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His Holiness the Karmapa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche
His Holiness the Karmapa and Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited the Maitreya School at Root Institute in Bodhgaya, India. His Holiness the Karmapa spoke to the children of the school. “Root Institute is an oasis of peace and tranquility, like a ... Read more »
‘You Have to Find Your Own Truth’
“Each person has to find their own way of understanding and what works for them because nobody can really come and say, ‘Okay, I found the truth. Take it.’ It may be his truth, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s ... Read more »
Another Year of Food is Sponsored for the School Children at Ngari Institute in Ladakh, India
In January, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave many oral transmissions and teachings to school children from the Ngari Institute of Buddhist Dialectics in Ladakh, India. The school was set up by the monks of Ngari Khangtsen at Sera Je Monastery in South India. The children were brought to Sera Je for ... Read more »
Planting the Seed of Enlightenment
“Every time you look at holy objects – pictures of the Buddha, statues, scriptures, stupas – they plant the seed of liberation and enlightenment in your mental continuum. So every time you look at them they purify your mind. They ... Read more »
Creating Compassionate Cultures Launches Online Institute
Creating Compassionate Cultures (CCC), an organization dedicated to providing tools and training to help educators offer children a deeper, holistic education, has recently soft-launched the Online Institute for Creating Compassionate Cultures (OICCC). The Online Institute will offer a 12-course online ... Read more »
Bringing Happiness to the World
“My most dear, most kind, most precious, wish-fulfilling one, “… You are so precious, so kind, so dear and so wish-fulfilling just like a flower bud about to gradually blossom and to shine, giving great happiness and peace to your ... Read more »
Releasing Self-Cherishing
“As soon as your object of concern changes from yourself to someone else, your heart is released from the bondage of the self-cherishing thought. As soon as you change the object of your cherishing, there is peace in your heart.” ... Read more »
‘True Dharma Practitioners Welcome Trouble’
“If you’re not tested, you take teaching after teaching and think you’re OK, but when you’re confronted with a difficult situation, it’s possible that you’ll find you’re not OK at all. So that’s why true Dharma practitioners welcome trouble. It ... Read more »
Loving Kindness
“Each one of us is responsible for all other living beings’ happiness, besides our own. As a result, your loving kindness is the most wish-fulfilling thing in life, more precious than anything else in this world. That makes for a ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Blesses Giant Padmasambhava Thangka
During the recent Jangchub Lamrim teachings at Sera Monastery, His Holiness the Dalai Lama blessed a giant Padmasambhava thangka which was sponsored by the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund. The impressive thangka, which with its brocade board measures 90-feet (27-meters) ... Read more »
The Benefits of Practice in Bodhgaya
“I think you are very fortunate to be able to come to Bodhgaya, where a thousand buddhas will descend, place their holy feet, display holy deeds, and achieve enlightenment. Guru Shakyamuni Buddha is the fourth of the thousand buddhas. The ... Read more »