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Land of Medicine Buddha Keeps Busy
Land of Medicine Buddha (LMB) in Soquel, California, has had a busy summer. In June, they celebrated their Eleventh Medicine Buddha Festival Day, which also included a visit from the Maitreya Heart Shrine Relic Tour. Hundreds of people attended the ... Read more »
Watch Lama Zopa Rinpoche Teaching in Mongolia
Live and recorded webcasts of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching during the 100 Million Mani Retreat in Mongolia can be watched on FPMT’s livestreaming webpage. Several videos of Rinpoche’s teachings, the first from August 16, have already been posted. Rinpoche will ... Read more »
Food Offering Practice
Eating is something we must do every day and offering our daily meals is an excellent way to practice generosity and create merit as we nourish our own bodies. FPMT Education Services has create a Food Offering Practice book which ... Read more »
A Community of Monks Help Serve One Another
Starting at 4 a.m. every morning, on-duty cooks start the work of preparing breakfast for 2,500. These cooks are monks studying at Sera Je Monastery who also benefit daily from the three nutritious meals offered by the Sera Je Food ... Read more »Shopping Buddha
Sarah Shifferd reflects on how Buddhist ethics can positively affect how and what we buy: … I show the candy bar to my mother, my best pleading look on my face. “Mommy?” She looks down. “No. We – we don’t ... Read more »
Update from MAITRI Charitable Trust in Bodhgaya
From Adriana Ferranti, director of MAITRI Charitable Trust Since February, MAITRI Charitable Trust, an FPMT-affiliated project in Bodhgaya, India, has been carrying out sterilizations of street dogs from Bodhgaya with a major three-week camp and two smaller ones. We’ve seen ... Read more »
Rinpoche Sends His Thanks for Practices Done
My very very dear friends, From my heart I would like to express billions, zillions, trillions of thanks, I highly appreciate you doing practices for me. This is also puja for yourself. Even if you don’t think that it naturally ... Read more »
Making Vegetarian Puffs for 2,500 monks
A giant batch of delicious vegetarian puffs were prepared for 2,500 monks as a test for a possible new addition to the regular rotation of menu items offered every day to the monks of Sera Je Monastery through the Sera ... Read more »
Rinpoche Available Online 24/7
Webcasts of Lama Zopa Rinpoche teaching this year (and in previous years), including the teachings Rinpoche gave during this year’s Light of the Path retreat are available online 24/7 on FPMT’s livestreaming webpage. Also, all Light of the Path Retreat ... Read more »
Do Ngak Sung Juk Centre Liberates More Than 1,000 Fish for Compassion Day
From Doc O’Connor, director Do Ngak Sung Juk Centre One of the many benefits of a being a small center in a large organization is joining with our global friends in activities to increase blessings. Do Ngak Sung Juk Centre ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche To Sponsor 10 People Doing 108 Nyung-Na Retreats!
The Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund is extremely honored to sponsor another 10 people to do 108 Nyung-Nä retreats at Institut Vajra Yogini, France. The 108 Nyung-Nä retreats starts in November 2013 and lasts until June 2014. In 2012 the ... Read more »