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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaches at Kadampa Center
Lama Zopa Rinpoche arrived in North Carolina and visited Kadampa Center in Raleigh on Saturday, May 3. During the one-day visit, Rinpoche taught on the Eight Verses of Thought Transformation. The following day, Rinpoche traveled to the Light of the ... Read more »
Khadro-la on âIntegrating Lam-Rim into Daily Lifeâ
Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme first appeared to the international FPMT community through âInterview with a Dakini.â Sheâs since become known through the assistance she has been offering Lama Zopa Rinpoche since he manifested a stroke in 2011 and also ... Read more »
Live Webcast: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching at Light of the Path Retreat
Beginning on Sunday, May 4, Lama Zopa Rinpocheâs teachings at the Light of the Path retreat will be webcast live for students around the world to watch. The teaching on Sunday is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. EDT (4:30 ... Read more »![The Benefits of the NamgyĂ€lma Mantra [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/05/Lama-Zopa-Rinpoche-Namgyalma-video-20140421-540x540.jpg)
The Benefits of the NamgyÀlma Mantra [Video]
While visiting the FPMT International Office, Lama Zopa Rinpoche carefully explained the benefits of carrying the powerful NamgyĂ€lma mantra and having it on oneâs car and home. Rinpoche offered NamgyĂ€lma amulets and decals to staff. Rinpoche explained that if you ... Read more »
Book Review: âThe Princeton Dictionary of Buddhismâ
The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism By Robert E. Buswell, Jr. and Donald S. Lopez, Jr.; Reviewed by Michael Ium As the academic field of Buddhist Studies becomes more divergent, the criticism has been made that the field has become overly ... Read more »
The Great Prayer Wheel at Land of Medicine Buddha
Please enjoy this short video of Land of Medicine Buddha’s Great Prayer Wheel being turned by many. This incredible prayer wheel contains over 170 billion mantras as well as many sets of texts.
‘Dharma Protects You From Suffering’
FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered a week of teachings at Choe Khor Sum Ling Study Group in Bangalore, India, in March 2014. Ven. Roger Kunsang, Rinpoche’s assistant and CEO of FPMT, Rinpoche shared that Rinpoche gave animatedâ andâ dynamicâ teachingsâ onâ emptinessâ that were ... Read more »
When Loneliness Is Your Closest Friend
âOn my last day of work in Australia, before flying to Nepal to become ordained, in accordance with hospital tradition I went to the local pub with my fellow doctors for a farewell drink,â remembered Thubten Gyatso in the March-May ... Read more »
Enjoy Live Streaming Video of the 2014 Light of the Path Retreat!
Light of the Path Retreat 2014, which takes place Sunday 3pm, May 4 to Sunday Noon, May 18, 2014, at YMCA Blue Ridge Assembly in Black Mountain, NC, is the third of a 5-year series of teaching retreats led by ... Read more »
Learning Mantras to Benefit Others
Lama Zopa Rinpocheâs devotion manifests in a natural curiosity to learn mantras in the original Sanskrit when possible and appropriate. Rinpoche later uses what he learns to bless people and animals that he comes across, such when once Rinpoche met ... Read more »







