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Why We All Need to Develop Compassion
“Whatever we are doing, in our everyday life or our Dharma practice – listening, reflecting and meditating – our basic motivation, our attitude, has to be compassion,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche taught during the 24th Kopan Course in 1991. This teaching ... Read more »
Buddha Amitabha Invited to Buddha Amitabha Pure Land
In early July, the residents of Buddha Amitabha Pure Land, the FPMT retreat land in Washington State in the United States, students of the near by Pamtingpa Center welcomed a large Amitabha statue to the retreat land property welcomed a ... Read more »
Puja Fund is a Heart Project of Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The Puja Fund is one of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s heart projects. An incredible amount of pujas are continually offered by as many as 15,650 Sangha and dedicated to the success of the whole FPMT organization (every single FPMT center, project, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s New Advice on Israel and Palestine
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has offered new advice this week to bring peace to Israel and Palestine: “1. [The] Golden Light Sutra – this is the best one to read at this time; this brings healing for the whole area,” Rinpoche’s ... Read more »
Holding Up a Mirror to Our Children’s Behavior
Author and clinical social worker Krissy Pozatek fears that overly-protective parents are preventing children and adolescents from building emotional “moccasins,” the internal resources need to successfully navigate life’s natural challenges. The July-September 2014 issue of Mandala features this excerpt from ... Read more »
Dharma Happiness
Lama Zopa: practicing Dharma is giving yourself happiness! – From Ven. Roger Kunsang’s Twitter page, posted on July 11, 2014 Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT Inc., shares Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent pith sayings on ... Read more »
New Advice on Wildfires
While staying near Madison, Wisconsin, US, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice for the wildfires that were burning in Washington State, close to a number of students’ homes. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT International Office in Portland, ... Read more »
Tara Redwood School: Sprouting the Seeds of Compassion
Curriculum developer Amanda Bauscher at Creating Compassionate Cultures shares some of the news from Tara Redwood School and the Online Institute for Creating Compassionate Cultures in the July-September 2014 issue of Mandala: “In the heart of Soquel Village, California, located ... Read more »
Monks Enjoy the Food Offered by the Sera Je Food Fund
Every day, the 2,500 monks of Sera Je Monastery are offered three vegetarian meals through the Sera Je Food Fund. You can see details of what they are offered for breakfast, lunch and dinner. This project is only possible due ... Read more »
The Appearance of True Existence
More than 200 people attended the teachings organized by Jamyang Buddhist Centre Leeds. According to Ven. Roger Kunsang, “Rinpoche’s teachings were stressing the importance of emptiness.” “We ordinary beings who haven’t realized emptiness don’t see things as similar to illusions,” ... Read more »
Our Main Enemy Is Our Negative Mind
“[T]here’s no outside enemy. There’s a reason why people give harm to us, get angry with us or criticize us. There’s a reason, there’s a cause for that, and that cause is our mind,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche instructed. “For anybody, ... Read more »