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The Lawudo Chronicles: Judy Weitzner’s Account of the 1969 Trek to Lawudo

The Lawudo Chronicles: Judy Weitzner’s Account of the 1969 Trek to Lawudo

Below is Judy Weitzner’s extraordinary and historic account of a very early visit to Solu Khumbu, Nepal with Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 1969. This was the first time that Rinpoche had returned to Lawudo since he left ... Read more »
Introducing The Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan & Indian Ancient Wisdom: A Monumental Achievement Toward Peace

Introducing The Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan & Indian Ancient Wisdom: A Monumental Achievement Toward Peace

On a wintry morning of January 3, 2023, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, despite suffering from a bad cold, presided over the foundation stone laying ceremony for his new center in Bodhgaya, India, The Dalai Lama Centre for Tibetan and ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #20 Every Moment Is an Opportunity to Practice Dharma

New Podcast Episode: #20 Every Moment Is an Opportunity to Practice Dharma

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 »
Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 6: Giving Rise to Virtuous Thoughts Is the Best Preparation for Death

Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 6: Giving Rise to Virtuous Thoughts Is the Best Preparation for Death

We should have bodhicitta motivation in our daily life, our work, and in everything we do, Lama Zopa Rinpoche reminds us in this teaching given on December 13, 2022 from the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery. This is ... Read more »
Bodhgaya Teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama—a Feeling of ‘Home’ for Many

Bodhgaya Teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama—a Feeling of ‘Home’ for Many

By Frances Howland-Moscatt More than 65,000 devotees attended the winter teachings of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Bodhgaya, Bihar, India, December 29 – January 1. It was his first visit to Bodhgaya in three years, the last time being ... Read more »
Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 5:  The Purpose of Being Born a Human Being Is to Practice the Good Heart

Kopan Lamrim Course 2022 Teaching 5: The Purpose of Being Born a Human Being Is to Practice the Good Heart

Things can suddenly change in life with no warning, Rinpoche explains in a teaching given at the fifty-third lamrim meditation course at Kopan Monastery on December 12, 2022. We never expect that someone close to our heart could die without ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Severe Weather Conditions

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice for Severe Weather Conditions

Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommends the following for mitigating severe weather conditions, which is something many of us around the world will face at one time or another: 1. Protector prayers, especially “Tea Offering to the Eight Classes” (Degye Serkyem) (page ... Read more »
How Everything Comes from Your Mind

How Everything Comes from Your Mind

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered this very short teaching, recorded on September 19, 2022 at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore. All the pleasant things we experience, including beautiful plants, come from our good karma, Rinpoche explains. In this short video, Rinpoche discusses ... Read more »
Road to Kopan: ‘I Realized that My Life Couldn’t Be the Same Again’

Road to Kopan: ‘I Realized that My Life Couldn’t Be the Same Again’

For many long-time students of Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, is where they first met the teachings of Buddha and where they saw their lives changed profoundly. In 2013, Mandala Magazine shared the story ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities in India and Nepal

Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities in India and Nepal

Since our last update, Lama Zopa Rinpoche spent beneficial time in India and Nepal in October and November, including a moving visit with His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Rinpoche also visited Tashi Chime Gatsal Nunnery in Bigu, Nepal where he ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #19 All Problems Can Be Utilized in the Path to Enlightenment

New Podcast Episode: #19 All Problems Can Be Utilized in the Path to Enlightenment

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 »
Rejoicing in the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund Activities in 2022

Rejoicing in the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund Activities in 2022

The Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund was established by FPMT in 1997, at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Named after the great 14th-century founder of the Gelug tradition, the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund’s purpose is to invest in ... Read more »