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Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Letter to the Nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery
Every year since 2009, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has sponsored the nuns of Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery to complete one and now two 100 Million Mani Retreat (100 million recitations of the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM). This is offered through ... Read more »
Losar Tashi Delek!
Losar, the celebration of the Tibetan Buddhist new year, falls on Sunday, March 2 this year. And the first two weeks of the new year are called Mönlam and are a very powerful time to practice and increase one’s commitment ... Read more »
Rinpoche Visits Holy Sites
The walk up to Vulture’s Peak, where the Buddha taught, is a long gradual climb. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant reported, ”Rinpoche did well,” while walking up to the top of the peak in early February. Rinpoche gave teachings into the evening at the sacred location. Rinpoche, while staying at Root ... Read more »
Shen Phen Ling Study Group Thanks Ven. Lhundrup
Julie Klose, study group coordinator for Shen Phen Ling Study Group in northeast Victoria, Australia, offers this message of thanks to Australian monk Ven. Thubten Lhundrup from Thubten Shedrup Ling Monastery: Shen Phen Ling Study Group in Albury/Wodonga has been ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Explains the Importance of the Sera Je Food Fund
Lama Zopa Rinpoche had a private audience with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Sera Je Monastery on January 2, 2014. Ven. Roger Kunsang shares that during the interview, His Holiness highly praised the three great monasteries (Sera, Ganden and ... Read more »
A Meditation on Orange Manjushri
Manjushri is the buddha of wisdom and wields a flaming sword that cuts through our confusion, doubts and internal obstacles. FPMT Education Services is happy to release this revised and reformatted version of “A Meditation on Orange Manjushri.” This practice ... Read more »
Chandrakirti Meditation Centre Manifests Guru Rinpoche Statue
Phillipa Rutherford, co-director of New Zealand’s Chandrakirti Tibetan Buddhist Meditation Centre, shares news about the successful completion of some of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice: We would like to let people know we have manifested a 2-meter (7-foot) Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) ... Read more »
‘I Am the Servant’
The most important thing for this life’s happiness, especially for the sentient beings you meet, is to have the thought: I am the servant and they are the masters. I am the servant and they are the kings. They are ... Read more »
Investing for Real Profit
“Normally, worldly business people think that the best way to invest is by doing business. But that is only certain when you make a profit. Until then, it’s uncertain. My own feeling is the most reliable investment is to offer ... Read more »
US$10,000 Pledged Toward a Giant Prayer Wheel at Vajrapani Institute
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recently pledged, through the Prayer Wheel Fund, US$10,000 toward a giant prayer wheel which Vajrapani Institute, Boulder Creek, California, is building once funds are raised. Vajrapani Institute is planning for the prayer wheel to house one trillion ... Read more »The Essence of Education Is Subduing Your Mind
“The whole point of our FPMT education programs is not to produce ‘sharp minds’ but to ‘subdue the mind.’ Between an intelligent, sharp mind and a good heart, a good heart is the most important. Without a good heart it ... Read more »