiation and the Oral Transmission for Dorje Khadro at Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon. All public portions of the Vajrasattva initiation and oral ... Read more »
24-Hour Stupa Wheelathon at Land of Medicine Buddha

24-Hour Stupa Wheelathon at Land of Medicine Buddha

On April 6, students of Land of Medicine Buddha in Soquel, California launched a 24-hour “Wheelathon” fundraiser for the construction of a four-story replica of the Mahabodhi Stupa on their property. The original Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya, India, marks to ... Read more »
Live Webstream: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches at Maitripa College, April 19 & 21

Live Webstream: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches at Maitripa College, April 19 & 21

On Saturday, April 19 at 7 p.m. PDT, Lama Zopa Rinpoche will offer a Vajrasattva initiation at Maitripa College in Portland, Oregon, United States. Then on Monday, April 21 at 7 p.m., Rinpoche will offer the oral transmission of the ... Read more »
Strong Compassion Serving Others

Strong Compassion Serving Others

“… Tong-len practice is extremely good and we collect limitless skies of merit. When we give our merit from the past, present and future, as well as our body and material things, this results in happiness from now up to ... Read more »
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The Simple Art of Meditation

In 1975, FPMT founder Lama Yeshe explained why “meditation is simple” to a group of students in Bloomington, Indiana, United states. Mandala shared some of that teaching in the September-November 2002 issue: Meditation is very simple. When hearing about meditation ... Read more »
Rinpoche in Sarnath

Rinpoche in Sarnath

Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited Sarnath, India, in March 2014. Sarnath is the location where Buddha Shakyamuni first taught Dharma and is one of the four major Buddhist pilgrimage sites. While at the deer park at Sarnath, Rinpoche made prayers at ... Read more »
A Meaningful Life

A Meaningful Life

“There is no question what to do to make your life meaningful. The most important thing is to practice Dharma, because everyone wants happiness and does not want suffering, even the tiniest insect does not want to suffer. In order ... Read more »