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The Perfect Human Rebirth By Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s The Perfect Human Rebirth: Freedom and Richness on the Path to Enlightenment, edit by Gordon McDougall, is the third book in the FPMT Lineage Series published by the Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive. The FPMT Lineage series is ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Makes Mandala Offering to His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered His Holiness the Dalai Lama a body, speech and mind mandala on January 2, 2014, during the Jangchup Lamrim teaching at Sera Monastery in South India. The teachings, which were attended by 30,000, concluded on January ... Read more »
Update on the Stupa to Minimize Harm From the Elements
In order to minimize harm caused by possible earthquakes in California, USA; a stupa is being built near the Golden Gate Bridge, under the advice of Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la). This project is called the Stupa to Minimize ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama with Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Ani Ngawang Samten
FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche and his older sister Ani Ngawang Samten met with His Holiness the Dalai Lama on January 2, 2014. Rinpoche and Ani Samten were attending the Jangchup Lamrim teachings by His Holiness at Sera Monastery ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Receives Relic of Lama Atisha
While at Sera Je Monastery in South India, FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche was offered a relic of Lama Atisha. The relic was given by the abbot of Dharmarajika Monastery in Bangladesh to a very kind benefactor who then ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche with European FPMT Center Directors
The directors of FPMT centers in Europe met with FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche while he was at Sera Je Monastery in December. The directors made a heartfelt request for Lama Zopa Rinpoche to come to Europe and offer teachings. To the directors’ pleasure, Rinpoche said that he would visit. Learn more about Lama ... Read more »
Long Life Puja Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Drati Khantsen, Sera Je Monastery
On December 22, 2013 at the conclusion of this year’s oral transmission of Most Secret Hayagriva given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Sera Je Monastery’s Drati Khangtsen in India offered a long life puja to Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Ven. Roger Kunsang, ... Read more »
An Interview with Buddhist Scholar John Dunne on Mindfulness
What do we think of when we hear the word mindfulness? Does it change depending on the context? How has the term been understood in the past? Is its popularity significant to Buddhism’s future? John Dunne, associate professor of religion ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Meets with Young Tulkus
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has met with several tulkus, or reincarnate lamas, while at Sera Monastery for the Jangchup Lamrim teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. The current series began on December 25 and concludes on January 3. Tenzin Phuntsok ... Read more »
11 Years Writing the Prajnaparamita Sutra in Gold
According to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, one of the main ways to create the causes needed to build the Maitreya Buddha statue in India, is to write out the Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold. FPMT’s Prajnaparamita Project has undertaken this project ... Read more »
Monthly Extensive Most Secret Hayagriva Puja Offered
Every month on the Tibetan 29th day, an important day to offer protector pujas, The Puja Fund sponsors about 40 of the most senior monks of Sera Je Monastery, who specialize in the practice of Most Secret Hayagriva, to offer ... Read more »