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Root Institute Continues Essential Community Service in Bodhgaya
For the past nine years, due to the kindness of one main benefactor, the FPMT Social Services Fund has been offering substantial grants toward the amazing projects of Root Institute, Bodhgaya, India, which directly benefit underprivileged individuals in the area. ... Read more »
The Work of Seeing the Guru as a Buddha Has to Come from Your Side
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 to see an enlightened being, it has to come from ... Read more »
August FPMT e-News Out Now!
We welcome you to our August FPMT International Office e-News! This month we bring you news about: Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Ongoing Thought Transformation Teachings, New and Updated Practice Materials, Wanted: Stories on Practising Dharma During the Pandemic, , ….and more! ... Read more »
Why and How to Take Blessings from a Holy Being
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 why it is important to take blessings from holy beings. Holy ... Read more »
The One Mistake Is Not Remembering Impermanence and Death
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 reminding us that remembering death and impermanence encourages us to practice right ... Read more »
Living in the Ten Innermost Jewels Is the Method to Achieve Happiness
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, You can’t lead sentient beings to enlightenment with an ignorant mind. ... Read more »
Join the Weekly Online Thangtong Gyalpo Prayerathon
In Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s Advice to Protect Yourself and Others from the Coronavirus, Rinpoche instructs students on practices to counter the virus, including Thangtong Gyalpo’s prayer The Vajra Speech of Mahasiddha Thangtong Gyalpo: The Blessed Prayer Known as “Liberating Sakya ... Read more »
Subdue Your Mind by Meditating on Death and Impermanence
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 asking: As long as you are not free from samsara, how can ... Read more »
Direct Support Offered to Tibetan Elders in India in 2020
The Need for Support Tibetans have been living in exile since 1959 when Communist China invaded Tibet, forcing 100,000 Tibetans to flee to India, Nepal, Bhutan and eventually elsewhere around the world. Many of the Tibetan refugees in India and ... Read more »
For Ordinary Beings, the Meditation on Death and Impermanence Is the Most Important
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 we are extremely fortunate to be alive today. ... Read more »
Lama Zopa Rinpoche Attends Kopan Monastery’s Annual Consecration Ceremony
Every year at Kopan Monastery a three-day consecration ceremony is performed by the Lama Gyupa monks. This year, Lama Zopa Rinpoche attended the afternoon session, in the recently rebuilt Chenrezig gompa, of the ceremony’s second day, which was also Chokhor ... Read more »