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Celebrate Chokhor Duchen and International Sangha Day on August 1, 2022
Chokhor Duchen, one of the four annual holy days of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha, takes place this year on August 1. On these holy days, the power of any meritorious action is multiplied by 100 million, as taught in the vinaya ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Recent Activities in Nepal and Singapore
Since our last update, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has remained in Nepal before traveling to Singapore for a simple medical procedure, engaging in a variety of auspicious activities, including maximizing every moment of merit-multiplying Saka Dawa and continuing to offer teachings ... Read more »
Students in Ukraine and Worldwide Recite the Sutra of Golden Light for Peace and Happiness
Lama Zopa Rinpoche has said about the Sutra of Golden Light, “This text is very precious; it brings peace and happiness and is very powerful to stop violence. By hearing this text, one’s karma is purified.” Rinpoche has made a ... Read more »
Thought Transformation Teachings 124: (Refuge Series): Having Taken Refuge, What to Abandon and What to Practice
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of Rinpoche’s June 11, 2022 teaching which he offered via Zoom to students in China and Malaysia: Numberless buddhas of the ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #6 Disrespecting the Virtuous Friend Brings Eons of Suffering, Devotion to the Virtuous Friend Brings Enlightenment
There is a new episode of the Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find it in your favorite podcast app by searching for “Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts.” New ... Read more »
Attitude Is More Important than Action
Lama Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984), who founded the FPMT organization with Lama Zopa Rinpoche, was able to translate Tibetan Buddhist teachings into clear ideas that resonated with the Western students he met and taught in the 1970s and ’80s. These teachings ... Read more »
An Update on Lama Zopa Rinpoche from Singapore
On Friday we shared the news that Lama Zopa Rinpoche was in Singapore for a simple medical procedure, and Khandro Kunga Bhuma (Khandro-la) advised on particular practices for students to engage in at this time and for a period following ... Read more »
A Most Happy and Auspicious Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama!
Tibetans around the world, along with an international community of students of Tibetan Buddhism, celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 87th birthday on July 6. FPMT International Office joins the world in gratefully rejoicing in His Holiness’s exceptionally beneficial life ... Read more »
Illumin8 Festival at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion
On June 4, 2022, the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion, in Bendigo, Australia, offered a sold-out Illumin8 Festival for the first time since 2019, enabling them to showcase all of the new Peace Park lighting features onsite. Thanks to funding ... Read more »
New Practice Advice for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Health and Rejoicing in Practices Completed
Every year Ven. Roger Kunsang, on behalf of the FPMT organization, consults Khandro Kunga Bhuma to determine what practices should be done to help create the conditions for Lama Zopa Rinpoche to have a long life and good health for ... Read more »
Practice Resources for Celebrating His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Birthday
On July 6, 2022, the world celebrates His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s 87th birthday! We’ve collected several resources for students to use in their celebration of His Holiness and in their ongoing Buddhist study. Great Festival Celebrating His Holiness Lama ... Read more »