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2014 International Merit Box Grant Award Winners!
The 2014 International Merit Box grant award winners have been chosen! Fifteen projects which further the mission of FPMT have gotten much-needed funding support thanks to the generosity of Merit Box practitioners. $54,743 in grants have be distributed for the ... Read more »
History in the Making: Supporting the Nepal Buddhist Federation
In 2006, for the first time in the history of the Nalanda Tradition, Nyingma, Kagyü, Sakya and Gelug traditions have formed an umbrella organization called Nepal Buddhist Federation (NBF). Since then, NBF has been engaging in many activities, including organizing ... Read more »
1,000 Maitreya Statues Around the World
One of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Vast Visions for the FPMT organization is to build 1,000 statues of Maitreya, the future Buddha, around the world including the two substantial Maitreya Projects in Bodhgaya and Kushinagar, India. About these statues, Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Renewed Faith, Inspiration, Devotion and Understanding: Khadro-la Visits New Zealand
Mahamudra Centre, an FPMT retreat center in Colville, New Zealand, hosted an eight-day lam-rim retreat with Khadro-la (Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme). The well attended retreat, which ran April 27-May 4, was described as “extraordinary” and “beyond words.” Ven. Nangsel, ... Read more »
The Karma of Killing Animals
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has given much advice about benefiting and not harming animals. From “Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Online Advice Book,” here’s Rinpoche’s advice on the karma of killing animals: “Animals have feelings. They have the same mind as we have, ... Read more »
A Praise to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Several years ago FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered the following verses to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at Losar: Your Holiness, Your example of morality in not harming but only benefiting sentient beings is incomparable in this universe. ... Read more »
Live Webcast: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching in Leeds UK
You can watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche teach live from Leeds, UK, on FPMT’s Livestream page. Rinpoche’s teachings “Making Life Meaningful: Teachings on Stages of the Path” on July 5 and 6 will be streaming live and later available as recordings ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Arrives in United Kingdom and Visits Proposed Site for Land of Joy
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in the United Kingdom earlier this week from Italy. First off, Rinpoche visited and blessed the proposed site for Land of Joy, a retreat center being planned for England. The property, called Greenhaugh Hall, is in ... Read more »
The Eight Auspicious Signs
While staying at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, in February 2014, Lama Zopa Rinpoche translated an explanation of the eight auspicious signs, adding brief commentary. Rinpoche’s interest arose from a “conversation when Rinpoche was questioning whether it was OK to ... Read more »
Daily Prayers and Dedications for All Supporters of the Sera Je Food Fund
Every day, 8,300 meals are served to all 2,500 monks studying at Sera Je Monastery through the Sera Je Food Fund. Before each meal, all of the monks offer prayers and dedications to all of the many kind sponsors of ... Read more »
Find Out What Five-year-old Dechen Bloom Asked Ven. Robina Courtin about the Heart Sutra
April 21, 2014, was a big day for Dechen Bloom, age six. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was visiting Dechen’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, and Dechen had something special to offer Rinpoche. Leading up to Rinpoche’s visit, Dechen had been working very ... Read more »