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‘Where Is That I?’
“Now, this is very important: when we start by focusing on the essence of thought, or consciousness, which is formless and colorless, like space, we give ourselves access to recognizing the way our ego interprets our self, or I. When ... Read more »
Long Life Puja at Sera Je Monastery
In January, a long life puja was done at Sera Je Monastery for all the former abbots, current abbot and the most senior monks who were at Buxa Duar, including Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Buxa Duar is where many Tibetan monastics ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits Domo Geshe Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited the young Domo Geshe Rinpoche at Domo Labrang at Sera Je Monastry. Lama Zopa Rinpoche was a guest for dinner. As a boy, Lama Zopa Rinpoche was ordained and educated at Domo Geshe Rinpoche’s Drugkar Monastery. ... Read more »
‘You Can See Improvement’
“Rinpoche is in Sera Je Monastery, South India right now,” wrote Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s assistant in an update on Rinpoche’s health, posted on January 21. “This morning coming back from the long life puja (offered to the ... Read more »
US$3,000 Offered to MAITRI Charitable Trust, Bodhgaya, India
The Animal Liberation Fund was pleased to offer US$3,000 to MAITRI Charitable Trust, which, through its Animal Care Program, has taken on the responsibility for providing essential care to hundreds of animals in need in Bodhgaya, India, since 1994. This ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Attends Oral Transmission with Khyongla Rato Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche attended the oral transmission of the collected works of his root guru His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche at Osel Labrang, part of Sera Je Monastic University in South India. Khyongla Rato Rinpoche gave the lungs of His Holiness Trijang Rinpoche’s sum bum at the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Dagri Rinpoche and Ozer Rinpoche from Sera Me sat beside Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the transmission. ... Read more »
The Four Harmonious Friends
“At the beginning of the Foundation Service Seminar, we were reminded of the stories of ‘The Four Harmonious Friends’ and how each one of us is responsible for leading the other into virtue; how each one of us is at ... Read more »Hell or Enlightenment Depend on Your Mind
Lama Zopa Rinpoche recorded the following conversation with a student directly on his iPad in November 2013. The student was sharing the news that gold was being offered to the spire of the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya, and Rinpoche was ... Read more »
The Importance of Thinking of Sentient Beings
“Try to think, whatever you do, 24 hours a day, of sentient beings: when you chant mantras, eat, go to sleep, go to work, and when you are talking; if you can, keep your mind in that thought. “Then, with ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Education Support for Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was very happy to sponsor the travel and first year of college tuition for Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche. Lama Zopa Rinpoche very much wanted to make this offering of support to Tsenshap Serkong Rinpoche and ... Read more »
Tibetan Buddhist Students in South Africa Offer Animal Liberation Practice to Lama Zopa Rinpoche
A lone FPMT student in South Africa emailed Mandala about doing animal liberation practice for Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Nina McNaught reported that in September 2013 a small group of Tibetan Buddhists from different traditions in Cape Town gathered with a ... Read more »