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Monastère Dorje Pamo Continues to Grow
Monastère Dorje Pamo is a monastery for FPMT nuns. It is located in southeastern France near Institut Vajra Yogini and Nalanda Monastery. Ven. Chantal Tenzin Dekyi, coordinator of the monastery, shares this update: Lama Yeshe and Lama Zopa Rinpoche, who ... Read more »
If You Go for Refuge to Buddha, Buddha Definitely Guides You
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching explaining that it is very wise to take refuge while ... Read more »
Making Offerings to Boudha Stupa
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: At the beginning of this video, Rinpoche talks about doing a tsog offering practice at Boudha ... Read more »
The Nectar of Bodhicitta–A New Book by Lama Zopa Rinpoche
“We need have strong determination that the goal of bodhicitta is attainable and desirable. For that we need inspiration, and, to my mind, there is nothing more inspirational than Khunu Lama Rinpoche’s Jewel Lamp and the first chapter of Shantideva’s ... Read more »
What to Think When You Are Depressed
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Lama Zopa Rinpoche begins this teaching by explaining that people who don’t understand holy Dharma use ... Read more »
New Dharma Resources Available in the Foundation Store
The Foundation Store, now a fully digital online shop, continues to add new and updated materials that are freely available. Many of these new materials and updates, which are intended to support FPMT students in their practice of Dharma, were ... Read more »
Buddha House Honors Gen Dondrub and the FPMT Sangha Jewel
Buddha House, the FPMT center located in a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, celebrated their resident teacher Ven. Thubten Dondrub. Carole Migalka, Tara Hall coordinator, shares the story. On June 20, 2021, Dharma brothers and sisters from around Australia and ... Read more »
From Where Depression Comes: How to Deal with the Nature of Depression
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation, recording this time in Maratika, Nepal. Rinpoche gave this teaching on the topic of depression at the request of a student. It was transmitted via Zoom to a live audience ... Read more »
Lamrim Year: Lama Yeshe on Impermanence and Death
Lamrim Year: Making Life Meaningful Day By Day is an essential guide for students at any level of Buddhist study who want to develop their mind in the graduated path to enlightenment (lamrim). The book was inspired by Lama Zopa ... Read more »
Tara Mandala Reports on Their Eight Million Tara Mantra Recitation Goal and Other Inspiring Activities
Tara Mandala Center, the FPMT center in Landau an der Isar, Bavaria, Germany, has continued to engage in Dharma practice during the past year. Katrin Veicht, a board member for the center, shares the story a bout their eight million ... Read more »
Freedom Is in Our Hands
In the following short video, Lama Zopa Rinpoche examines the question of why certain things happen: Why does a tornado pick up a car and drop it out of the sky, killing a certain person? Why are leaves and petals ... Read more »