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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 »
Fulfilling the Guru’s Wishes and Advice Is the Most Enjoyable Thing in Life
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 starts this teaching discussing the concept of equanimity. We think of ourselves as ... Read more »
If You Don’t Collect Merits Nothing Will Happen in Your Mind
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 lojong involves utilizing happiness and suffering on the ... Read more »
Update on 5 Trillion Mantra Prayer Wheel Project at Vajrapani Insititute, CA
In December 2016, Vajrapani Institute, in California, US, launched the 5 Trillion Mantra Prayer Wheel Project. The prayer wheel, called the Compassion Wheel and standing 7 ft x 10 ft when completed, will contain 5 trillion (5,000,000,000,000) copies of OM ... Read more »
How to Think While Watching the News
Lama Zopa Rinpoche made these comments in April 2014 after seeing images of the suffering of many people on television. It’s important to use the situation to remind yourself how fortunate you are to still have a human body and ... Read more »
Rejoicing in 1,000 Statues Completed for His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Long Life
Last August we shared Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s wish to offer 1,000 statues of Shakyamuni Buddha to His Holiness the Dalai Lama on behalf of the entire FPMT organization. Thanks to the support of many generous donors, we quickly raised the ... Read more »