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Dharmachakra Offered Twice
From Ven. Roger Kunsang: Dharamsala, India – June 4, 2013 Very early in the morning Rinpoche decides to go to the long life initiation His Holiness the Dalai Lama is giving at the temple here in McLeod Ganj. So far, ... Read more »
Law Enforcement Brings Student to Dharma
Student and assistant warden in the California prison system Bill Wilson shares on FPMT retreat center Vajrapani Institute’s V-Voice Blog the story of how a mentor profoundly changed his life, an experience that coincidentally brought him to the Dharma: “I ... Read more »
Choe Khor Sum Ling Hosts Khangser Rinpoche
FPMT study group Choe Khor Sum Ling in Bangalore is an active community in South India, founded at the request of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to “offer this cultural treasure [Buddhadharma] back to the people ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Answers Questions about Reincarnation and Karma
“Do we have to believe in reincarnation to attain enlightenment?” a student asked Lama Zopa Rinpoche during the Fifth Kopan Meditation Course, November 1973. “Forget about belief,” Rinpoche responded. “It’s impossible to attain enlightenment without realizing the fact of reincarnation, ... Read more »
Recite the Sutra of Golden Light for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Health
Long Life Puja at Kopan Monastery, April 2013. Photo by Ven. Roger Kunsang.In April we received an update from Ven. Roger Kunsang concerning new advice received for prayers and practices students of Lama Zopa Rinpoche should engage in fo Rinpoche’s health. One of the practices ... Read more »
Centro Tara Cittamani Celebrates 20th Anniversary
In February 2013, Centro Tara Cittamani in Padova (Padua), Italy celebrated its 20th anniversary. After being established in 1993, the center spent years looking for a more permanent residence. “At that time, the activities were mainly carried out in rented ... Read more »
Making Peace with Our Inner Family
“Sometimes I meet Buddhists who seem to consider it a waste of time, despite the teachings, to look at the way their own selves are constructed, or study their personal psychological make-up,” writes Claudia Wellnitz, a student of Lama Yeshe ... Read more »
Chenrezig Institute’s New Art Studio and Entrance Gate
In late April, Garrey Foulkes, arts manager of Chenrezig Institute, shared with Mandala an update about the Chenrezig Institute Art Studio and the new entrance gate that welcomes visitors to FPMT’s oldest Australian center: “For several months now our new ... Read more »
Working with the Western Mind
While on a three-year retreat, Lama Palden Drolma began to see that psychological methods could be helpful for Western Dharma practitioners. Some years later, she became a licensed psychotherapist. She speaks to Jaffa Elias about integrating her work with her ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Recommends Mantras for Land of Joy’s and Other’s Success
FPMT News Around the World Land of Joy, a developing FPMT retreat center in the UK, received more encouragement and advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche in January and February on how to proceed with their vision for a place “characterized ... Read more »
Medicine Buddha Puja eBook Available
Composed in 1673 by the Fifth Dalai Lama, Ngawang Losang Gyatso (1617-1682), this text is an extensive rite for the worship of the Seven Medicine Buddhas, Buddha Shakyamuni, and an assembly of bodhisattvas and guardian deities. The worship of the ... Read more »