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Continued Prayers for Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Health
Every year FPMT CEO Ven. Roger Kunsang, on behalf of the FPMT organization, checks with Khandro-la (Khandro Kunga Bhuma) to determine what practices should be done to help create the conditions for FPMT’s Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, to have ... Read more »
New Podcast Episode: #2 See the Guru’s Ordinary Aspect as One’s Own Lack of Merit
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 »
Geshe Thubten Rinchen Offers Precious Oral Transmissions to Kopan Community
From April 15 to May 9, 2022, about 390 monks and nuns from Kopan Monastery and Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery, as well as a few others from various locations, received precious oral transmissions (lungs) from Geshe Thubten Rinchen, a great ... Read more »
Blessing Beings in Phewa Lake, Nepal, with Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Unique Methods
Wherever we go we can benefit sentient beings, Lama Zopa Rinpoche frequently reminds us. In fact, there are many ways to benefit animals, who may suffer in the animal realm not just for this one lifetime but for many eons. ... Read more »
Rejoicing in the Meridian Trust’s New Website
For more than three decades, the Meridian Trust has been using film and video to document Buddhist teachings and traditions around the world. The UK-based organization has collected an archive of more than 3,500 hours of footage, including rare recordings ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Offers Milarepa Initiation in Shivapuri Village, Nepal
The great yogi Milarepa (1040-1123) is one of the most revered figures in Tibetan history and among all sects of Tibetan Buddhism. Milarepa’s guru was the famous translator, Marpa (1012-1097), himself the main disciple of Naropa (1016-1100). Marpa taught Milarepa ... Read more »
Wisdom Podcast: Liberation Prison Project
Wisdom Publication’s Wisdom Podcast is a Buddhist podcast featuring interviews with diverse and influential thinkers from the Buddhist world. Each episode provides an exploration of Buddhism and meditation as guests share stories and discuss life-changing practices, timeless philosophies, and new ... Read more »New Lama Zopa Rinpoche Podcast Series! Listen to Episode 1: By Changing the Channel of Your Mind, You Can Stop Problems
Welcome to the new Lama Zopa Rinpoche Essential Extracts Podcast series. We’re happy to share the first episode with you. You can listen to the new episode on our website or find the show in your podcast app, search for ... Read more »
Bringing the Teachings Alive: Geshe Tenzin Namdak Encourages Students with Innovation and Patience
FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche regularly encourages Western students to undertake serious, in-depth study of Buddha’s teachings. Rinpoche advises this to his students not only for their personal benefit, but because once they complete their studies, they are able ... Read more »
Everybody Needs the Chenrezig Mantra
In the new book The Power of Mantra: Vital Practices for Transformation , Lama Zopa Rinpoche guides students through understanding the power and benefit of mantras. Rinpoche explains many popular mantras, giving specific instructions for practicing them, including Shakyamuni Buddha, ... Read more »
With Bodhicitta, Whatever Action You Are Doing, You Are Doing It for Sentient Beings
During these difficult times, FPMT Spiritual Director Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues to offer profound advice and inspiration to the FPMT organization. Rinpoche’s message in the FPMT Annual Review 2021: Sharing and Preserving the Dharma in a Changing World focuses on ... Read more »