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To Practice Tantra You Need Guru Devotion and Bodhicitta
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this unrestricted video teaching on August 27, 2022 from Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, before giving a Heruka Body Mandala initiation. Here’s a summary of Rinpoche’s teaching: Rinpoche offers the oral transmission of Kachen Yeshe Gyaltshen’s Lojong ... Read more »![Thought Transformation Teachings 137: Tonglen is the Main Practice](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220914-DSC00273-960x638.jpg)
Thought Transformation Teachings 137: Tonglen is the Main Practice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continued his video teachings on thought transformation from Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore in August and September, 2022. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching recorded on September 14, 2022: By not harming others, we are ... Read more »![Please Enjoy our October 2022 e-News!](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220919DSC00284.jpg)
Please Enjoy our October 2022 e-News!
Our October e-News is now available! This issue features news, updates, resources, opportunities, and causes for rejoicing, including: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recent activities in Singapore and India , Recently published teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche , Long life puja and ... Read more »![Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities in Singapore & India](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220716-ST5A2332-e1666192906235-960x1349.jpg)
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities in Singapore & India
Since our last update, Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered very precious teachings at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore, in August and September. Some of these teachings have been part of the ongoing thought transformation series, and some were various talks given on ... Read more »![Long Life Puja and Gratitude Award Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je Monastery](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/311335948_401477852185650_4611676837583954171_n-960x639.jpg)
Long Life Puja and Gratitude Award Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je Monastery
On October 14, a long life puja and “Gratitude Award” was offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je Monastery. This special event was to honor Rinpoche for the many decades of support Rinpoche has shown to the monastery, including ... Read more »![New Podcast Episode: #13 Cherishing Others Opens the Door to Happiness](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Lama-Zopa-Rinpoche-Essential-Extracts-podcast-show-blog-image-960x960.jpg)
New Podcast Episode: #13 Cherishing Others Opens the Door to Happiness
There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »![A Remarkable Life of Practice and Service: 2,000 Nyung Na Retreats Completed by Venerable Ani Chodron](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/IMG_6620-1-960x1062.jpeg)
A Remarkable Life of Practice and Service: 2,000 Nyung Na Retreats Completed by Venerable Ani Chodron
Venerable Ani Chodron was born in the year of the wood bird in 1945 in the village of Tsum near the border of Tibet in northeast Nepal. She is the oldest of four children, all daughters, born to Mingmar Tshok ... Read more »![The Enlightenment Attitude](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LY-CI-79-350x472.png)
The Enlightenment Attitude
Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984), who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was able to translate Tibetan Buddhist teachings into clear ideas that resonated with the Western students he met and taught in the 1970s and ’80s. These teachings ... Read more »![Long Life Puja and Gratitude Award Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je Monastery, October 14](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/DSC01138.jpg)
Long Life Puja and Gratitude Award Offered to Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je Monastery, October 14
Sera Je Monastery is offering a long-life puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche on October 14 at the Main Prayer Hall in the monastery, and presenting Rinpoche with a special “Gratitude Award” for the many decades of support Rinpoche has shown ... Read more »![Thought Transformation Teachings 136: The Benefits of Experiencing Suffering](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220819-DSC09970-960x540.jpg)
Thought Transformation Teachings 136: The Benefits of Experiencing Suffering
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continued his video teachings on thought transformation from Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore in August and September. Here is a summary of the teaching offered on September 10, 2022: During Rinpoche’s September 3 teaching (#134 In Your ... Read more »![Thought Transformation Teachings 135: The Great Difference Between Taking and Not Taking Vows](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/20220819-DSC09984-960x540.jpg)
Thought Transformation Teachings 135: The Great Difference Between Taking and Not Taking Vows
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continued his video teachings on thought transformation from Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore in August and September. Here is a summary of the teaching offered on September 7, 2022: The most important Dharma, Rinpoche teaches us, is ... Read more »![Rejoicing in the Annual Gelug Monlam Festival Held at Kopan Monastery](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/DSC03861-960x640.jpg)