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Kopan West: Brought to You by the Spirit of Generosity
“How do you reconcile the tension between making the Dharma truly accessible to all and covering the high operating costs of retreats? That tension brings up a scarcity mindset. From there it’s unlikely that everyone’s needs will be met. So ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Blesses All Sentient Beings in the Ocean
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has been in the United States for the last three weeks, staying at Kachoe Dechen Ling, his home in Aptos on California’s central coast. On September 28, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Dagri Rinpoche, who was in California ... Read more »
New Lama Chopa eBook
The existence of the complete Buddhist path to enlightenment in our world depends solely upon those who have generated both the intellectual understanding of the teachings and the realizations of the path within their minds. Those who have done this ... Read more »![Praise to Lama Zopa Rinpoche [video]](https://fpmt.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2013/10/130921_KLZR_LMB_Majors-201-640x512.jpg)
Praise to Lama Zopa Rinpoche [video]
By Tenzin Ösel Hita Read to FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche by Tenzin Ösel Hita, the recognized reincarnation of FPMT founder Lama Yeshe, during the long life puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Land of Medicine Buddha, Soquel, California, ... Read more »The Stupa Fund Contributes to The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
The Stupa Fund was delighted to offer US$50,000 in 2011 toward the building of The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Bendigo, Australia. Recently a video was produced with a camera attached to a mini-drone and shows the incredible awe-inspiring ... Read more »
New Prayer Wheels at the Garden of Enlightenment
From Garrey Foulkes At the Garden of Enlightenment, a project of Chenrezig Institute in Queensland, all of the spaces for prayer wheels along the front wall of the main shrine building are now taken. The main building of the stupa ... Read more »
Geshe Lobsang Sherab Passes Away
Geshe Lobsang Sherab was born in 1965 to a local family in Manang, a mountainous area in Nepal near Annapurna. He went to Kopan Monastery in Kathmandu in 1974 and was ordained there. Geshe Sherab studied at Sera Monastic University ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund’s Abundant Monthly Offerings
Each month, the Sera Je Food Fund offers an incredible amount of food to the monks of Sera Je Monastery. In July, 1,308,787 Rs. (approximately US$20,872) were spent on food for meals offered at breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily. The ... Read more »
Messina “City of Compassion”
“What’s happening in Messina these days has been amazing,” wrote Guglielmo Margio coordinator of Shakyamuni Study Group in Messina, Sicily. The study group organized a retreat on lo-jong, attended by more than 20 people. The group has also arranged meetings ... Read more »
Wisdom Publications Announces New Website
Publishing Dharma books and materials is a central mission of FPMT Education. Eight publishers have taken this mission to task and we are thrilled to announce that FPMT’s oldest publisher, Wisdom Publications, has launched a new content-rich website. The clean ... Read more »
First Long Life Puja for Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi at Amitabha Buddhist Centre
By Ven. Tenzin Tsultrim In July 2013, Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi accepted his first long life puja in the presence of some 200 students and well-wishers at Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore. Khen Rinpoche, who is ABC’s resident teacher ... Read more »