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Lama Zopa Rinpoche Gives Chenrezig Initiation at Boudhanath
FPMT News Around the World Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave a Chenrezig initiation at the Boudhanath Stupa in Nepal for the Tamang people on December 23, 2012. About 3000 Tamang traveled from all over Nepal to attend the initiation. The Tamang ... Read more »
Message from Tenzin Ösel Hita December 21, 2012
Occasionally Ösel shares his thoughts and experiences on his Facebook page. In this update, he gives us a some wisdom to consider in the face of the changing year. Lama Zopa Rinpoche and Osel. Kopan Monastery, Nepal, December 2012.Times are ... Read more »December 20, 2012
From Kopan Monastery Dear Friends Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s health is good. The doctors seem satisfied with the blood pressure and sugar levels. Over the past couple of months Rinpoche hasn’t exercised as much (due to the busy schedule) so that ... Read more »
O.Sel.Ling Welcomes New Medicine Buddha Statue
FPMT News Around the World Recently, O.Sel.Ling Centro de Retiros, located near Granada, Spain, received a life-sized Medicine Buddha statue from Nepal, where it was made. At the end of November, the O.Sel.Ling community filled the statue, which weighed about ... Read more »
A Word from Kalarupa, the goat
Kalarupa, the goat, is a resident of the Animal Liberation Sanctuary at Kopan Monastery. For the latest online edition of Mandala, Kalarupa shares news of the activities at the sanctuary, where exciting developments are happening. “I hear the people sometimes ... Read more »The Gift of Dharma: Mandala Magazine for Prisoners
FPMT Around the World In coordination with the Liberation Prison Project (LPP), Mandala magazine is mailed to about 500 prisoners every issue. For the January-March 2013 issue, 533 LPP students in Australia, Canada, England, Germany, New Zealand, Scotland, Thailand and ... Read more »
Becoming Geshe-mas
Khachoe Ghakyil Nunnery (Kopan Nunnery) in Kathmandu, Nepal, offers nuns a high quality education in both traditional and modern topics. But perhaps most noteworthy, the nunnery has a geshe program. The Geshe degree is an approximate equivalent to a Ph.D. ... Read more »
Compassion as the Pillar to World Peace
FPMT Around the World The following is an excerpt from His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s A Human Approach to World Peace, a booklet published in 1984 by Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive: “According to Buddhist psychology, most of our troubles are ... Read more »Message from Tenzin Ösel Hita December 12, 2012
Occasionally Ösel shares his thoughts and experiences on his Facebook page. In this update, he gives us a potent reminder about how special each day is. Today is such an amazng day because it is 12-12-12! But apart from that, ... Read more »
Photo Tour of FPMT in Nepal
The new issue of Mandala puts the spotlight on FPMT’s activities in Nepal, a country integral to the development of FPMT and one which continues to be a source of inspiration and instruction for FPMT students worldwide. For our online ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Visits H.E. Ling Rinpoche
FPMT Around the World FPMT spiritual director Lama Zopa Rinpoche visited H.E. Ling Rinpoche, who is recovering well from an automobile collision. Ling Rinpoche is the main organizer of the Jangchup Lamrim teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama that ... Read more »