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Sera Je Monastery: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Visits New Classrooms
In April 2013 the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Bodhichitta Fund was very happy to offer $100,000 towards the building of the new classrooms at Sera Je Monastery. The classrooms will also primarily be used to teach subjects such as science and ... Read more »
Ven. George Churinoff Finishes His Story with Lama Yeshe and Tenzin Ösel Hita
For our April-June 2013 issue, Mandala asked Ven. George Churinoff to talk on the value of in-depth Buddhist study. He shared a story about some advice he had received from Lama Yeshe before setting off for the Geshe program at ... Read more »
Animal Liberation Fund Saving Animals in Singapore
In July the Animal Liberation Fund was very happy to donate SGD$ 2500 (US$2051) toward larger animal liberations that are organized by Fred Cheong and Amitabha Buddhist Centre in Singapore. Prayers and dedication were included for all the donors of ... Read more »
Book Review: ‘The Power of Vow’
The Power of Vow: Everyday Tools for Healing By Darren Littlejohn; Reviewed by Michael Jolliffe In his earlier book, The 12-Step Buddhist, Darren Littlejohn, a recovering addict and student of Lama Zopa Rinpoche, offers a bridge between traditional 12-Step programs, ... Read more »
Yangsi Rinpoche Chanting the Heart Sutra
During the April 2011 Rinjung Gyatsa initiations in Bendigo, Australia, Lama Zopa Rinpoche commented that he really likes the way Yangsi Rinpoche’s Maitripa College chants the Heart Sutra in English. Please enjoy a recording of Yangsi Rinpoche and students of ... Read more »
Choe Khor Sum Ling Students Take Teachings from His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Archana Bharatee, a student of FPMT’s Choe Khor Sum Ling Study Group in Bangalore, India, reported to Mandala that several Choe Khor Sum Ling members attended teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala June 1-4, 2013. “It was ... Read more »
Drolkar McCallum Visits Enthusiastic LRZTP6 Students
In June 2013, Drolkar McCallum, regional coordinator for FPMT North America, visited the students of Lostawa Rinchen Zangpo Translator Programme 6 (LRZTP6), FPMT’s four-year Tibetan language program aimed at providing interpreters to FPMT centers worldwide: “The monsoon has begun in ... Read more »
Rejoicing in Other’s Inspiration
While leading a month-long retreat in Australia in March 2011 and just prior to manifesting a stroke, Lama Zopa Rinpoche received a card from a student attending the retreat. Rinpoche requested that the card be shared by Mandala so that ... Read more »
It Is the Mind That Has to Change
While staying at Kopan Monastery in Nepal earlier this year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave an oral transmission of Lama Tsongkhapa’s Lekshe Nyingpo (Essence of True Eloquence). Here’s an edited extract from Rinpoche’s teaching before a transmission given in April 2013: ... Read more »
His Holiness the Dalai Lama in New Zealand and Australia
During His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s tour of New Zealand, June 9-12, the resident geshes of the FPMT centers in New Zealand had their picture taken during a moment with His Holiness. Geshe Wangdu from Dorje Chang Institute and Geshe ... Read more »
Sera Je Food Fund: Preparing Food for 30,000 in Honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Sera Je Food Fund Kitchen is preparing to offer food to 30,000 visitors to the monastery in honor of His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s visit to Sera Je from July 5-12, and in celebration of his 78th birthday on ... Read more »