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White Tara Thangka for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche will offer His Holiness the Dalai Lama a hand-beaded White Tara thangka when Rinpoche sees His Holiness in December in South India. His Holiness will be continuing the teaching and transmission of the Jangchup ... Read more »
An Update on Tenzin Ösel Hita
Tenzin Ösel Hita is doing very well and continuing his college studies in California. While Lama Zopa Rinpoche was in the United States this year, Ösel visited Rinpoche at his residence many times. In September, Ösel participated in a long ... Read more »
Maitreya Land in Kushinagar
By Ven. Gyalten Samten The Maitreya Project is an FPMT project to build a very large statue of Maitreya, the future buddha, in Kushinagar and Bodhgaya. Just last week, the project took an enormous step forward, receiving land upon which ... Read more »
Buddhas Numberless as Atoms
“On every atom are buddhas numberless as atoms, Each amidst a host of bodhisattvas, And I am confident the sphere of all phenomena Is entirely filled with buddhas in this way.” – From “King of Prayers – The Extraordinary Aspiration ... Read more »
Practicing Good Heartedness
“Lama Zopa: The essence of all religions is practicing good heartedness, kindness to everyone. This is the real cause of happiness … satisfaction.” – From Ven. Roger Kunsang’s Twitter page, posted on December 6, 2013 Ven. Roger Kunsang, Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Laying the Foundation Stone on Maitreya Project Land
By Ven. Thubten Labdron The Maitreya Project took an enormous step forward in its work to build a very large bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha, the future buddha, in Kushinagar, India, the holy site of Buddha Shakyamuni’s parinirvana. The Uttar ... Read more »
News from Luz de Nagarjuna Grupo de Estudios
Luz de Nagarjuna Grupo de Estudios in Pamplona, Spain, is just over one year old. The group holds regular group meditation sessions, has hosted Ven. Fabio Poza, spiritual program coordinator at O.Sel.Ling Centro de Retiros, and has been studying FPMT ... Read more »
Rinpoche Exercising
In October 2013, while at Kachoe Dechen Ling in California, Lama Zopa Rinpoche occasionally played with a soccer ball after lunch as a way to exercise and build up strength and coordination in his right arm and leg, which were ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Attends Maitreya Project Ceremony
Lama Zopa Rinpoche was flown by the Uttar Pradesh State Government from Lucknow, India, to the site of the future Maitreya Buddha statue at Kushinagar for the foundation stone laying ceremony. Rinpoche and Akhilesh Yadev, the Chief Minister of Uttar ... Read more »
Ceremony Marks Handover of Land for Maitreya Project in Kushinagar
The Uttar Pradesh State Government handed over a large segment of land to the Maitreya Project Trust on Friday, December 13, 2013, during a foundation stone laying ceremony. FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche flew to the event in Kushinagar ... Read more »
Ven. Tsering: “The most fortunate one in the whole world to do this.”
Ven. Tsering, a Kopan Monk, has dedicated his life to writing out the Prajnaparamita Sutra in pure gold at the request of Lama Zopa Rinpoche. Effort of this magnitude is worth rejoicing in, as this is the eleventh consecutive year ... Read more »