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How to Benefit the Dying and the Dead by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses how to benefit the dying and dead. This is important advice for an eventuality we must all face. From Mandala September-October 1997. FPMT offers support for support to Rinpoche’s students at the most crucial time of ... Read more »
Amitabha Buddhist Centre Offers Long Life Puja for Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi
FPMT News Around the World On July 22, Amitabha Buddhist Centre (ABC) in Singapore offered a long life puja based on the deity Amitayus for their resident teacher Khen Rinpoche Geshe Chonyi in honor of his 50th birthday. Khen Rinpoche ... Read more »
A Panel of Maitripa College Community Parents
In August 2010, Maitripa College offered a panel discussion with four community parents, who also keep a spiritual practice, as part of a summer lecture series entitled, “The Enlightened Professional: Parenting as Spiritual Practice.” From Mandala October-December 2010
Time for a Stay-at-Home Retreat?
FPMT News Around the World Going on a meditation retreat can be an amazingly rewarding experience for a Dharma practitioner, but sometimes the conditions for an extended break from daily life aren’t there. The FPMT Online Learning Center, however, offers ... Read more »
Grappling with the Guru Principle by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
In “Grappling with the Guru Principle,” Lama Zopa Rinpoche discusses Lama Tsongkhapa’s techniques for maintaining your devotion even when you see faults or imperfections in your teacher. “Rather than making you lose your devotion,” Rinpoche says, “your seeing faults in ... Read more »Adele Hulse on ‘Dealing with Grief’
“Whenever I am with a group of people who have experienced extraordinary suffering, the first thing I notice is a lightness in the air,” writes long-time FPMT student Adele Hulse. “… [I]f you spend your time with the suffering, you ... Read more »
Many Flags Fly as Kurukulla Center Celebrates Geshe Tenley
FPMT News Around the World Members of Kurukulla Center in Medford, Massachusetts, gathered on July 26 to celebrate the naturalization of resident teacher, Geshe Ngawang Tenley. The center hosted tea and refreshments after Geshe Tenley became a U.S. citizen in ... Read more »
Retreat with Thubten Gyatso, ‘Like Finding Gold in a Field of Mud’
FPMT News Around the World From Cherry Rattue, Director of Atisha Centre In April 2012, over a dozen students participated in the extraordinary and beneficial nine-day Lam-rim Retreat led by Thubten Gyatso. Thubten Gyatso traditionally leads an annual retreat at ... Read more »
Senior Wisdom, Working with Older Adults
Advice from Lama Yeshe eventually lead Judy Weitzner to work with older adults. Read how she was able to integrate Dharma into her work. From Mandala December 2001 – February 2002. For the April-June 2009 issue, Mandala got into contact ... Read more »
Nagarjuna Valencia’s New Altar: A Reason to Rejoice!
FPMT News Around the World By Steve Milton Centro Nagarjuna Valencia in Valencia, Spain has just completed construction of a new altar. Center director Steve Milton recently shared with Mandala the inspiring story of the altar’s creation. The center has ... Read more »
Healing the Scars of Sexual Abuse
Read what Ven. Anet Engel learned about by working with survivors of sexual abuse and why she eventually stopped counseling to become a Buddhist nun. From Mandala December 2001 – February 2002.