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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 »
Eight Verses of Thought Transformation
The Eight Verses of Thought Transformation is one of the most important texts from a genre of Tibetan spiritual writings known as lojong (mind training). This root text was written by the eleventh-century meditator Langri Tangpa Dorje Senghe. His Holiness ... Read more »
Living the Gift
Buddhist in the Trenches columnist Sarah Shifferd talks about how the gift economy and generosity intersect in the April-June 2014 issue of Mandala: I’ve never believed in money. Even though my parents explained the basics of modern economics to me ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Mahabodhi Stupa
By Ven. Sarah Thresher While Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been staying at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, he has been engaged in many practices during Losar and the two weeks that follow. Ven. Sarah Thresher has been participating in these ... Read more »
Tara Redwood School Holds Annual Auction, CCC Online Course Launched
Pam Cayton, founder of Tara Redwood School, a pre-school and elementary program near Santa Cruz, California, that “strives to develop the whole child: mental, physical and spiritual,” and Creating Compassionate Cultures (CCC), an organization dedicated to providing tools and training ... Read more »
Marble Stupa Sponsored for IMI House, Sera Je Monastery
The Stupa Fund recently offered US$2,000 for a marble stupa at IMI House, the khangtsen for FPMT Western Sangha at Sera Je Monastery. The Benefits of Building Stupas The main purpose of building stupas is to make the lives of ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Gives Oral Transmission of Sutra of Golden Light at Mahabodhi Stupa
By Ven. Sarah Thresher While Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been staying at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India, he has been engaged in many practices during Losar and the two weeks that follow. Ven. Sarah Thresher has been participating in these ... Read more »
Tai Situ Rinpoche and Lama Zopa Rinpoche Pray for the Success of the Maitreya Projects
His Eminence the Twelfth Tai Situ Rinpoche visited the Maitreya Project land in Bodhgaya with Lama Zopa Rinpoche to make prayers for the success of the project. The Tai Situ is one of the oldest lineages in the Kagyü school ... Read more »