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Offerings to International Mahayana Institute Sangha
It has always been a high priority of FPMT and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to support and care for our IMI (International Mahayana Institute) Sangha family. IMI is made up of the monks and nuns of FPMT. Lama Zopa Rinpoche personally ... Read more »
Offerings to International Mahayana Institute Sangha
It has always been a high priority of FPMT and Lama Zopa Rinpoche to support and care for our IMI (International Mahayana Institute) Sangha family. IMI is made up of the monks and nuns of FPMT. On each of the ... Read more »
How a Guru Becomes a Powerful Object of Merit
At the end of April, Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la) advised FPMT centers, projects, services and students to engage in specific practices and activities “as much as possible” to support Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health, including offering Long Life Pujas ... Read more »
Over $60,000 Donated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to FPMT Puja Fund
In April 2013, Lama Zopa Rinpoche and the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund offered US$65,187 to the FPMT Puja Fund, which sponsors ongoing pujas at the great monasteries in India and Nepal, with over 9,000 Sangha participating. All the pujas ... Read more »
What Will You Do on Saka Dawa, May 25?
On May 25, FPMT celebrates Saka Dawa, one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar, which commemorates the Buddha’s birth, death, and parinirvana. FPMT centers, projects, services and students around the world will engage in virtuous activities ... Read more »
Saka Dawa Announcement
Shakyamuni BuddhaSaka Dawa, one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar, celebrates the Buddha’s birth, death, and parinirvana, and is just around the corner. As a Buddha Multiplying Day, karmic results are multiplied one hundred million times. ... Read more »
Longku Center Offers Special Practices for Lama Zopa Rinpoche
FPMT News Around the World On April 30 and May 1, Longku Center in Bern, Switzerland, performed some of the special practices recommended by Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme (Khadro-la) and other high lamas to support Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health ... Read more »
His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Visits FPMT International Office and Maitripa College
FPMT News Around the World His Holiness the Sakya Trizin, head of the Sakya lineage, visited FPMT International Office and Maitripa College on Sunday, May 12. His Holiness toured International Office, blessing holy objects, including a Red Tara statue in ... Read more »
Sangha Offer Animal Liberations Every Week for Those Who are Sick
Lama Zopa Rinpoche is aided by Ven. Holly Ansett in circumambulating small animals around holy objects.Lama Zopa Rinpoche has requested the Sangha at his house to do the practice of animal liberation every week dedicated to anyone who is sick ... Read more »
10,000 Khatas for His Holiness the Dalai Lama
His Holiness the Dalai Lama spoke for a third day in Portland, Oregon, as part of Maitripa College’s Environmental Summit. During the Saturday morning panel discussion, His Holiness shared the stage with Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, scientists and environmental activist ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits FPMT International Office
His Holiness the Dalai Lama visited FPMT International Office on Friday, May 10, prior to speaking at Maitripa College’s graduation ceremony. During the visit to International Office, His Holiness had a tour of the offices and was offered a body, ... Read more »