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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Teachings and Advice at Tushita Meditation Centre
Ven. Sarah Thresher shared this report from Tushita Meditation Centre in Dharamsala, India: On June 14, FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche invited Rangjung Neljorma Khadro Namsel Drönme [Khadro-la] to attend the picnic at the end of a dual course ... Read more »
Advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche: ‘We Cannot Live without Harming Others’
Over the years, Mandala has explored the issue of vegetarianism and the question of whether or not to eat meat. But with a growing awareness of issues of animal cruelty and environmental concerns connected to the production of dairy products ... Read more »Tendil Nyersel prayer flags available to order
The prayer flags (one of of the Long Life practices requested for Lama Zopa Rinpoche – for full details see the post dated April 24) are now ready. The prayer flags are available in strings of 25 flags,(about 8 meter ... Read more »
New Photo Gallery: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Tours Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong
Mandala’s new issue features FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s tour of FPMT centers in Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong during February-March 2013. For our online edition, we’ve collected some of our favorite photos from the tour, which you ... Read more »
New Online Edition of Mandala LIVE
The new print issue of Mandala is in the mail and our new online edition is live! Here are some highlights from this issue’s online content: New photos of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s travels, including to Maitripa College’s Dalai ... Read more »‘Your Dog Smells’
By Ven. Chönyi Taylor “Your dog smells,” says my granddaughter. “He smells even after you wash him.” “Well, that’s true, but you smell too.” “No, I don’t.” “Of course you do. Everyone has their own smell.” “Well, my smell is ... Read more »
The Sounds of Silence, a personal story from Steven J. Moss
From Mandala June-August 2002, San Francisco writer Steven Moss shares the story of how silence can sometimes allow for long-overdue communication: “I haven’t spoken to her in twenty-two years, and I don’t intend to start now,” my mother proclaimed, scrubbing ... Read more »
Puja Fund Activities
The following is an extensive list of all the pujas and offerings sponsored by the FPMT Puja Fund. A description of these pujas follows below. Annual: Four Buddha Days Losar (Tibetan New Year and the 15 days of miracles) Saka ... Read more »
US$21,058 Offered to Sera Je Dhakpo Khangtsen
June 2013: Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was very happy to offer US$21,058 to Sera Je Dhakpo Khangtsen for the building of new rooms for the monks. Dhakpo Khangtsen remains one of the poorest Khangtsens (houses) at Sera Je Monastery. ... Read more »
Puja Fund Yearly and Ongoing Activity
Since 1995 the Puja Fund has been sponsoring pujas, prayers and practices performed by as many as 9,000 Sangha, on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Recently, Lama Zopa Rinpoche revised all of the yearly and ongoing activity that the ... Read more »
His Holiness the Sakya Trizin Speaks on Guru Devotion
His Holiness the Sakya Trizin had some surprising answers to Julia Hengst’s questions about devotion to one’s teacher. She traveled to Pullawari, India to meet with him in February. Julia: You commented in the March 2000 issue of Mandala that ... Read more »