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Incredible Array of Pujas and Practices Offered on Lha Bab Duchen
Every year on Lha Bab Duchen (Buddha’s Descent from Tushita) the Puja Fund sponsors an incredible array of pujas and offerings performed by Sangha around the world. This year, Lha Bab Duchen is celebrated on November 24 and the Puja ... Read more »
What Comes After FPMT Masters Program Exams?
The 2008-2013 class of the FPMT Masters Program have “just completed their final exams with the intention to enter retreat in 2014,” Olga Planken, Basic Program and Masters Program coordinator for FPMT Education Services, reported to Mandala this week. Mandala ... Read more »
‘You Have to Remember Buddha Nature’
You have to remember buddha nature. In the emptiness of your heart, remember you have buddha nature. Delusions are not permanent, they are not part of you, they are temporary. You can be free from delusions and negative karma. Like ... Read more »
The Way to Meditate: The Importance of Mindfulness
Founder and president of Maitripa College Yangsi Rinpoche talks about the development of mindfulness in the August-September 2007 issue of Mandala: In order to have a faultless practice of calm abiding, we need to develop very strong concentration supported by ... Read more »
Benefiting Animals
Lama Zopa Rinpoche regularly does animal liberation practice. At Kachoe Dechen Ling, Rinpoche’s home in California, animal liberation practice is done on a weekly basis even when Rinpoche is not there. Rinpoche has given the following advice on how to ... Read more »
Rinpoche in the Garden
Lama Zopa Rinpoche, while in the garden at Kachoe Dechen Ling, said, “Everywhere you look, you are reminded of Dharma … not samsara.” Learn more about FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche and his beneficial activities by visiting Rinpoche’s homepage, where you will find links to Rinpoche’s schedule, new advice, recent video, photos and ... Read more »
News from Do Ngak Sung Juk in Japan
Do Ngak Sung Juk is the FPMT center in Tokyo, Japan. Center director Doc O’Connor shares news of hosting two esteemed teachers: Do Ngak Sung Juk in Tokyo had their annual nyung nä with FPMT Taiwan’s Ven. Thubten Dechen September ... Read more »
Baby Naming at Chenrezig Institute
Ven. Lozang Pema shares how some nuns at Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, Australia, support the Buddhist and non-Buddhist members of their local community: Although many members of the Chenrezig Nuns Community are engaged in the study program at Chenrezig Institute, ... Read more »
Making Ordinary Life Actions Meaningful
[When] you go shopping, watch your motivation, prepare your motivation. When you are in the shop either fulfill the wishes of the guru or shop to benefit and serve other sentient beings. Think that the ultimate purpose is to fulfill ... Read more »
US$3,321 Offered to Small Tibetan Settlement for Gompa Repair
Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered US$3,321 to a small Tibetan settlement in the hills of Kulli Manali, India, for repairs to their gompa’s roof. This Tibetan settlement is where Zong Rinpoche’s mother lived previously. This is the second offering from the ... Read more »![Blessing All Sentient Beings in the Ocean with Rinpoche [Video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/11/IMG_2688-640x426.jpg)
Blessing All Sentient Beings in the Ocean with Rinpoche [Video]
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche as he blesses all the sentient beings in the ocean. While Rinpoche has been staying in California, he frequently goes with Sangha and Namgyälma mantra boards to a wharf near Kachoe Dechen Ling or to the ... Read more »