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Remembering Lama Lhundrup
FPMT News Around the World “The main method to achieve enlightenment is bodhichitta, the altruistic aspiration towards enlightenment generated out of the mind of compassion,” Khensur Rinpoche Lama Lhundrup, former abbot of Kopan Monastery, taught on the 18 root bodhisattva ... Read more »
How Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche Blessed the World’s Waterways
In the last year of his life, Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche, who passed away in December 2006, was able to fulfill a long-held wish to visit Antarctica. During the extraordinary journey, Kirti Tsensab Rinpoche and his attendant, Alak Rinpoche, offered countless ... Read more »
Video: Geshe Thubten Soepa Talks about His Life
FPMT touring teacher Geshe Thubten Soepa is well known for his advocacy of vegetarianism and is a familiar teacher to students at Land of Compassion and Wisdom in Austin, Texas, United States, and Aryatara Institut in Germany. In Mandala’s April-June ... Read more »Italian Online Basic Program Success!
The Italian Basic Program Online offered by Istituto Lama Tzong Khapa (ILTK) had its first ever final exam this March. All 10 participating students passed – a huge achievement for all involved! Kind thanks Basic Program Online tutor Vania Tesser, ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Journey to Sikkim
Continuing from our latest issue of Mandala’s exploration of pilgrimage, we’re sharing a story, newly added to our archive, that describes a memorable journey with Lama Zopa Rinpoche to a recently created holy site. In 2006, Rinpoche traveled to Sikkim ... Read more »
Scott Snibbe on Dharma, Technology and Art
Software developer, digital artist and Dharma student Scott Snibbe just wrapped up leading a month-long online retreat at Vajrapani Institute focused on the eight worldly dharmas. Before the retreat, he spoke with Mandala in an extensive interview ranging from ideas ... Read more »
Offering Food to 2,600 Monks
Have you ever wondered how to offer food to the 2,600 monks studying at Sera Je Monastery? By donating any amount to the Sera Je Food Fund, you contribute to the daily offering of three healthy vegetarian meals prepared for ... Read more »
Eco Ethics: Interdependence and Compassion
“Now that environmental issues, and climate change in particular, have become headlines in the mainstream media, the question that arises for us all is how to address issues of universal responsibility,” wrote author and photographer Elaine Brooks in Mandala October-November ... Read more »
FPMT Annual Review 2012: Nothing More Important than Helping Others
“I really am so happy about the benefits that we bring to others,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche wrote in the opening to FPMT Annual Review 2012: Nothing More Important than Helping Others. Rinpoche continues by thanking the thousands of people who ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche on Untimely Death
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Online Advice Book is a collection of a wide range of advices given by Rinpoche to specific students in responses to letters and requests. The Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive compiles and edits these pieces, adding new ones ... Read more »
Sarah Shifferd’s ‘Songs and Mental States’
Songs. We love songs. And songs are everywhere. They’re played in stores, restaurants, coffeehouses, as soundtracks to movies and TV shows. They’re sung by street musicians and sent to us by friends. We listen as we drive and clean and ... Read more »