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What We Did on World Animal Day 2013
From Phil Hunt and Tania Duratovic, project coordinators and founders of Enlightenment for the Dear Animals and coordinators of the Animal Liberation Sanctuary in Nepal: World Animal Day was celebrated across the globe on October 4, 2013. At Chandrakirti Meditation ... Read more »
Rinpoche’s Altar for 21 Taras
“This was once the dining room table until Lama Zopa Rinpoche thought it would be more beneficial for it to become an altar for the 21 Taras!” said Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche’s assistant, referring to one of the many altars ... Read more »
‘The Guards Say We’re Crazy’
Spiritual program coordinator Rogelio Pallares Valdes from Bengungyal Center in Aguascalientes, Mexico, shares a personal account from his Liberation Prison Project work through the center: The men’s prison located in Aguascalientes, Mexico, requested Bengungyal Center to begin offering courses in ... Read more »
Annual Long Life Puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
The annual long life puja offered on behalf of the centers, projects, services and students of FPMT to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, will be offered at Kopan Monastery on Dec 9th 2013. This puja is offered every year on behalf of ... Read more »
Rinpoche Arrives at Kopan Monastery
Rinpoche arrived at Kopan Monastery in Nepal on November 22. Rinpoche visited the Kopan nunnery, Kachoe Ghakyil Ling, first. The nuns greeted Rinpoche, who went into the gompa at the nunnery to make prostrations. Then he went up Kopan hill, ... Read more »
Lhabab Duchen Is Almost Here
Lhabab Duchen, also known as Buddha’s Descent from Tushita, is one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar and takes place this year on Sunday, November 24. As a Buddha Multiplying Day, karmic results of actions on ... Read more »
Incredible Array of Pujas and Practices Offered on Lha Bab Duchen
Every year on Lha Bab Duchen (Buddha’s Descent from Tushita) the Puja Fund sponsors an incredible array of pujas and offerings performed by Sangha around the world. This year, Lha Bab Duchen is celebrated on November 24 and the Puja ... Read more »
What Comes After FPMT Masters Program Exams?
The 2008-2013 class of the FPMT Masters Program have “just completed their final exams with the intention to enter retreat in 2014,” Olga Planken, Basic Program and Masters Program coordinator for FPMT Education Services, reported to Mandala this week. Mandala ... Read more »
‘You Have to Remember Buddha Nature’
You have to remember buddha nature. In the emptiness of your heart, remember you have buddha nature. Delusions are not permanent, they are not part of you, they are temporary. You can be free from delusions and negative karma. Like ... Read more »
The Way to Meditate: The Importance of Mindfulness
Founder and president of Maitripa College Yangsi Rinpoche talks about the development of mindfulness in the August-September 2007 issue of Mandala: In order to have a faultless practice of calm abiding, we need to develop very strong concentration supported by ... Read more »
Benefiting Animals
Lama Zopa Rinpoche regularly does animal liberation practice. At Kachoe Dechen Ling, Rinpoche’s home in California, animal liberation practice is done on a weekly basis even when Rinpoche is not there. Rinpoche has given the following advice on how to ... Read more »