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Abbot Geshe Jamphel Explores What It Means “To Be Truly Free”
In a time when there is a heightened awareness of global terror and especially during the American presidential elections, the word “freedom” is often heard. But what does “freedom” mean from a Buddhist perspective? During teachings on Shantideva’s Bodhisattva’s Way ... Read more »
Euthanasia with a Good Heart
Leah Richards, a veterinary nurse, has a deep love, compassion, and respect for all animals and hopes to be a veterinarian one day. While at the 2003 Kopan course, she asked Lama Zopa Rinpoche for guidance on what to do ... Read more »
Why Is It So Difficult to Forgive Ourselves and Others?
“Somehow, we have this arrogant idea that we should be able to protect ourselves from all harm from others as if we are superheroes and perfect,” writes Swiss-born Ven. Rita Riniker . “If we get hurt, our ego is not ... Read more »
The Hidden Toll of Australia’s 2011 Floods
“The start of 2011 saw the Australian state of Queensland experience some of the worst flooding in history, resulting in three-quarters of the state, an area the size of France and Germany combined, being declared a disaster zone. Stretching from ... Read more »Funeral Ceremonies in Tibetan Buddhism
Geshe Tashi Tsering, resident lama at Jamyang Buddhist Centre in London, explains the significance of rituals when a person has died and begins “Transitions Part III: Funeral Ceremonies” the third installation of Mandala’s three-part series on life’s major transitions – ... Read more »
Lorne Ladner on “Different Visions of Sanity”
“Among Western psychotherapists, there’s been a long debate about the value of a ‘healthy ego’ for those striving to practice the Dharma,” writes Lorne Ladner. “One of the functions of the ego is to help us to fit into society ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Practices to Mitigate Harm from Hurricane Sandy
FPMT News Around the World FPMT students on the Atlantic coast of North America are hunkered down as hurricane Sandy make its way across the eastern United States and Canada. The powerful storm has already passed through Haiti, the Dominican ... Read more »
2012 Hightlights
October 2012: For the past fifteen years the Lama Tsongkhapa Teachers Fund has been offering a small monthly stipend to 136 of the most senior teachers, and secretaries, of Sera, Ganden, Drepung, Gyume, Gyuto, Tashi Lhunpo and Rato monasteries. In ... Read more »
Word Power: A Journo’s Story, Adele Hulse talks about writing and Lama Yeshe
“Back in 1976 Lama Yeshe called me up to his house at Chenrezig Institute in Australia and said: ‘You. You writer. You good understand my language. I want you write por me. You take Chenrezig teaching notes here and make ... Read more »
October 29, Buddha Multiplying Day Practices Recommended by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
FPMT News Around the World On Monday, October 29, many Buddhists worldwide will celebrate the day marking Buddha’s acceptance to descend from the God Realm of Thirty-three and return to Earth after teaching Dharma there to the gods and his ... Read more »
Meher Baba Clearly Told Me in a Dream, the story of Ven. Thubten Wongmo
“The only explanation that makes any sense as to how I ended up walking up the hill to Kopan in 1973,” writes Ven. Thubten Wongmo (Feather Meston), “is that the walk up that path actually began in various past lives. ... Read more »