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Anyone Who Listens to ‘Sutra of Great Liberation’ Gets the Most Unbelievable Merits
Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues his video teachings on thought transformation from Kopan Monastery in Nepal. Here is a summary of the most recent teaching: Rinpoche begins this teaching explaining that the Sutra of Great Liberation is exactly what we need ... Read more »
Lamp of the Path NGO: Seventeen Years of Offering Essential Social Service in Mongolia
Lamp of the Path NGO (LOP), part of Ganden Do Ngag Shedrup Ling, has offered social services to some of the poor and homeless living in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia for the past seventeen years. The soup kitchen, which is its main ... Read more »
‘Sutra of Great Liberation’ Is Exactly What Is Needed at This Dangerous Time
After a two week pause of giving video teachings, during which time Rinpoche gave teachings to the nuns at Khachoe Ghakyil Ling Nunnery and the monks at Kopan Monastery, Lama Zopa Rinpoche continues with his Teachings on Thought Transformation during ... Read more »
The Animal Liberation Sanctuary, Nepal: Saving Animals from Untimely Death
Every day around the world millions of animals are killed and mistreated needlessly. In countries like Nepal, the care and management of animals is very poor and animal sacrifices are common creating tremendous suffering for the animals and those involved. ... Read more »
New Audio Recording: A Brief Meditation-Recitation on Guru Medicine Buddha
Students can now find the audio recording A Brief Meditation-Recitation on Guru Medicine Buddha as an MP3 download bundled with supporting digital materials in the Foundation Store. In this recording, ten audio tracks have been extracted from the video “Your ... Read more »
The Sangha Are Great Champions
Lama Zopa Rinpoche often highlights the importance of ordained Sangha along with the importance of Sangha in the West. Here’s an excerpt from Rinpoche teaching on this topic at Maitreya Instituut in The Netherlands in 2015: From the side of ... Read more »
MAITRI Charitable Trust Continues Another Year of Essential Service Despite COVID-19
Since 1989, MAITRI Charitable Trust has been operating as a beneficial example of Dharma in action. MAITRI is a registered charitable trust in India working to support the poor and disadvantaged in the province of Bihar, India. This year, MAITRI ... Read more »
Sentient Beings and Buddhas Are Equal in Deserving Our Respect
Patience: A Guide to Shantideva’s Sixth Chapter is a new book of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings on the perfection of patience, a topic Rinpoche has taught on extensively. (Perhaps this is not surprising since Rinpoche’s name “Zopa” means “patience.”) In ... Read more »
Support Raised for Samtenling School, Kathmandu, Nepal
Samtenling School is part of Samtenling Monastery, providing the young monks of the monastery a modern, progressive, secular education in Kathmandu, Nepal. Out of 140 monks, 120 are age 6-26. The school provides education from kindergarten through eighth grade. Most ... Read more »
Practice Now Because You Can Die Anytime!
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 Buddhism teaches us that how things appear to ... Read more »
Only with an Enemy Can We Practice Patience
Patience: A Guide to Shantideva’s Sixth Chapter is a new book of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s teachings on the perfection of patience, a topic Rinpoche has taught on extensively. (Perhaps this is not surprising since Rinpoche’s name “Zopa” means “patience.”) In ... Read more »